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 the 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

Let Them Eat Money. Which Future?! (Let Them Eat Money. Welche Zukunft?!)

by Andres Veiel in collaboration with Jutta Doberstein
Director: Andres Veiel
Co-production 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 the Schauspiel Stuttgart
BERLIN PREMIERE
6 October 2018
Kammerspiele

Hunger. Peer Gynt

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

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

A theatre evening by Jutta Wachowiak, Eberhard Petschinka and Rafael Sanchez
Director: Rafael Sanchez
WORLD PREMIERE
21 October 2018
Box

The Silent Trabants (Die stillen Trabanten)

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

Three Sisters (Drei Schwestern)

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

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
Co-production with the Malmö Stadsteater
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

Antigone

by Sophocles
Director: Lilja Rupprecht
Co-production with the RambaZamba Theater
PREMIERE
13 January 2019
Box

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)

based on the novel by Peter Høeg
Director: Nora Schlocker
PREMIERE
12 February 2019
Kammerspiele

Fabian

The Story of a Moralist (Die Geschichte eines Moralisten)
based on the novel by Erich Kästner
Director: Alexander Riemenschneider
PREMIERE
23 February 2019
Box

Revolutionary Road (Zeiten des Aufruhrs)

based on the novel by Richard Yates
Director: Jette Steckel
PREMIERE
28 February 2019
Deutsches Theater

the templar knight (der tempelherr)

a play for edification
by Ferdinand Schmalz
Director: Philipp Arnold
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
A play development of Robert Lehniger and CyberRäuber
PREMIERE
30 March 2019
Box

The Resettled Woman (Die Umsiedlerin)

or Life in the Country (oder Das Leben auf dem Lande)
by Heiner Müller
Directors: Tom Kühnel und Jürgen Kuttner
PREMIERE
6 April 2019
Kammerspiele
Limited Edition

Grounded (Am Boden)

by George Brant
Director: Anna Berndt
PREMIERE
18. April 2019
Box

ugly duckling

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

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
5 May 2019
Kammerspiele

Autorentheatertage 2019

29 May–8 June 2019
International start of the Autorentheatertage (Festival of new German drama)
Radar Ost
24–26 May 2019
Deutsches Theater

Repertoire

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

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

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

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

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

King Ubu (König Ubu)

by Alfred Jarry
Director: András Dömötör
Box

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

Dramatic reading with Ulrich Matthes
Deutsches Theater

Lenz

by Georg Büchner
Director: Lilja Rupprecht
Box

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

Phaedra

by Jean Racine
Director: Stephan Kimmig
Deutsches Theater

Poison (Gift)

by Lot Vekemans
Director: Christian Schwochow
Deutsches Theater

Power and Resistance (Macht und Widerstand)

by Ilija Trojanow
Director: Dušan David Pařízek
Deutsches Theater

RAGE (WUT)

by Elfriede Jelinek
Director: Martin Laberenz
Kammerspiele

Rome (Rom)

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: 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

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 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 Misunderstanding (Das Missverständnis)

by Albert Camus
Director: Jürgen Kruse
Kammerspiele

The Seagull (Die Möwe)

by Anton Chekhov
Director: Jürgen Gosch
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