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Theatre and Cinema Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide the CinemaxX Potsdamer that show a large number of
at Wuhlheide Park in the Platz and the Cinestar Sony recently released independent
Berlin can lay many claims to being a centre for artistic greatness, best alternative stage. The Treptow-Köpenick area holds Center, which both screen films. Hackesche Höfe Kino
but possibly its most valid claims lie in the areas of theatre and smaller boulevard theatres like 17,000. Other traditional open- films in the original language. or Central, situated near
cinema. Berlin has been the capital of German cinema since Theater am Kurfürstendamm air venues can be found in In most cinemas, mainstream Hackescher Markt, offer
brothers Emil and Max Skladanowsky showed a series of short offer different, and somewhat Hasenheide and at Bethan- Anglo-American movies tend a pleasant break from city
life and have bars of their own.
to be dubbed.
lighter programmes.
iendamm in Kreuzberg, in
films to a spellbound German public in 1896. By 1918 there were Other notable venues include Volkspark Friedrichshain, For more of an exciting exper- The Arsenal, on Potsdamer
already some 251 cinemas in Berlin and by 1925, the number of Bat-Studiotheater and the at Potsdamer Platz or at i ence, try the IMAX with its huge Platz, shows German film
people involved in the film industry was nearly 50,000. At the Kleines Theater. Waldbühne, which is located 3D screen. classics; if you are interested
same time, Berlin was fast becoming a landmark in European near the Olympiastadion. in original language films,
theatre thanks mainly to Reinhardt and Brecht. During the Musicals, Reviews Studio Cinema Berlin has various options.
years of Nazi rule, many theatre people were killed or forced and Cabarets Mainstream Cinema For those who like their movies Cinéma Paris in Charlotten-
burg is the place to go for
to emigrate as the stage became a propaganda machine, but There are three main musical After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a little less main stream, there French films, while the Odeon
after World War II a revival spread through Berlin’s theatres. theatres in Berlin, in addition to many multiplex cinemas are plenty of small studio in Schöneberg specializes in
The popularity of theatre and cinema continues today, the many small venues which fit were built, the biggest being cinemas scattered across town English and American films.
perpetuated by the annual Film Festival. musicals into their more general
repertoire. Friedrichstadt- DIRECTORY
Palast and Admiralspalast, in
Hekticket Theaterkassen the eastern part of the city, Ticket and Price Volksbühne Distel Open-Air Venues
specializes in last­minute tickets, stage many of the new major Information Rosa-Luxembourg-Pl. Friedrich Str. 101. Kindl-Bühne
so check with them on the day. shows, while the Theater des Hekticket Tel (030) 240 655. Map 1 F3. Wuhlheide
Westens in Charlottenburg Theaterkassen ∑volksbuehne- Tel (030) 204 47 04. Str. zum FEZ 4.
tends to be more traditional. In berlin.de Friedrichstadt-Palast
Major Stages Hardenberg Str. 29d. Map Tel (030) 530 79 53.
addition to these is the Theater 2 B4. Tel (030) 230 99 30. Friedrich Str. 107. ∑ wuhlheide.de
The Deutsches Theater and its am Potsdamer Platz, a modern ∑ hekticket.de Alternative Map 1 F3.
small hall Kammerspiele on theatre that shows Theatre Tel (030) 23 26 23 26. Waldbühne
Schumannstraße are top­class contemporary musical hits. Major Stages Bat-Studiotheater ∑ palast.berlin Glockenturm Str. 1.
theatres and offer a varied As for cabaret, there are Belforter Stra. 15. Scheinbar Varieté Tel (030) 74 73 75 00.
repertoire of productions. At probably as many acts in Berlin Berliner Ensemble (BE) ∑ bat-berlin.de Mainstream
Volksbühne you can see today as there were in the Bertolt-Brecht-Pl. 1. Monumenten Str. 9. Cinema
Tel (030) 784 55 39.
performances of classical plays 1920s. Distel, in Friedrichstraße, Map 1 F3. Kleines Theater
in modern settings and new continues its success from GDR Tel (030) 28 40 80. Südwestkorso 64. Die Stachelschweine CinemaxX
Tel (030) 821 20 21.
plays by young authors. times, and Die Stachelschweine ∑ berliner- Europa-Center, Potsdamer Platz
A Berlin International Film Festival poster The Berliner Ensemble (BE) celebrates its popularity in ensemble.de ∑ kleines-theater-de Tauentzien Str. 9–12. Potsdamer Stra. 5. Map 4
from 1960 was once managed by Bertolt western Berlin. Deutsches Theater Hebbel am Ufer Map 2 C4. A3. Tel (040) 80 80 69 69.
Brecht and Heiner Müller. The Other great venues for Schumann Str. 13. (HAU) Tel (030) 261 47 95. ∑ cinemaxx.de
Ticket and Price spectacles created by these two lively musicals, reviews and Map 1 F3. HAU1 Stresemann Str. 29. ∑ diestachel
Information Tel (030) 25 90 04 27. schweine.de Cinestar Sony Center
are still performed today. cabarets include Bar jeder Tel (030) 28 441-0. & IMAX
Tickets for both cinema and Other major venues include Vernunft, Chamäleon Variété, ∑ deutschestheater.de Theater am Theater am Postdamer Str. 4. Map 4
theatre are usually reasonably the Maxim Gorki Theater, the Scheinbar, Wintergarten Kammerspiele Kurfürstendamm Potsdamer Platz A3. Tel 01805) 118811.
priced in Berlin, but there are Renaissance-Theater and Variété and Wühlmäuse. Schumann Str. 13a. Kurfürstendamm Marlene-Dietrich-Pl. 1. ∑ cinestar.de
a few tips which are useful to the Schaubühne. Map 1 F3. 206/209. Map 2 A5. Map 4 A3.
remember if you are planning Tel (030) 28 441-0. Tel (030) 88 59 11 88. Tel (030) 259 244 555. Studio Cinema
to visit either. Alternative Theatre Open-Air Venues ∑ deutschestheater.de ∑ stage-
Students and senior citizens Open­air venues, including Musicals, Reviews entertainment.de Arsenal
may not receive a discount at the There are a number of cinemas, start operating as Maxim Gorki Theater and Cabarets Theater des Westens Potsdamer Str. 2. Map 4
Am Festungsgraben 2.
cinema, but often Monday, Tues­ alternative theatres in Berlin. soon as the weather allows. Map 4 C2. Kant Str. 12. A3. Tel (030) 26 95 51 00.
day or Wednesday (varies by The three­theatre company Berlin has two open­air venues, Tel (030) 2022 115. Admiralspalast Tel (030) 259 244 555. Central
Friedrich Str. 101.
venue) is declared Cinema Day, Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) is both in the shape of ancient ∑ gorki.de Map 4 C1. ∑ stage- Rosenthaler Str. 39. Map 5
when some tickets are €1–2 less. devoted to avant­garde theatre amphitheatres. The largest is Tel (01805) 2001. entertainment.de D1. Tel (030) 28 59 99 73.
Most ticket offices do not and considered the city’s Waldbühne, which seats 20,000. Renaissance-Theater ∑ admiralspalast.de Cinéma Paris
accept credit cards, so take cash. Knesebeck Str. 100, corner Wintergarten Variété Kurfürstendamm 211.
For theatres, it is usually of Hardenberg Str. Bar jeder Vernunft Potsdamer Str. 96. Map 3 Tel (030) 881 31 19.
possible to pre­book tickets Map 2 A3. Schaper Str. 24. F4.
at least two weeks before a Tel (030) 312 42 02. Map 2 B5. Tel (030) 58 84 33. Hackescher Höfe Kino
performance. You can buy them ∑ renaissance- Tel (030) 883 15 82. ∑ wintergarten- Rosenthaler Str. 40–41.
directly from the box office theater.de Chamäleon Variété berlin.de Map 5 D1. Tel (030) 283
of the theatre, online or by Schaubühne Rosenthaler Str. 40–41. Wühlmäuse 46 03.
telephone. Independent ticket Kurfürstendamm 153. Map 5 D4. Pommernallee 2–4. Odeon
vendors usually charge a Tel (030) 89 00 23. Tel (030) 4000 590. Tel (030) 306 73011. Haupt Str. 115.
commission of between 15 ∑ schaubuehne.de ∑ chamaeleonberlin.de ∑ wuehlmaeuse.de Tel (030) 78 70 40 19.
and 22 per cent. The retro façade of Friedrichstadtpalast in the east of Berlin
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