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BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE SEA

by and with Yousef Sweid
Director + Co-Author: Isabella Sedlak
Produced by  Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin

Palestinian-Israeli actor Yousef Sweid dives into the chaos of identity, truth, and family life in Between The River And The Sea. Raised as a Christian-Arab kid in Haifa, now raising two Jewish-Arab kids in Berlin, he unpacks his in-between-ness – where contradictions clash and slogans fail. With biting humour and raw honesty, Sweid weaves personal stories, political reflection, and absurd everyday moments into a sharp, unflinching solo performance.

BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE SEA will be shown as part of steirischer herbst ’25 on October 12, 2025 in Graz (Dom im Berg, Schloßbergplatz).

WOZZECK

Opera in three acts (15 scenes) by Alban Berg
Based on a Drama Fragment by Georg Büchner

Musical Director: Srba Dinić
Director: Franziska Angerer
Stage Design: Mirjam Stängl

DER ZERBROCHNE KRUG
A mystery soap opera based on Heinrich von Kleist

Director: Lola Fuchs

With her biting, absurd comedy DER DÄMON IN DIR MUSS TRAUER TRAGEN at Theater Dortmund, Lola Fuchs was invited to join radikal jung in Munich. Now she has adapted and staged the classic play, turning the courtroom comedy into a biting media satire. What begins as a minor trial becomes a mirror of social abysses – somewhere between courtroom drama, Instagram reality and suppressed provincial madness.

The premiere will take place on 11 October 2025 at 7:30 p.m. in the Schauspielhaus of the Theater Dortmund.

MAKE LOVE NOT WAR by and with Orit Nahmias

After the success of her stand-up show Female Shit, in which Orit Nahmias candidly shared her painful and hilarious stories about moving from Tel Aviv to Berlin, and becoming a mother while trying to save her marriage, she now takes to the stage as a middle-aged, divorced woman exploring her fear of death and her lust for life. With brutal honesty and self-irony, she delves into the tangled intersection of love, sex, trauma and politics – fully aware of the explosive nature of these topics.

The world premiere will take place at Maxim Gorki Theater on October 10, 2025.

Additional shows: October 11+29; November 8.

THE WHALE by Samuel D. Hunter
German translation by Stefan Hoffmann

THE WHALE tells the moving story of a reclusive man who confronts his past, his guilt and his longing for reconciliation.
Darren Aronofsky adapted the play for film in 2022 after it had already been enjoyed success on US stages.

The German-language premiere will take place on October 9, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at the Renaissance-Theater in Berlin.

AUGUSTISNÖ by Guillermo Calderón
Regie: Trinidad Gonzalez
Composition/Sound Design: Tomas Gonzalez

A co-production by Riksteatern and Borås Stadsteater

The commissioned work AUGUSTISNÖ is a biting satire about class, climate and today’s longing for ready-made stories in an export-friendly format. Trinidad Gonzalez stages this tour de force with incredible precision and plenty of humour.

The world premiere will take place on 3 October at Väven, Vävenscenen in Umeå, after which the production will be on tour across Sweden.

DER FISKUS
Director: Natalia Sinelnikova

Natalia Sinelnikova caused a sensation with her film debut which was screened at many A-list festivals and was highly acclaimed. Now she is turning her attention to theatre and presenting her first stage work.

The premiere of DER FISKUS will take place on 3 October 2025 at 5 p.m. at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf (Theatersaal).

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DIE ORESTIE
based on Aeschylus / translated by Peter Stein
with texts by Sophocles, Euripides, Jaques Tabaques and Florian Hertweck

The Ensemble dlé – director Florian Hertweck, actor Tim Knapper and musician Malcolm Kemp – stages DIE ORESTIE based on Aeschylus at Theater Aachen. This is where great ancient tragedy meets participatory theatre, ‘true crime’ meets rap theatre.

‘Remarkably relaxed and linguistically very precise’ / ‘A magnificent performance that gives you a lot to think about.’ – Andreas Falentin, Die Deutsche Bühne

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THE BOYS ARE KISSING by Zak Zarafshan
German Translation by Lydia Dimitrow
Directed by Martina Gredler

The debut of British-Iranian author Zak Zarafshan sparkles with sharp wit and quirky ideas, and caused a sensation in London’s West End. Vienna-based Martina Gredler brings this brilliant comedy about tolerance, double standards and the secrets between parents and children to the stage as a German-language premiere.

The German Language Premiere takes place on September 25, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at Volkstheater Vienna.

FROMMER TANZ. Abenteuer einer Jugend
based on the novel by Klaus Mann
directed by Ran Chai Bar-zvi

Director Ran Chai Bar-zvi, whose productions combine political poignancy with poetic power, focuses on Klaus Mann’s debut novel, which tells of the dreams, fears and life paths of young people in a time marked by numerous crises and upheavals. They find refuge in Berlin’s club scene, where freedom and resistance still seem possible. Through its open exploration of permissive and same-sex love, Mann’s work breaks social taboos as one of the first coming-out novels of its era. It takes us to the Weimar Republic, where the feelings and struggles of a generation against authoritarian tendencies become a powerful cry for liberation.

The premiere will take place on September 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. at the Thalia Theatre Hamburg (Gaußstraße).