Theatre

Oskar Matzerath has barely been born when he recognises the world to be a universal disaster – and rejects it entirely. Only the tin drum promised to him by his mother offers him an acceptable perspective... more

Based on the idea of wanting to play with international improvisers by building a community where different voices from different countries can come together and weave stories under the many styles of... more

The Examination is the award-winning production by Brokentalkers exploring mental health and human rights in the prison system, performed by Brokentalkers’ Gary Keegan and stand-up comedian and former... more

“To understand the world we live in, we have to know how we love – because if we know how we love, we understand how we can save the world.” more

With a star-studded cast and a stage-filling tree installation, Thomas Ostermeier has transferred Chekhov's classic from Russia to the Berlin countryside. more

"A passionate one-man show" (The New York Times) Silent is the touching and challenging story of homeless McGoldrig, who once had splendid things. But he has lost it all – including his mind. He now dives... more

KING tells the story of Luther, a man from Cork named in honour of his Granny Bee Baw’s hero, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Luther only leaves his apartment for essential journeys, and to perform as an Elvis... more

Barrie Kosky transforms Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Threepenny Opera" into a big-city ballad about people seeking happiness in a functional, sober world. more

Happy Days  first premiered in 1961 in New York and has since then unquestionably become a classic of the modern stage. In 2022, The Independent named it one of the 40 best plays of all time. More than... more

Paris, 1935: a pulsating metropolis at the centre of Europe. The city has become a place of exile for thousands who had to leave Germany after the National Socialists seized power in 1933. more

Although many see the majority of Roma people as unemployed, Roma workers have always played an important role in building houses. A long time ago generations of Roma built houses from mud bricks. In the... more

in the context of COMMON SENSES – Mono Doubles Englisch, Übertitel Deutsch The performance seeks new ways of understanding and is an invitation to get in bed with each other, be vulnerable, and explore... more

»Trauma Kink« is a show about how early and adult traumas define our perception of intimacy and pleasure. The show opens the conversation about trauma in a natural way, through the stories of five artists... more

By Amos Gitai La Colline – théâtre national German premiere   “House” is an adaptation of the documentary film trilogy of the same name (1980, 1998 and 2005), in which Israeli director Amos Gitai portrayed... more

Things are going remarkably badly for Vernon Subutex. Formerly the owner of a record store known throughout Paris, he is losing his business - and thus his raison d'être - in the age of digital file sharing... more