English Theatre Berlin

18/12/2020

HAROLD PINTER | THE CARETAKER

with Patrick Lanagan, Tomas Spencer and Jesse Inman | Directed by Günther Grosser | Set Design by Tomas Fitzpatrick | Costume Design by Jeannette Jürgens | Lighting Design by Tom Oliveira | Photo: David Baltzer | Opened in November 2005 | Second run in February 2007

Our production of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker was one of the last productions at Friends of Italian Opera, the cozy 50-seater venue we operated for 15 years, which was located across the courtyard from where we are now. Directed by Artistic Director Günther Grosser, it ran for a couple of weeks before we closed the old theater. At the new venue, designer Tomas Fitzpatrick enlarged his beautiful white-and-blue stage set to accommodate the much larger dimensions of our new home. "Sit down": for ten more nights, Jesse Inman as Ashton would begin the play with an awkward invitation to the homeless man Davies (or Bernard Jenkins? We never find out) played by Patrick Lanagan. Later, Tomas Spencer would join them and team up with his brother Ashton only to humiliate poor Davies. A few months before we revived our production of this late 1950s classic, Harold Pinter received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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17/12/2020

Ferodo Bridges

LIMITED RELEASE: Experience The White Plague: a binaural play for FREE tonight at 19.30 UK time.

The White Plague is an immersive new play, created for flexible studio spaces, about an epidemic of blindness that devastates a country and forces the government of a big city to quarantine all those who have been infected.

Subscribe here to watch: https://www.ferodobridges.com/binaural-experience?fbclid=IwAR07gfSAiy-naljZcJYd1OEL6rT-eRNah9YH6-0jJvHOcxPGPdQNdYpoIM8

Here is the official trailer for our upcoming production released on December 17 for a limited run online.
Subscribe to take part in the experience: https://www.ferodobridges.com/binaural-experience

Watch on Greenwich Theatre, Camberley Theatre Cranleigh Arts The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre English Theatre Berlin I International Performance Centre and Landor Space websites.

14/12/2020

HOLIDAY GIFT VOUCHER | English Theatre Berlin

Still looking for the perfect gift for the holidays? Give the joy of live art, a HOLIDAY GIFT VOUCHER good for admission to any performance at English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center!

https://www.etberlin.de/holiday-gift-voucher/

HOLIDAY GIFT VOUCHER Still looking for the perfect gift for the holidays?   Give the joy of live art, a HOLIDAY GIFT VOUCHER good for admission to any performance at English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center! (Just be sure to email us at [email protected] in advance so we can ...

12/12/2020

ONLINE Binaural Experience | Ferodo Bridges

LIMITED RELEASE: Experience The White Plague: a binaural play for FREE here on this page or on the pages of all collaborating theatres on Thursday 17th of December at 19.30 UK time.

Ferodo Bridges CIC, Greenwich Theatre, Camberley Theatre, The Spring (Havant), Cranleigh Arts Centre and English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center and Landor Space present an immersive binaural experience developed from the play ‘The White Plague’ that can be experienced for FREE from the comfort of your home with just a pair of headphones.

10 years have passed since a fiercely contagious virus spread among a major city’s population, causing a mysterious white blindness and eventually, society’s collapse. Now five survivors come forward to tell a story they were not allowed to share before. A story of unprepared quarantine facilities and dehumanizing circumstances that drive citizens to expose the very brightest and darkest aspects of their human nature. A story of government negligence, isolation and persevering humanity.

This binaural experience places the audience in the middle of the action as a state-of-the-art sound design transports them to every location of the play and inside every character’s head. A timely and close look at social coherence, gender roles and the survival instincts of a society in crisis.

LIMITED RELEASE: Experience The White Plague: a binaural play for FREE here on this page or on the pages of all collaborating theatres on Thursday 17th of December at 19.30 UK time.

11/12/2020

ECHTER BERLINER IHR NICHT !!!! F**K YOU

Directed and Devised by Daniel Brunet | With Lara Babalola, Daniel Brunet, Murat Dikenci, Lynn Femme , Ariel Nil Levy and Lara-Sophie Milagro | Dramaturgy by Lara-Sophie Milagro | Set and Costume Design by Tamar Ginati | Lighting Design by Christian Maith | Video Design and Media Coordination by Josephine Landertinger Forero | Sound Design and Composition by Natalia Lincoln | Assistant Direction by Joseph Wegmann | Regiehospitantin: Tanja Graubaum

ECHTER BERLINER !!!! IHR NICHT F**K YOU marked a lot of firsts: our first production to be funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds, our first in-house production after our reorientation as an international performing arts center and Daniel Brunet’s first production as Producing Artistic Director. A documentary theater piece exploring the differences between so-called “expats” and so-called “immigrants”, the production set the tone for a kind of sociopolitical approach to the performing arts we are still pursuing seven years later and was one of our first productions to bring in over 1,000 audience members (1,183 to be exact) in only ten performances.
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10/12/2020

Be More Chinese – tanzschreiber

A review of Exotic Animal by Inky Lee for Tanzschreiber. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

“Exotic Animal”, Ming Poon ©Klaus Enrique Be More Chinese 9. December 2020, by Right Now Language: EN Inky Lee writes about “Exotic Animal”, a performance created and performed by Ming Poon, and co-produced by English Theatre Berlin. The performance took place online, via Zoom, on 3 – 5 D...

02/12/2020

ArtConnect

Thanks, ArtConnect! 🥰

Tickets for tomorrow's premiere can be purchased via reservix:
https://etberlin.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/354871

In this online performance, Ming Poon looks at how eurocentrism, globalization and cultural consumerism contribute to the exoticization of his body in the art market. See the Exotic Animal this weekend on Zoom, hosted by English Theatre Berlin!

29/11/2020

30 years ago today, the first English-language production - Noodle Highway by Joy Cutler - opened at a 50-seat venue called Freunde der Italienischen Oper that had been founded by Bernd Hoffmeister and Martin Kamratowski five months earlier and later would become English Theatre Berlin. To celebrate this anniversary, we will post some of the highlights from our 30 years of programming on our social media channels starting with the very first show:

NOODLE HIGHWAY – A SPAGHETTI MIDWESTERN

By Joy Cutler | directed by Simon Newby | with Richard Nash, Xanthe Hall, Joy Cutler, Karen Luchini and Jack Montana | produced by Günther Grosser for Out To Lunch Theatre Company | Premiere: November 29, 1990 | Image: Boris Aljinovic

Noodle Highway became a huge hit with audiences, sold out most of its twelve performances and came back for another run a few months later before Out to Lunch premiered their second show, Ramona´s Headache, another Joy Cutler piece. Between 1990 and 2000, Out to Lunch (Joy Cutler, Günther Grosser and Simon Newby) produced more than a dozen shows, eleven of them at English Theatre Berlin.

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27/11/2020

Thomas Chatterton Williams Reads from his Essay “Black and Blue and Blond”

In the event of his daughter’s birth, Thomas Chatterton Williams reflects on the question of what racial identity means to him. As a brand new father he wonderfully shares his thoughts of black consciousness in a mixed-racial family setting in his thoughtful written essay Black and Blue and Blond.

Part of #AmericanWeek at The American Academy in Berlin
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As part of the Embassy Literature Series at the English Theatre Berlin

26/11/2020

Tom Leveen reading at the English Theater Berlin

Tom Leveen’s novel Random thrillingly tells the story of Tori, who receives a phone call from an unknown number and is asked by the caller for only one reason to stay alive. Uncertain about the outcome, Tori hangs on for several hours to find out, who and what is behind this question. With this reviting novel Tom Leveen emphasizes cyberbullying as a growing challenge among kids and young adults of today.

Part of #AmericanWeek at The American Academy in Berlin.

#USAmericanWeek #USADays #GermanAmericanFriedship #AmerikaWoche

Im Rahmen der Literaturreihe der US-Botschaft und in Zusammenarbeit mit dem English Theatre Berlin las der Schriftsteller Tom Leveen am Dienstag, den 29. Sep...

25/11/2020

A Memorable Reading with Amy Bloom in Berlin

In a dynamic discussion, American author, Amy Bloom describes the journey of writing her historical novel, Lucky Us – a moving book about loss, abandonment, and identity. Amy Bloom provides fascinating personal anecdotes and an engaging reading, luring her audience into the world of her early 20th century protagonist, Eva Logan Acton.

Visit The American Academy in Berlin for more on #AmericanWeek.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6nYZkt4S18

March 11, 2015. RBB Moderator Jörg Thadeusz introduced American writer Amy Bloom and her new novel Lucky Us to a full house at the English Theatre Berlin. Ac...

24/11/2020

Reading by Tom Drury, English Theater Berlin

It's #USAmericanWeek at The American Academy in Berlin. Tom Drury’s novel The Driftless Area is set in the Midwest and tells the story of Pierre Hunter who returns to his hometown after his parents died. He was saved from a cracked icy lake by mysterious Stella Rosmarin and quickly gets into trouble with a violent criminal. All coincidences no longer seem unpredicted and Hunter inevitably becomes the hunted. The reading is switched between the English original and the German translation Das Stille Land. Additionally, Tom Drury gives wonderful insights on the background story and personal ties to this novel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r4SGusY05Q

Tom Drury, currently the Mary Ellen von der Heyden Fellow at the American Academy Berlin, read from his 2006 novel The Driftless Area as part of the U.S. Emb...

23/11/2020

I'm not your trophy

Exotic is warm and spicy. It is one letter away from erotic. It promises adventure. Exotic is somewhere far away and foreign. Exotic is strange, but also very appealing and desirable. It is always over there, not here; them, not us; you, never me. Exotic is dark and mysterious, but its threat is tamed and contained.

Don't miss Exotic Animal by Ming Poon December 3, 4 + 5. This is an online audience collaborative performance that takes place via the platform Zoom.

Tickets: https://etberlin.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/354871

Video by Ming Poon for an an event organized by MSG&Friends

23/11/2020

BIYT Berlin International Youth Theatre

BIYT Berlin International Youth Theatre

The new winter term for BIYT starts November 28, 2020- February 27, 2021

Due to the pandemic, class sizes are still restricted.
If your child is interested in joining any of the classes please feel free to contact us and we will gladly put you on the waiting list. As soon as a spot becomes available and restrictions ease, we will be glad to welcome your child to the group!

During lockdown classes are continued on Zoom. In the Lab and Ensemble classes, we are creating an interactive website about a gothic murder mystery with lots of strange and exotic characters. The website will contain all the clues. We hope to be performing the actual play in June 2021. The BIYT Ignite group is creating a closed performance for December based on Dr. Seuss' classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".

23/11/2020

U.S. Embassy Literature Series: a reading with Brittani Sonnenberg

In a reading from her debut novel, Brittani Sonnenberg thoughtfully discusses what it means to be an (U.S.) American expat in an age of globalization and deal with one’s sense of otherness. She reads a passage from her book, Home Leave – a novel largely inspired by her personal life’s story as an American living abroad – and talks about her experiences as a writer.

For more information on The U.S. Embassy Literature Series visit The American Academy in Berlin.

American author and Berlin resident Brittani Sonnenberg read from her debut novel Home Leave at the English Theatre Berlin on December 1. She shared the expe...

17/11/2020

Ming Poon is a Berlin-based choreographer who began his career as professional dancer in 1993 and started to develop his choreographic practice in 2010. He creates choreographic interventions, where spectators are invited to exercise their agency to create change. His practice is influenced by Buddhist concept of interdependence and care, Judith Butler’s resistance in vulnerability, Augusto Boal’s theatre of the oppressed and Nicolas Bourriaud’s micro-utopias. Don't miss the opportunity to see his latest work, Exotic Animal, coming up December 3,4 & 5.

16/11/2020

The exotic industry has become a big and lucrative market, offering goods and services ranging from food, fashion, music, books, health products, workshops, collectibles, antiques to cultural attractions, theme events, tourism and corporate branding. It has often been touted as a fun and light way to promote the appreciation and experience of foreign cultures. But is it as innocent as it appears? What lurks beneath its foreigner-friendly surface? The collaborative performance Exotic Animal (audience collaborative performance) invites the audience to see what it takes to create the ideal exotic look.

Tickets: https://etberlin.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/354871

31/10/2020

Expo Events Postponed! | English Theatre Berlin

Dear audience, due to the ongoing situation, we are postponing the final four performances of the 2020 Expo. The White Plague will take place as planned tonight (Saturday, October 31st). The performances planned for November 1, 3, 5 and 7 are all postponed.

31. October 2020 – 12:10 Expo Events Postponed! Due to the ongoing situation, we are postponing the final four performances of the 2020 Expo. The White Plague will take place as planned on Saturday, October 31st. The performances planned for November 1, 3, 5 and 7 are all postponed. Categories: Ne...

29/10/2020

Expo Festival: the show must go on

"Despite the challenges in getting to opening night, Brunet says the festival will offer a vital release from the turmoil of the world outside, with several evenings close to selling out. “This is a unique festival that I think serves the community and the venue in pretty exceptional ways,” he says. “As long as it seems to be safe enough to do so, I think it's a good thing to be able to offer - art and culture are absolutely essential, even in times where it's difficult to realise physically.” - Daniel Brunet on the #2020expofestival in the Berliner Zeitung.

The international theatre's festival celebrating 'Wahlberliner' is back this week after postponement due to corona.

28/10/2020

Aufbruch mit Maske

Producing artistic director Daniel Brunet spoke with Udo Badelt from Tagesspiegel about culture during the pandemic and the impact on Berlin's Freie Szene:

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/die-kultur-in-der-coronapandemie-aufbruch-mit-maske/26314020.html?fbclid=IwAR0HORsZkQGw_sBUE6F7dkA3jX-uENqaI8efrcOD2lVyGvoxibHJBNSVK-8

Seit dem Herbst sind Bühnen und Konzertsäle in Deutschland endlich wieder geöffnet – doch die Situation bleibt fragil. Welche Strategien haben die Häuser entwickelt, und wie kann es im Winter weitergehen?

27/10/2020

Ticketshop

10 years have passed since a fiercely contagious virus spread among a major city’s population, causing a mysterious white blindness and eventually, society’s collapse. Now five survivors come forward to tell a story they were not allowed to share before. A story of unprepared quarantine facilities and dehumanizing circumstances that drive citizens to expose the very brightest and darkest aspects of their human nature. A story of government negligence, police violence and persevering humanity.

This binaural experience places the audience in the middle of the action as a state-of-the-art sound design transports them to every location of the play and inside every character’s head. A starting point to explore social coherence, gender roles and the survival instincts of a society in crisis.

Coming up on October 31st!
Tickets: https://etberlin.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/349749

English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center puts its Miete where its mouth is with this festival featuring our most important resource – the community of international artists and the English-language Freie Szene. Over four evenings, the Expo features a curated performance per ev...