
A spectacular scavenger hunt awaits school classes at the Berlin Wall and is a great challenge as a puzzle tour 'Escape & Espionage'.
81 Locations
Theater thrives in Berlin, a city with one of the richest stage cultures in the world. From grand houses like the Deutsches Theater to fringe and experimental stages, theater here spans classic drama, bold new work, comedy and international productions.
This overview gathers Berlin locations for theater, from historic playhouses to studio and experimental venues. Some focus on classic drama and premieres, others on comedy, cabaret, dance and English-language shows.
Browse the venues below to find the best theater in Berlin, compare programmes and prices, and book your tickets.

A spectacular scavenger hunt awaits school classes at the Berlin Wall and is a great challenge as a puzzle tour 'Escape & Espionage'.


Schinkel's neoclassical jewel, towering over Gendarmenmarkt in Mitte, has been setting standards in Berlin's classical music scene as Konzerthaus Berlin since 1984. Chief Conductor Joana Mallwitz and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin guarantee top-tier symphonic music, while the program goes far beyond what is expected.





Berlin hatmaker Fiona Bennett creates extravagant hat fashion in her studio, which has been featured multiple times in Vogue and adorns famous heads with her creations.

The Deutsches Theater in Berlin-Mitte is one of the most significant spoken theatre stages in the German-speaking world. Under artistic director Iris Laufenberg, classics and contemporary world premieres are combined on three stages to create a repertoire that addresses societal questions with high aesthetic ambition.





Bar jeder Vernunft combines a 3-course menu with champagne with shows and kabarett of well-known acts such as Max Raabe or actress-singer Maren Kroymann.


For over a century, the Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin-Mitte has been the city's most political and radical theater. What opened in 1914 as a stage for the working class became a breeding ground for contemporary German theater. Today, the venue stands at the precipice of a new beginning.



If you want to offer your children real action during the summer holidays, the Galli Theater is the right place. The small theater offers holiday courses in Berlin-Mitte, Dahlem, and Grunewald, where children can bring their own play to the stage in one week.


Berlin's Improv Cult Venue: Home of The Gorillas and a hotspot for spontaneous, international theatrical art.


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!




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.



After an extensive modernization the Zeiss Planetarium in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg has opened its doors again with new technology and expanded content.

BühnenRausch is a private stage in Prenzlauer Berg, dedicated wholeheartedly to improvisation theater.

Located on Schiffbauerdamm in Mitte, the Berliner Ensemble stands for political contemporary theater with a rich Brecht history: a neo-baroque building, an international ensemble, up to 15 productions per month, and an occupancy rate that makes Berlin's theater scene look pale in comparison.


North Neukölln was considered rather dingy for a long time and was described as a creepy place during pakage tours by its former district Mayor Heinz Buschkowsky. By contrast, the magnificent Heimathafen Neukölln is a highlight with various cultural offerings in a historic Varieté-Theater.





In the historic mill warehouse directly on the Spree, an emotional journey through the history of German division awaits you. The museum connects personal fates with original props and interviews from contemporary witnesses in 13 themed rooms.








The "Pasta Opera" show, held in Schloss Schwante in Oberkrämer in Brandenburg is an opera show with a professional ensemble and a four-course menu for the guests.




Your parents may know Dieter Hallervorden, Ilja Richter and Robert Atzorn from seeing them on TV, but at the Schlosspark Theater your mom and dad can see the actors live on stage.




Die Wühlmäuse is a long-established and very well-known Berlin cabaret theater with a permanent location at Theodor-Heuss-Platz in Berlin-Westend.


Thanks to the children's musical "Linie 1", among others, GRIPS Theater is probably the most famous of Berlin's children's theaters and a flagship of children's theater culture throughout Germany.

The Maxim Gorki Theater in Mitte is Berlin's most important address for post-migrant contemporary theater. Behind the neoclassical facade on the grand boulevard Unter den Linden, contemporary theater is discussed, which doesn't just accompany social debates, but initiates them.





THEATER AN DER PARKAUE - Junges Staatstheater Berlin is the largest state theater for young people in Germany! The theater has three stages with a total of more than 600 seats.

The largest spoken theater in West Berlin has resided since 1981 in a listed building by Erich Mendelsohn on Kurfürstendamm in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz stands for politically engaged contemporary theater of world-class standard, with an ensemble that alternates between stage and cinema screen.













Founded in 1993, Schaubude Berlin is now one of the city's most important children's theaters. The venue in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg is funded by the Berlin Senate and is known, among other things, as the host of the International Festival for Contemporary Puppet and Object Theater.
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Every Friday the Alte Kantine (old canteen) in the Kulturbrauerei invites you to the party series "Kantine Deluxe". Every Monday at 10 pm the "Hungry Monday", a party with buffet, is celebrated for little money.


Where classical music meets church history: The Berlin Cathedral on Museum Island in Berlin-Mitte is one of the city's most fascinating concert venues. Whether it's an organ concert under the dome vault or choir music by the Cathedral Choir – here, sacred architecture literally resonates.