Three opera houses, more than 30 theatres with fixed locations and
countless amateur theatres, cabarets, variety shows, musicals, well over
a hundred cinemas, dozens of concerts on any day, from the classics to
techno, from jazz to pop: Berlin’s cultural range is gigantic.
Consult
www.berlin-tourist-information.de if you wish to be informed at an
early stage or to buy tickets. Ticket
bookings directly at the venue or at a number of sales outlets such as
Berlin Direkt 78 77 77 0
or
via
www.ticketonline.de.
Last-minute box offices are also available.
Hekticket
– Alexanderplatz (booth), Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 12
✆
24 31 24 31, fax 24 31 24 32
Monday-Saturday noon-8pm
– Am Zoo, Hardenbergstraße 29d
Across from the station Zoo
✆
230 99 33-3, fax 2 30 99 33-2
Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm, Sunday 2pm-6pm
Up to 50 percent discounts on remaining tickets for theatre and opera,
stand-up comedy and variety shows on the same night. From 4pm. They will
also help you find a babysitter.
Reservations possible by phone and online (
www.hekticket.de ).
Cabaret:
Wühlmäuse Am Theo
Pommernallee 2-4, Charlottenburg
Tel 30 67 30 11
www.wuehlmaeuse.de
Die Distel
Friedrichstrasse 101, Mitte (Centre)
Tel. 2 04 47 04
www.distel-berlin.de
Mehringhof Theater
Gneisenaustrasse 2a, Kreuzberg
Tel. 6 91 50 99
www.mehringhoftheater.de
Quatsch Comedy Club im Friedrichstadtpalast
✆ 53 02 62
62. Thursday-Sunday. Comedy-stars.
Stachelschweine
Europa-Center, Charlottenburg
Tel. 2 61 47 95
www.die-stachelschweine.de
Concerts:
Konzerthaus (Schauspielhaus)
Am Gendarmenmarkt, Mitte (Centre)
Tel. 2 03 09-21 00/21 03
Meistersaal
Köthener Strasse 38, Kreuzberg
Tel. 2 64 95 30
Chamber music in attractive surroundings. Other events as well.
Philharmonie and Kammermusiksaal
Herbert-von-Karajan-Strasse 1, Tiergarten
✆ 25 48 89
99,
www.berliner-philharmoniker.de
For more addresses: see "Festivities and Events"
Opera/Musical
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Bismarckstrasse 35, Charlottenburg
Tel. 3 41 02 49 (box office), 3 43 84 01
www.deutscheoperberlin.de
Komische Oper Berlin
Behrenstrasse 55-57, Mitte (Centre)
✆ 47 99 74
00,
www.komische-oper-berlin.de
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Unter den Linden 7, Mitte (Centre)
Tel. 20 35 45 55 (box office)
www.staatsoper-berlin.org
Musical-Theater Berlin am Potsdamer Platz
Advance booking tel. 01 805 44 44
Disney’s "Hunchback of the Notre Dame" has been running
here since June 1999.
The
virtuoso ‘Blue Man Group’ is a great success these days.
Theater des Westens
Kantstrasse 12, Charlottenburg
✆ 01805-44
44,
www.theater-des-westens.de
‘The three musketeers’ is a very successful play these days.
Musical premières and new productions.
Theatre:
Berliner Ensemble
Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, Mitte (Centre)
Tel. 28 40 80, 28 40 81 55 (box office)
www.berliner-ensemble.de
This theatre in Wilhelminian baroque style on Schiffbauerdamm was
erected in 1891.
It
was the theatre of Brecht. Nowadays Claus Peymann takes care of the
much-discussed stages.
Deutsches Theater/Kammerspiele
Schumannstrasse 13a, Mitte (Centre)
Tel. 2 84 41 225/226
www.deutsches-theater.berlin.net
Classical as well as modern plays.
The traditional theatre started its season of 2001
under a new leader, Bernd Wilms.
Grips-Theater
Altonaerstrasse 22, Tiergarten
Tel. 39 74 74 77
www.grips-theater.de
Successful productions for children, teenagers and adults, a.o. with
successful musical "Linie 1".
Hansa-Theater
Alt-Moabit 48, Tiergarten
Tel. 39 90 99 09
www.hansa-theater-berlin.de
Popular theater specializing in Berlin comedies.
HAU eins, zwei,
drei
HAU eins: Stresemannstraße 29, Kreuzberg
HAU zwei: Hallesches Ufer 32 (cash desk for all locations)
HAU drei: Tempelhofer Ufer 10
✆ 25 90 04
27,
www.hebbel-am-ufer.de
The ‘Hebbel am Ufer – Hau’ plays at 3 locations. They have their own
stages, international co-productions and (often experimental) guest
performances. Chosen by the professional magazine ‘Theater heute’ as
Theatre of the year 2004.
Komödie und Theater am Kurfürstendamm
Kurfürstendamm 206-209, Charlottenburg
Tel. 8 859 11 88
www.theater-am-kurfuerstendamm.de
Vaudeville pieces
Maxim Gorki Theater (and studio)
Am Festungsgraben 2, Mitte (Centre)
Tel. 20 22 11 15
www.gorki.de
Refined vaudeville theatre in former Singakademie building (erected
in 1825).
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Kurfürstendamm 153, Wilmersdorf
Tel. 89 00 23 (box office)
www.schaubuehne.de
Intendant Thomas Ostermeier and the Flemish home director Luk Perceval
choose present-day drama. Sasha Waltz is the guest choreographer.
High-quality theatre in reconstructed "Universum", a cinema
by Erich Mendelssohn (1928).The young stars Thomas
Ostermeier and Sasha Waltz have taken over the direction of this
renowned theatre.
Schlosspark-Theater
Schlosstrasse 48, Steglitz
✆
700 969 15,
www.schlossparktheater.de
Classics from operetta and film in fresh, modern clothes.
This former state theatre is a private enterprise now and offers an
interesting repertoire.
Volksbühne
Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Mitte (Centre)
Tel. 2 47 67 72
www.volksbuehne-berlin.de
Unorthodox staging by Frank Castorf mainly attracts a younger public.
Hans Kresnik produces radical dance theatre.
Off-Bühnen (a couple of the fixed locations)
Friends of Italian Opera
Fidicinstraße 40, Kreuzberg,
✆
691 12 11
English theatre.
Hackesches Hof Theater
Rosenthaler Strasse 40, Mitte (Centre)
Tel. 2 83 25 87
Russisches
Kammertheater
Knaackstraße 97, Kleiner Hof, Kulturbrauerei, Prenzlauer
Berg, ✆
53 64 23 08, tickets:
✆
441 39 01
www.russischeskammertheater.de
Fr-Sa 9pm, Su 8pm
Sophiensaale
Sophienstrasse 18, Mitte (Centre), back of the house
Tel. 2 83 52 66
www.sophiensaele.de
Experimental theatre and dance
Tanzfabrik Berlin
Möckernstrasse 68, Kreuzberg
Tel. 7 86 58 61
www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de
Variety Shows/ Revue:
Bar jeder Vernunft
Schaperstrasse 24, Wilmersdorf
Tel. 8 83 15 82
www.bar-jeder-vernunft.de
Hall of Mirrors, variety shows, cabaret, chansons; night club.
The Pister Sisters, Meret Becker, Georgette Dee or the "drei
Schachteln" (three Old Tarts) (Brigitte Mira, Helen Vita, Evelyn
Künneke): the big stars of stand-up comedy are regular customers in
this playful hall of mirrors. Young unknowns are bound to grow into
stars one day.
Daily shows (except Monday) at 8.30pm. Piano bar/Night lounge from
11pm.
Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin Das Revuetheater
Friedrichstrasse 107, Mitte (Centre)
Tel. 23 26 23 26
www.friedrichstadtpalast.de
Huge spectacles.
La vie
en rose
Airport Tempelhof
✆
69 51 30 00 of 691 44 45
Tue-Su 10pm, Sa 8pm and 12am as well
Dinner shows, erotic revues.
Pomp
Duck and Circumstance
Möckernstraße 26, Kreuzberg
✆ 0800 533
05 33
www.pompduck.de
The
wildly enthusiastic restaurant-theatre of Klaus-Peter Wodarz serves
breathtaking cabaret and an excellent menu.
