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Die Schule der Diktatoren
Date details
- Date Sunday, 08/December/2024 19:00
- Venue Ballhaus Prinzenallee
- Address Prinzenallee 33, 13359 Berlin-Wedding
Public transportation
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Underground
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U Pankstr.
- U8
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U Pankstr.
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Bus
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Prinzenallee/Soldiner Str.
- M27
- 255
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Berlin, Osloer Str./Prinzenallee
- 50
- M13
- M27
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St.-Elisabeth-Kirchhof
- 255
- M27
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Grüntaler Str.
- 50
- M13
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Soldiner Str./Koloniestr.
- 255
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Drontheimer Str.
- 50
- M13
- 150
- 255
- N52
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U Pankstr.
- M27
- N8
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Ritterlandweg/Soldiner Str.
- 150
- 255
- N52
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Uferstr.
- N8
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U Osloer Str.
- N9
- N8
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Prinzenallee/Soldiner Str.
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Tram
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S Bornholmer Str.
- 50
- M13
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S Bornholmer Str.
The School of Dictators
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The School of Dictators
is bitterly serious and a farce at the same time: the holder of the highest and most responsible government office is a puppet. What is going on? When politics becomes a staging with the aim of deceiving the population, those who have no scruples about turning lies into truth win. Or can the deceivers end up being deceived themselves? Erich Kästner wrote his play under the impression of the dictatorships of the first half of the 20th century - it has become a study of power as an end in itself that transcends time. Well-organized, unfeeling, unerring and self-alienated rulers are difficult to see through, even for the population - but they are the only chance!
The Ballhaus Prinzenallee and its team of directors and actors have developed a choreographic and playful production that finds images scene by scene, showing the seriousness in the absurdity and the satire in the reality. And since, in view of the shift to the right in Germany and the erosion of democratic institutions worldwide, this topic affects us all, it is particularly consistent that the ensemble of the production consists of trained actors, playful citizens and youth club players.
By: Erich Kästner
Director: Oliver Toktasch
Co-director: Lukas David Schmidt
Dramaturgy: Anne-Sylvie König
Stage design & costume: Svantje Woltersdorf
Lighting design: Muhammed Ali Dönmez
Photo: Yanina Isla
With: Freya Kreutzkam, Jonas Broxtermann, Carole Jachtmann, Christian Bojidar, Stefan Reschke, Eva Reuss-Richter, Barbara Schaffernicht, Paula Lüdke, Monika Kneifel-Grobler, Jasmina El Far, Laura Kleinwort, Nelly Krafczyk, V Binas, Julia Grossmann, Jean-Joy Charle, Tabea Lübke, Alexander Thomalla, Lena Leyding, Jenö Stillmark, Eli Wersich, Marlene Germer, Nele Leiminger, Christian Geza
is bitterly serious and a farce at the same time: the holder of the highest and most responsible government office is a puppet. What is going on? When politics becomes a staging with the aim of deceiving the population, those who have no scruples about turning lies into truth win. Or can the deceivers end up being deceived themselves? Erich Kästner wrote his play under the impression of the dictatorships of the first half of the 20th century - it has become a study of power as an end in itself that transcends time. Well-organized, unfeeling, unerring and self-alienated rulers are difficult to see through, even for the population - but they are the only chance!
The Ballhaus Prinzenallee and its team of directors and actors have developed a choreographic and playful production that finds images scene by scene, showing the seriousness in the absurdity and the satire in the reality. And since, in view of the shift to the right in Germany and the erosion of democratic institutions worldwide, this topic affects us all, it is particularly consistent that the ensemble of the production consists of trained actors, playful citizens and youth club players.
By: Erich Kästner
Director: Oliver Toktasch
Co-director: Lukas David Schmidt
Dramaturgy: Anne-Sylvie König
Stage design & costume: Svantje Woltersdorf
Lighting design: Muhammed Ali Dönmez
Photo: Yanina Isla
With: Freya Kreutzkam, Jonas Broxtermann, Carole Jachtmann, Christian Bojidar, Stefan Reschke, Eva Reuss-Richter, Barbara Schaffernicht, Paula Lüdke, Monika Kneifel-Grobler, Jasmina El Far, Laura Kleinwort, Nelly Krafczyk, V Binas, Julia Grossmann, Jean-Joy Charle, Tabea Lübke, Alexander Thomalla, Lena Leyding, Jenö Stillmark, Eli Wersich, Marlene Germer, Nele Leiminger, Christian Geza
Alternative events
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Fremd
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 (1 more date)
- Venue:
- Berliner Ensemble - Neues Haus
- Address:
- Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
- Price:
- from €30.75
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Die Grönholm-Methode
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- Next date:
- von Jordi Galceran
- Date:
- Sunday, 08/December/2024 17:00 (4 more dates)
- Venue:
- Volksbühne Michendorf
- Address:
- Potsdamer Straße 42, 14552 Michendorf
- Price:
- from €22.00
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Türkisch-Deutsches Theaterfestival 2024
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- Next date:
- Öyle Seyler Yalnizca Filmlerde Olur
- Date:
- Sunday, 08/December/2024 17:00 (3 more dates)
- Venue:
- Ballhaus Prinzenallee
- Address:
- Prinzenallee 33, 13359 Berlin-Wedding
- Price:
- from €18.02
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Macbeth
Conductor: Enrique Mazzola; Staging: Marie-Ève Signeyrole; With Roman Burdenko / Thomas Lehman, Marko Mimica / Byung Gil Kim, Anastasia Bartoli / Felicia Moore, Attilio Glaser / Andrei Danilov and others. About the work Macbeth was the first of Shakespeare’s... moreabout: Macbeth
- Date:
- Sunday, 08/December/2024 17:00 (3 more dates)
- Venue:
- Deutsche Oper Berlin
- Address:
- Bismarckstraße 35, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg
- Price:
- from €58.50
© Quelle: Reservix-System
Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte
Das Stationentheaterstück für die ganze Familie findet auf dem Gelände der Kulturscheune „Mutter Fourage“ in Berlin-Wannsee statt. moreabout: Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte
- Next date:
- nach Charles Dickens
- Date:
- Sunday, 08/December/2024 17:00 (2 more dates)
- Venue:
- Hofcafé Berlin und Feine Kost bei Mutter Fourage - Kulturscheune & Hof Mutter Fourage
- Address:
- Chausseestraße 15A, 14109 Berlin-Zehlendorf
- Price:
- from €34.00
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