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A show is a Berlin night to remember, from dazzling variety and cabaret to musicals, revues and circus. Around Friedrichstraße and Potsdamer Platz, a show might feature acrobatics, burlesque or spectacle on some of Europe's grandest stages.
This overview gathers Berlin locations for a show, from historic variety theatres to musical stages and cabaret venues. Some focus on glamorous revues and burlesque, others on musicals, comedy and family spectaculars.
Browse the venues below to find the best show in Berlin, compare programmes and prices, and book your tickets.




Filmpark Babelsberg transports film fans into the world of film and television just outside Berlin - with great technical effort and fantastic shows.


Since 1992, a 1912 Spiegeltent has stood in Wilmersdorf, where cabaret, chanson, and comedy meet table seating. The BAR JEDER VERNUNFT combines dinner and stage so naturally that they belong together.





The Friedrichstadt-Palast is Europe's biggest and most modern show palace! The shows are spectacular, colourful and sensationally choreographed with long-legged showgirls in extravagant costumes!






The New Year's Eve concert by the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin (DSO) with the artists of Circus Roncalli is among the finest things Berlin has to offer for the turn of the year.



Every summer, the best LGBT+ event in Berlin: Christopher Street Day. Do not miss it!


In the backyard of Cuvrystraße in Kreuzberg lies the Ratibor Theater: Berlin's premier address for improvisation theater, home stage of the Gorillas, and for decades a meeting point for the national and international improv scene.


For New Year's Eve 2018, the full-blooded entertainer Gayle Tufts presents a turn of the year that will strain your laughing muscles with her brilliant one-woman show „Jahresendfirework“ - loud, funny, and very hot!







On December 31, 2025, guests at the French Cathedral can expect a New Year's Eve menu with a view, served at the Hugo & Notte restaurant. Two time slots are available: the New Year's Eve Anticipation Menu in the afternoon and the New Year's Eve Menu with a slide into 2026 on the panoramic viewing platform in the evening.




In the government district, the Tipi am Kanzleramt presents a stage full of variety, cabaret, and music in Berlin's largest permanent tent. Here, sophisticated entertainment meets an intimate atmosphere reminiscent of the Golden Twenties.

At Potsdamer Platz, a tiny, few-centimeter-tall chef cooks directly on the plate: Le Petit Chef combines 3D projection with a multi-course menu, transforming dinner into a show.






The elegant restaurant Austernbank at Gendarmenmarkt offers a turn of the year "like the great Gatsby" in the style of the 20s with a four-course New Year's Eve dinner and show.


Opening nights of musicals and movies (like "Hinterm Horizont" or during the Berlin Film Festival) give a special glamour to the Stage Theater on Potsdamer Platz.


A Tribute To Sinatra & Friends – the hit show celebrates the greatest entertainers of all time and will be performing in Berlin on New Year's Eve!












On Oranienstraße, an unassuming green facade leads into a cocktail bar that is much more than that. Behind the door of Prinzipal Kreuzberg awaits an evening in the spirit of the Weimar Republic: Art Deco ambience, handcrafted drinks, and Berlin's most intimate burlesque stage.
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For over 11 years, the Berliner Schlemmer Varieté has brought lively variety to Moabit. Within the historic walls of the Arminiusmarkthalle, regional cuisine and fast-paced artistry combine with a strong Berlin charm (Berliner Schnauze) to create a 3-course dinner show.

In a backyard in Prenzlauer Berg lies Berlin's most-played improv theater stage: BühnenRausch. Red velvet curtains, subdued lighting, and about 30 permanent improv groups make this place the go-to address for improvisation theater in the capital.







Circus decor, burlesque on weekends, and Berlin cuisine from breakfast until late at night: Wilde Matilde on Rathausstraße turns a dinner in the city center into a small show.


At the foot of the TV Tower in Berlin-Mitte, the Human Museum shows what lies beneath the skin: real plastinated bodies, preserved with a method that has brought anatomy from the lecture hall into the public space. Berlin's most curious museum is also one of its most consistent.



With an exuberant New Year's Eve Show Gala and a subsequent New Year's Eve Late-Night Show with an after-party, the Hotel Estrel Berlin bids farewell to the old year and energetically welcomes the new year 2019.






Ring the bell at an unassuming door near Volkspark Friedrichshain and you'll find yourself in a magical speakeasy that Tim Burton himself couldn't have dreamed up better. The Fairytale Bar at Volkspark Friedrichshain transforms cocktail evenings into adventures for adults, somewhere between Alice in Wonderland and Grimm's dark fairy tales.



In the Arminius Market Hall in Moabit, three courses and artistry alternate, with cooking done openly in the hall. The Berliner Schlemmer Varieté turns the menu and the stage into a continuous evening.

From „Les Misérables“ via „We will rock you“ to "Dance of the Vampires", the historic Theater des Westens ("Theatre of the West") has always seen the biggest musical productions!







Between appetizer and dessert, singers stand next to the table: Pasta Opera combines an Italian menu with live-sung arias, including at Friedrichsfelde Palace.


Sticks & Stones, the exciting and dynamic LGBT+ career fair

Berlin's first international comedy stage is located in the heart of Neukölln and has consistently done since 2015 what the city is known for: pushing boundaries. In the soundproofed 70-seat theater on Roseggerstraße, improv theater meets stand-up, English meets German, and craft beer meets genuine laughter.