International Festival

Radar Ost 2023

Country focus Ukraine

Festival program

World Premiere

Guest Performances

Supporting program

Festival curator Birgit Lengers
Production Manager and Co-Curator Supporting Programme Alina Aleshchenko
Project management Christine Drawer
Technical direction Marco Fanke
Festival coordination Marie Speckmann
Assistant Director Ha*l*t Christina Eickhoff
Illustrations Anna Sarvira
Graphic Sabine Meyer
Radar Ost
8 – 12 March 2023
Deutsches Theater
Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Susanne Burkhardt, 13.03.2023
An important look in a direction of Europe that we have paid too little attention to for too long. Five days of war and solidarity with Ukraine. That was Radar Ost 2023, with actors who have a clear message, who want to and have to tell of their experiences. Sometimes a bit too loud, too pathetic, too demanding, but at the same time also forceful and touching. An important look in a direction of Europe that we have paid too little attention to for too long.
Berliner Morgenpost
Elena Philipp, 13.03.2023
Burning topicality at its last edition. Burning topicality at its last edition. [...] The Radar Ost festival at the Deutsches Theater once again made it possible to experience very directly what war means. In five festival days, six guest performances were shown, three from Ukraine, one each from Belarus, Georgia and Slovenia. Highly topical and political. [...] raw and bare [...] strong and touching [...] Tears flow on stage and in the auditorium.
taz
Katja Kollmann, 2023-03-14
The DT Festival, which has been exploring the theatre landscape in East-Central and Eastern Europe since 2018, once again proves its power in crises and catastrophes. It's time again for Radar Ost. The DT Festival, which has been exploring the theatre landscape in East-Central and Eastern Europe since 2018, once again proves its power in crises and catastrophes.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Kerstin Holm, 15.03.2023
One must hope that this festival in Berlin, which has become the capital of exile for Eastern Europe, will continue under a new artistic director. One must hope that this festival in Berlin, which has become the capital of exile for Eastern Europe, will continue under a new artistic director.
Die Deutsche Bühne
Detlev Baur, 2023-03-09
"Art can heal" said Irena Karpa in the short panel discussion; the director Andrii Palatnyi thanked for the support in Germany and emphasised that theatre work in times of war is particularly important not only for the theatre people but also for the audience in Ukraine. The underlying question of the festival this year is how art, theatre can respond to war. "Art can heal" said Irena Karpa in the short panel discussion; the director Andrii Palatnyi thanked for the support in Germany and emphasised that theatre work in times of war is particularly important not only for the theatre people but also for the audience in Ukraine. It is important to the festival organisers, Birgit Lengers and DT director Ulrich Khuon, to develop a continuous cooperation and not only to show "titbits" in the form of guest performances.
nachtkritik.de
Sophie Diesselhorst, 12.03.2023
Artists defy the political (war) reality with strong positions Artists defy the political (war) reality with strong positions. [...] Some of the invited artists were not guests for the first time: it is a merit of the festival founded in 2018 by Birgit Lengers that it has deepened working relationships and created new ones, also beyond the festival.
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Peter Laudenbach, 12.03.2023
a bitter, angry manifesto The "Radar Ost" festival with guest performances and co-productions from Ukraine, Belarus, Slovenia and Georgia is a bitter, angry manifesto this year. [...] Postmodern value relativism, constructivist theatre fads suddenly seem very out of place and unworldly here.

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What's on

Revival
With English surtitles
by Friedrich Schiller
Director: Anne Lenk
DT Bühne
19.00 - 21.10
sold out
perh. remaining tickets at evening box office
With English surtitles
Anti piece by Eugène Ionesco
Director: Anita Vulesica
Kammer
19.30 - 21.15
sold out
perh. remaining tickets at evening box office