theatre
IN THE CORPSE OF THE PRESENT Prinz Friedrich von Homburg Heinrich von Kleist
Marco Fusinato's long-running performance piece fills the former foyer and main hall of the Maxim Gorki Theater, running daily for three weeks.
Date ideas in Berlin you probably haven't tried.
Not the usual dates
- guided tour
Berühmte Frauen
Guided walk through the Dorotheenstädt cemetery to graves of women from literature, art and opera, including Christa Wolf and Ruth Berghaus. Run by the Brecht-Weigel-Museum and meeting in the courtyard of the Brecht house.
- planetarium
Zeit – Im Strom des Universums
A fulldome film about cosmic time, followed by a live moderated segment that picks up the ideas from the film.
- event
Noise as a Strategy — Workshop
A workshop around Marco Fusinato's installation at the Maxim Gorki Theater, linking Kleist's The Prince of Homburg with records played in slow motion and masks.
- cinema
Staatsschutz
A 2026 German thriller about a young Asian-German prosecutor who pursues a racist attack case against her agency's orders. It is shown in German with English subtitles.
- talk & lecture
Berlin | Claude Conversation x Foresight Institute — Can AI help us solve science's hardest problems?
Working scientists from life sciences, medicine and chemistry discuss whether AI can speed up the research that matters most, and what people still need to do.
- cinema
Naza
A film screening at fsk, the cinema on Oranienplatz in Kreuzberg.
- cinema
CALL ME QUEEN
A cinema screening at Filmrauschpalast in Moabit, where you sit through one film together and talk about it afterwards.
- club night
Clock Out Club
An afterwork party at Frannz Club with live DJs and a gaming corner, so the evening can mix dancing with games.
- theatre
A Seed Story
A revived game-performance by machina eX and Tadpole Repertory, staged in English at HAU3 in Kreuzberg.
- cinema
Dokumentation Vergessene Gesichter: Otto Wallburg + Film: Strich durch die Rechnung
A documentary on the actor Otto Wallburg, a largely forgotten face of German film, shown alongside the feature film Strich durch die Rechnung.
- cabaret & drag
Die SchMERZtherapie
A comedy show about pain therapy, performed at the DISTEL cabaret theatre.
- live music
SHARAKTAH
German indie-pop singer-songwriter Sharaktah plays songs from his self-titled album on a club tour stop; sources describe intense, guitar-driven shows about memory and new beginnings.
- live music
Aesthetic Perfection – Suckers For Punishment 2026
Aesthetic Perfection, the German darkwave band, play with special guest PRIEST at Frannz Club.
- live music
Aesthetic Perfection: Suckers For Punishment 2026, plus Priest
Aesthetic Perfection performs with special guest Priest at the Frannz Club.
- live music
BIG SLEEP
BIG SLEEP play a concert at Privatclub in Kreuzberg.
- live music
BRIAN FALLON & THE PAINKILLERS
Brian Fallon, frontman of The Gaslight Anthem, performs with his band The Painkillers at Astra Kulturhaus.
- live music
HAUTE & FREDDY + Support: Cabbage the Clown
A concert by Haute & Freddy with support from Cabbage the Clown at Huxleys Neue Welt in Neukölln.
- live music
HEISSKALT / PALEBLOOM
HEISSKALT play a tour show at SO36 in Kreuzberg, with PALEBLOOM supporting.
- talk & lecture
Terézia Mora im Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus
Novelist Terézia Mora talks about her writing life and reads from her work, with the evening also streamed online.
- live music
Robins Nest - Jamsession
A jam session led by Robin Draganiç at b-flat, where musicians play together late on a Wednesday night.
- cinema
NAZA
A screening at Il Kino in Neukölln.
- cinema
Süd-Korea: Oldboy
Park Chan-wook's 2003 Korean revenge thriller, the second part of his Vengeance Trilogy, shown in its original Korean version. It is violent and stylized, with a hallway fight filmed as one long take.
- talk & lecture
Einblick La Calisto
Pre-premiere event at the Staatsoper's Apollosaal with a short rehearsal visit and a talk with cast and dramaturges on Cavalli's La Calisto.