Theatertreffen 2020

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Coronavirus - Cancellation of Theatertreffen 2020

16 March 2020

In connection with the measures taken to contain a further spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), this year’s 57th Theatertreffen (1 to 17 May 2020) and the 41st Theatertreffen der Jugend (22 to 30 May 2020) will unfortunately have to be cancelled.

Project description

The Berlin Theatertreffen is truly an Olympic event of German-language theatre. The festival invites the ten most remarkable theatre productions from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to Berlin in May every year.

The members of the Theatertreffen jury, Margarete Affenzeller, Cornelia Fiedler, Wolfgang Höbel, Georg Kasch, Andreas Klaeui, Shirin Sojitrawalla and Franz Wille watched and discussed a total of 432 productions during the past 12 months and made their selection of the ten most remarkable productions:

  • „Anatomie eines Suizids (Anatomy of a Suicide)“ by Alice Birch

Director: Katie Mitchell | Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg

  • „Chinchilla Arschloch, waswas. Nachrichten aus dem Zwischenhirn (Chinchilla Arsehole, eyey)“ by Rimini Protokoll (Helgard Haug)

Concept, Text and Direction: Helgard Haug | A Production by Schauspiel Frankfurt, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt) and Rimini Protokoll in Co-Production with Westdeutscher Rundfunk and HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin)

  • „Der Mensch erscheint im Holozän (Man in the Holocene)“

A Visual Poem after Max Frisch
Director: Alexander Giesche | Schauspielhaus Zürich

  • „Der Menschenfeind (The Misanthrope)“ by Molière

Director: Anne Lenk | Deutsches Theater Berlin

  • „Die Kränkungen der Menschheit“

Director: Anta Helena Recke | A Production by Anta Helena Recke with the Münchner Kammerspiele in Co-Production with HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Kampnagel (Hamburg) and Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt)

  • „Eine göttliche Komödie. Dante < > Pasolini (A Divine Comedy. Dante < > Pasolini)“ by Federico Bellini

Director: Antonio Latella | Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel/Residenztheater, München
(under the Artistic Direction of Martin Kušej)

  • „Hamlet“ by William Shakespeare

With Extracts from “Die Hamletmaschine” by Heiner Müller
Director: Johan Simons | Schauspielhaus Bochum

  • „Süßer Vogel Jugend (Sweet Bird of Youth)“ by Tennessee Williams

Director: Claudia Bauer| Schauspiel Leipzig

  • „TANZ. Eine sylphidische Träumerei in Stunts“

Concept, Performance and Choreography: Florentina Holzinger | A Production by Florentina Holzinger in Co-Production with Spirit and Tanzquartier Wien, SPRING Festival (Utrecht), Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt), Arsenic (Lausanne), Münchner Kammerspiele, Take Me Somewhere Festival (Glasgow), Beursschouwburg (Brüssel), deSingel (Antwerpen), SOPHIENSÆLE (Berlin), Frascati Producties (Amsterdam), Theater im Pumpenhaus (Münster), asphalt Festival (Düsseldorf)

  • „The Vacuum Cleaner“ by Toshiki Okada

Director: Toshiki Okada | Münchner Kammerspiele

Events

No upcoming events at present

Previous events

  • 1 May, 2020 to 17 May, 2020: Festival

    Haus der Berliner Festspiele and other venues, Berlin

  • 1 May, 2020 to 9 May, 2020: Digitales Angebot --> Theatertreffen virtuell

    Berlin

Contact

Berliner Festspiele

Schaperstraße 24
10719 Berlin

Tel.: +49 (0)30 254 89 0
Fax: +49 (0)30 254 89 111
www.theatertreffen-berlin.de (external link, opens in a new window)