Liliom, a carousel barker at the funfair known all over town, meets Julie, a servant girl and his fateful love, while working on the carousel. Together, they risk their jobs out of longing for a life without exploitation. Once unemployed, Liliom feels increasingly humiliated. He starts to lash out and Julie too is the victim of his violence. When she gets pregnant, the economic desperation of the expectant couple worsens and Liliom is persuaded to take part in a robbery by his shady friend. When the robbery goes wrong, Liliom stabs himself. A court awaits him in the afterlife, which grants him a second chance on Earth after sixteen years of purgatory. Can a person change? German-Hungarian writer Terézia Mora has created a new translation of the most famous play by the Hungarian dramatist Molnár from 1909 for the Berliner Ensemble. Director Christina Tscharyiski places the focus on a society where people are at the mercy of the violent carousal of social injustice like figures in a shooting gallery and at the same time reproduce it.

Artists/Collaborators: Von Ferenc Molnár (Autor/in), Kyrre Kvam (N.N. und Live-Musik), Jannik Mühlenweg (Liliom), Lili Epy (Julie), Joyce Sanhá (Marie), Bettina Hoppe (Frau Muskat), Oliver Kraushaar (Stutzer), Adrian Grünewald (Hugo Beifeld), Louisa Beck (Luisa), Christina Tscharyiski, Dominique Wiesbauer, Svenja Gassen, Kyrre Kvam, Hans Fründt, Amely Joana Haag

Runtime: Tue, 03/12/2024 to Fri, 03/01/2025

Alternative events

Fremd

Theatre

During the economic boom of post-war Germany, nobody wanted to be associated with the issues: the Nazi-crimes of the past, the rupture of civilisation and the Holocaust. The murders were banished from memory, but the pain remained. And even today, nobody... moreabout: Fremd

Date:: until 28/04/2025
Venue:: Berliner Ensemble - Neues Haus
Address:: Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
Price:: from €30.75

Order online

Tschick - Theater an der Parkaue

Theatre

Inzwischen ein moderner Klassiker: Wolfgang Herrndorfs berührend-komische Road-Novel über zwei Außenseiter. moreabout: Tschick - Theater an der Parkaue

Next date:: Tschick
Date:: Thursday, 02/January/2025 19:00 (1 more date)
Venue:: Theater an der Parkaue - Bühne 3
Address:: Parkaue 29, 10367 Berlin-Lichtenberg
Price:: from €18.50

Order online

Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach - Deutsches Theater Berlin

Theatre

Viele Menschen verbinden mit der Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach den Film aus dem Jahr 1958 – mit Elizabeth Taylor und Paul Newman in den Rollen von Maggie und Brick, ein Kassenschlager der 50er Jahre und ein Filmklassiker bis heute. moreabout: Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach - Deutsches Theater Berlin

Next date:: Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach
Date:: Thursday, 02/January/2025 19:30
Venue:: Deutsches Theater Berlin
Address:: Schumannstraße 13 A, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
Price:: from €15.80

Order online

DER KLEINE PRINZ

Theatre

Der kleine Prinz landet vom 12. bis 15. Dez. 2024 und vom 2. bis 5. Jan. 2025 erstmals auf der Bühne des Heimathafen Neukölln. Über 350.000 Zuschauer sahen die Inszenierung seit ihrer Premiere, 10 Jahre lang war das Stück regelmäßig zur Weihnachtszeit... moreabout: DER KLEINE PRINZ

Next date:: Der kleine Prinz von Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Date:: Thursday, 02/January/2025 19:30 (4 more dates)
Venue:: Heimathafen Neukölln
Address:: Karl-Marx-Straße 141, 12043 Berlin-Neukölln
Price:: from €28.85

Order online

01_BE_Zuschauer_Großes Haus_foto_Moritz Haase.jpg

The Arsonists (Biedermann und die Brandstifter)

Theatre

Biedermann is outraged by the arsonists who have been starting fire everywhere – at least while he is at his local pub or on social media. But when they actually knock on his door, he politely asks them in, even though they make no attempt to hide their... moreabout: The Arsonists (Biedermann und die Brandstifter)