The Berliner Theatertreffen is the performance show of German-language theatre.
The jury has now announced the ten most notable productions of the past year.
Double success for Munich: Both the Bayerische Staatsschauspiel and the Munich Kammerspiele have been invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen this year.
At its press conference on Thursday (January 26, 2023), the jury of the performance show of German-speaking theaters announced which ten productions they considered to be the most remarkable of the past theater year.
The 60th Berlin Theatertreffen will take place from May 12th to 28th, 2023.
Berliner Theatertreffen: Residenztheater and Kammerspiele nominated
The Munich Residenztheater has been nominated for the 60th edition of the festival with Christoph Stölzl's production of “The Legacy” by Matthew Lopez based on the novel “Howard's End” by EM Forster.
(Read our review of the premiere of "Das Vermächtnis" at the Munich Residenztheater here.) The Munich Kammerspiele are traveling to Berlin with "Nora", directed by Felicitas Brucker.
(Read our premiere review of “Nora” at the Kammerspiele here.)
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Katharina Bach can be seen in the title role of "Nora" at the Munich Kammerspiele.
© Armin Smailovic/Münchner Kammerspiele
Also represented at the Theatertreffen are Schauspiel Bochum (with two works), Deutsches Theater Berlin, Burgtheater (with two works), Theater Basel, Anhaltisches Theater Dessau and Volksbühne Berlin.
You can find an overview of all nominated productions here:
“The Inheritance”.
Part 1 and Part 2”
(Residenztheater Munich),
“The bus to Dachau.
A 21st Century Memoir”
(Schauspielhaus Bochum/De Warme Winkel co-producer Internationaal Theater Amsterdam),
“The Unique One and His Property”
(Deutsches Theater Berlin),
“The Natives of Maria Blut”
(Burgtheater, Vienna),
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
(Theater Basle),
"Hamlet"
(Anhaltisches Theater Dessau),
"Children of the Sun"
(Schauspielhaus Bochum),
"Nora"
(Münchner Kammerspiele),
"Ophelia's Got Talent"
(Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin and Spirit in co-production with Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam),
" Dialogue”
(Burgtheater, Vienna).
