Premieres and Repertoire

Premieres

Cry Baby

by René Pollesch
Director: René Pollesch
WORLD PREMIERE
8 September 2018
Deutsches Theater

Before Dawn
(Vor Sonnenaufgang)

by Ewald Palmetshofer based on the play by Gerhart Hauptmann
Director: Jette Steckel
Co-production with Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
BERLIN PREMIERE
9 September 2018
Kammerspiele

Old Masters (Alte Meister)

based on the novel by Thomas Bernhard
Director: Thom Luz
PREMIERE
14 September 2018
Kammerspiele

Which Future?!
Let Them Eat Money

by Andres Veiel in collaboration with Jutta Doberstein
Director: Andres Veiel
Coproduction Deutsches Theater Berlin with the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
WORLD PREMIERE
28 September 2018
Deutsches Theater

Offending the Audience (Publikumsbeschimpfung)

by Peter Handke
Director: Martin Laberenz
Co-production with Schauspiel Stuttgart
BERLIN PREMIERE
6 October 2018
Kammerspiele

Hunger. Peer

based on Hamsun / Ibsen
Director: Sebastian Hartmann
PREMIERE
19 October 2018
Deutsches Theater

Jutta Wachowiak narrates Jurassic Park (Jutta Wachowiak erzählt Jurassic Park)

An evening with Jutta Wachowiak, Eberhard Petschinka and Rafael Sanchez
Director: Rafael Sanchez
WORLD PREMIERE
21 October 2018
Box

There were three sisters... (Es waren drei Schwestern...)

based on Anton Chekov
Director: Karin Henkel
PREMIERE
9 November 2018
Deutsches Theater

The Silent Trabants (Die stillen Trabanten)

by Clemens Meyer
Director: Armin Petras
WORLD PREMIERE
11 November 2018
Kammerspiele

The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs (Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren)

Showcase Beat Le Mot, based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Director: Showcase Beat Le Mot
BERLIN PREMIERE
16 November 2018
Kammerspiele

Persona

by Ingmar Bergman
Director: Anna Bergmann
Coproduction with the Stadttheater Malmö
BERLIN PREMIERE
30 November 2018
Kammerspiele
A Junges DT production

Hool

by Philipp Winkler
Director: Adrian Figueroa
PREMIERE
1 December 2018
Box

Westend

by Moritz Rinke
Director: Stephan Kimmig
WORLD PREMIERE
21 December 2018
Deutsches Theater

In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer
(In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer)

by Heinar Kipphardt
Director: Christopher Rüping
PREMIERE
20 January 2019
Deutsches Theater

Black Maria

by René Pollesch
Director: René Pollesch
WORLD PREMIERE
30 January 2019
Kammerspiele
A Junges DT production

Borderliners (Der Plan von der Abschaffung des Dunkels)

by Peter Høeg
Director: Nora Schlocker
PREMIERE
12 February 2019
Kammerspiele

Fabian. The Story of a Moralist (Fabian. Die Geschichte eines Moralisten)

based on the novel by Erich Kästner
Director: Alexander Riemenschneider
PREMIERE
23 February 2019
Box

Revolutionary Road (Zeiten des Aufruhrs)

by Richard Yates
Director: Jette Steckel
PREMIERE
28 February 2019
Deutsches Theater

the templar knight (der tempelherr)

by Ferdinand Schmalz
Director: Lilja Rupprecht
WORLD PREMIERE
3 March 2019
Kammerspiele

The Misanthrope
(Der Menschenfeind)

by Molière
Director: Anne Lenk
PREMIERE
29 March 2019
Deutsches Theater
A Junges DT VR-production

Got Lost in the Woods (Verirrten sich im Wald)

based on Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm
Director: Robert Lehniger and CyberRäuber
PREMIERE
30 March 2019
Box

The Resettled Woman (Die Umsiedlerin)

by Heiner Müller
Directors: Tom Kühnel und Jürgen Kuttner
PREMIERE
6 April 2019
Kammerspiele

The Giraffe’s Neck (Der Hals der Giraffe)

by Judith Schalansky
Director: Philipp Arnold
PREMIERE
18 April 2019
Box

ugly duckling

by Bastian Kraft, based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
Director: Bastian Kraft
WORLD PREMIERE
25 April 2019
Kammerspiele

Leonce and Lena (Leonce und Lena)

by Georg Büchner
Director: Ulrich Rasche 
PREMIERE
26 April 2019
Deutsches Theater

A Horse Walks into a Bar
(Kommt ein Pferd in die Bar)

by David Grossman
Director: Dušan David Pařízek
Co-production with the Burgtheater Wien
and the Deutsches Theater Berlin
BERLIN PREMIERE
2018/19
Deutsches Theater

Autorentheatertage 2019

May / June 2019
Deutsches Theater

Repertoire

100 Seconds (what are our lives about)

An experimental set-up
Director: Christopher Rüping
Kammerspiele

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird (Ein Käfig ging einen Vogel suchen)

by Franz Kafka
Director: Andreas Kriegenburg
Deutsches Theater

America

based on the novel The Man Who Disappeared by Franz Kafka
Director: Dušan David Pařízek
Deutsches Theater

An Answer in the Silence (Antwort aus der Stille)

based on the novella by Max Frisch
Director: Frank Abt
Co-production with Ruhrfestspiele
Box

Auerhaus

based on the novel by Bov Bjerg
Director: Nora Schlocker
Kammerspiele

Berlin Alexanderplatz

based on the novel by Alfred Döblin
Director: Sebastian Hartmann
Deutsches Theater

Biography: A Game (Biografie: Ein Spiel)

by Max Frisch
Director: Bastian Kraft
Kammerspiele
A Junges DT production

Class Register (Klassenbuch)

based on the novel by John von Düffel
Director: Kristo Šagor
Kammerspiele
A Junges DT production

Daredevils (Draufgängerinnen)

All Adventurous Women Do
by Tanja Šljivar
Director: Salome Dastmalchi
Box

Death of a Salesman (Tod eines Handlungsreisenden)

by Arthur Miller
Director: Bastian Kraft
Deutsches Theater

Democracy (Demokratie)

by Michael Frayn
Director: Tom Kühnel, Jürgen Kuttner
Deutsches Theater

Diary of a Madman (Tagebuch eines Wahnsinnigen)

by Nikolai Gogol
Director: Hanna Rudolph
Kammerspiele

Dislocation (Versetzung)

by Thomas Melle
Director: Brit Bartkowiak
Kammerspiele

Eisler on the Beach

A “Communist family constellation therapy”
Directors: Tom Kühnel and Jürgen Kuttner
Kammerspiele

Endgame (Endspiel)

by Samuel Beckett
Director: Jan Bosse
Kammerspiele
For Rosa von Praunheim's 75th birthday

Every Idiot Has A Grandmother, Apart From Me (Jeder Idiot hat eine Oma, nur ich nicht)

by Rosa von Praunheim
Director: Rosa von Praunheim
Kammerspiele

Father (Vater)

by Dietrich Brüggemann
Director: Dietrich Brüggemann
Box

Fathers and Sons (Väter und Söhne)

by Brian Friel based on the novel by Iwan Turgenjew
Director: Daniela Löffner
Kammerspiele

Feminista, Baby!

based on the SCUM-Manifesto by Valerie Solanas
Directors: Tom Kühnel, Jürgen Kuttner
Kammerspiele

Four Days in July – Blackbox G20 (Vier Tage im Juli – Blackbox G20)

A project by Gernot Grünewald and ensemble
Director: Gernot Grünewald
Box

Gertrud

by Einar Schleef
Director: Jakob Fedler
Coproduction with Schauspielhaus Bochum
Kammerspiele

Ghosts (Gespenster)

based on August Strindberg / Henrik Ibsen / Heinrich Heine
Director: Sebastian Hartmann
Deutsches Theater

Girl With Thimble (Das Mädchen mit dem Fingerhut)

by Michael Köhlmeier
Director: Alexander Riemenschneider
Co-production with Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
Box

Heart of a dog (Hundeherz)

based on the story by Mikhail Bulgakov
Director: Lilja Rupprecht
Box

In Tin Foil (In Stanniolpapier)

by Björn SC Deigner
based on an idea from Anna Berndt
Adaption by Sebastian Hartmann
Director: Sebastian Hartmann
Kammerspiele

Ismene, sister of

by Lot Vekemans
Director: Stephan Kimmig
Kammerspiele

It Can´t Happen Here

based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis
Director: Christopher Rüping
Kammerspiele
A Junges DT production

Katzelmacher

by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director: Jessica Glause
Kammerspiele

King Ubu (König Ubu)

by Alfred Jarry
Director: András Dömötör
Kammerspiele

Kleist. Story of a Soul (Kleist. Geschichte einer Seele)

Dramatic Reading with Ulrich Matthes
Deutsches Theater

Medea. Voices (Medea. Stimmen)

by Christa Wolf
Director: Tilmann Köhler
Kammerspiele

Mother Tongue Mameloschn (Muttersprache Mameloschn)

by Sasha Marianna Salzmann
Director: Brit Bartkowiak
Kammerspiele

Nathan the Wise (Nathan der Weise)

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Director: Andreas Kriegenburg
Deutsches Theater

On The Royal Road (Am Königsweg)

by Elfriede Jelinek
Director: Stephan Kimmig
Deutsches Theater

Phaedra

by Jean Racine
Director: Stephan Kimmig
Deutsches Theater

Poison (Gift)

by Lot Vekemans
Director: Christian Schwochow
Deutsches Theater

RAGE (WUT)

by Elfriede Jelinek
Director: Martin Laberenz
Kammerspiele

Rome (Rom)

based on based on Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Director: Karin Henkel
Deutsches Theater

Solaris

based on the novel by Stanisław Lem
Director: András Dömötör
Box

Stories from here: Faith, Love & Hope (Geschichten von hier I: Glaube Liebe Hoffnung)

A project by Frank Abt
Director: Frank Abt
Box

Summerfolk (Sommergäste)

by Maxim Gorki
Director: Daniela Löffner
Deutsches Theater

Tape

by Stephen Belber
Director: Stefan Pucher
Kammerspiele

Terror

by Ferdinand von Schirach
Director: Hasko Weber
Deutsches Theater

The Captain of Köpenick (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick)

by Carl Zuckmayer
Director: Jan Bosse
Deutsches Theater

The Celebration (Das Fest)

by Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov
Director: Anne Lenk
Kammerspiele

The chips are down (Das Spiel ist aus)

by Jean-Paul Sartre
Director: Jette Steckel
Deutsches Theater

The Day I Was No Longer Me (Der Tag, als ich nicht ich mehr war)

by Roland Schimmelpfennig
Director: Anne Lenk
Kammerspiele

The Fireship (Das Feuerschiff)

based on a story by Siegfried Lenz
Director: Josua Rösing
Kammerspiele

The Glass Menagerie (Die Glasmenagerie)

by Tennessee Williams
Director: Stephan Kimmig
Deutsches Theater

The Maids (Die Zofen)

by Jean Genet
Director: Ivan Panteleev
Deutsches Theater

The Miser (Der Geizige)

by Molière
Director: Martin Laberenz
Kammerspiele

The Misunderstanding (Das Missverständnis)

by Albert Camus
Director: Jürgen Kruse
Kammerspiele

The Seagull (Die Möwe)

by Anton Chekhov
Director: Jürgen Gosch
Deutsches Theater

The Visit (Der Besuch der alten Dame)

a tragic comedy by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Director: Bastian Kraft
Deutsches Theater

Thieves (Diebe)

by Dea Loher
Director: Andreas Kriegenburg
Deutsches Theater
A Junges DT production

Tiger Milk (Tigermilch)

based on the novel by Stefanie de Velasco
Director: Wojtek Klemm
Box

Transit

by Anna Seghers
Director: Alexander Riemenschneider
Box

Ulrich Matthes reads Schiller-Balladen

Lesung von und mit Ulrich Matthes
Deutsches Theater

Ulysses

based on the novel by James Joyce
Director: Sebastian Hartmann
Deutsches Theater

Uncle Vanya (Onkel Wanja)

by Anton Chekhov
Director: Jürgen Gosch
Deutsches Theater

Vodka Beetle (Wodka-Käfer)

Based on the book Berliner Mietshaus (Berlin Apartment House) by Irina Liebmann
Director: Brit Bartkowiak
Box

Waiting for Godot (Warten auf Godot)

by Samuel Beckett
Director: Ivan Panteleev
A co-production with Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
Deutsches Theater

Water Drops on Burning Rocks (Tropfen auf heiße Steine)

by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director: Philipp Arnold
Box

Why We Took the Car (Tschick)

based on the novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf
Director: Alexander Riemenschneider
Kammerspiele