Theater: All the world's a stage

Theater is a place to tackle controversial theories, display emotion, or just have fun.

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The theater can be a place to tackle controversial theories, integrate cultures, display emotion, or just have fun.

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Scene in Berlin

Berlin theater can be a hard thing to love, but it's utterly unique and compelling.

From the fringe

Breaking the entertainment industry is increasingly tough, but a young Irish playwright is giving talented young actors a chance to shine. Through her unique brand of fringe theater, she's bringing original writing to fresh audiences.

Arranged marriage

A new English-language theater ensemble in Berlin tackles a hot-button global issue.

The Art of Losing

Adam Gusowski and Piotr Mordel founded the ironically-named "Club der polnischen Versager" - the "Club of Polish Losers" - in Berlin. Far from being a losing proposition, it’s a popular venue for theater and cultural events.

Gold rush

Andres Veiel got bankers to talk about the murky world of finance - then wrote a play about it.

Hamburg Harbor - Heavy Cargo and Light Entertainment

Hamburg’s centrally located harbor date back to the Middle Ages and is a major economic center linking the North and Baltic Seas. Today the city is also Germany’s capital of musical theater.

200th birthday

Wagner is all over 2013 music programs. What's in the works in German theaters and operas?

Talking Germany

The Deutsches Theater in Berlin is his artistic home. Since 2004 Ulrich Matthes has been an ensemble cast member of the theatre where he has celebrated many a triumph.

Fracking fiction

A controversial source of energy extraction was a dominant fictional force in 2012.

Theater in Berlin

Berlin's inimitable performance culture is now attracting a new wave of devotees from beyond.

Staging the Revolution? - The Belarus Free Theater in Minsk

Belarus is ruled by President Alexander Lukashenko with an iron fist. The country has been called the last remaining dictatorship in Europe, and its citizens lack basic political freedoms, including freedom of expression. But the Belarus Free Theater has managed to continue its work, albeit underground.

International Goethe

Young refugees are learning German by performing Goethe's legendary plays.

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