Berliner Ensemble x Gemäldegalerie
As part of Featured 2026
Gemäldegalerie, Johanna-und-Eduard-Arnhold-Platz, 10785 Berlin
This ticket price is valid for the premiere on 11 SEP only. To attend the performance on 12 and 13 SEP, please book a ticket for the Gemäldegalerie.
This ticket price is valid for the premiere on 11 SEP only. To attend the performance on 12 and 13 SEP, please book a ticket for the Gemäldegalerie.
wheelchair accessible
On the occasion of Berlin Art Week 2026, Berliner Ensemble and the Gemäldegalerie present a co-production by Ersan Mondtag and Nadim Samman.
About Berliner Ensemble
Berliner Ensemble is one of the most renowned and long-standing theatres in Germany. Named after Bertolt Brecht’s world-famous company, Berliner Ensemble has written theatre history. Throughout its 125-year history, the theatre on Schiffbauerdamm has always addressed issues of current social relevance, and from the 2017/18 season, the beginning of Oliver Reese’s tenure as Artistic Director, Berliner Ensemble once again places a stronger focus on contemporary texts and topics.
In the tradition of its former Artistic Directors, Bertolt Brecht and Heiner Müller, and under its current director Oliver Reese, Berliner Ensemble directs its attention to theatre that reflects upon our present times. Beside works by Bertolt Brecht, the repertoire features current topics and contemporary plays by living authors examining the urgent issues of our times on stage.
About Gemäldegalerie
The Gemäldegalerie boasts one of the world’s most important collections of European painting ranging from the 13th to 18th century. Masterpieces from all epochs in the history of art are on permanent display here, including paintings by Jan van Eyck, Pieter Bruegel, Albrecht Dürer, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, and Jan Vermeer van Delft. The gallery is especially proud of its strong collection of German and Italian painting from the 13th to 16th century and painting from the Low Countries dating from the 15th to 17th century.
The paintings in the collection have been on show in their present home at the Kulturforum since 1998. The design proposals for the Gemäldegalerie’s new building were submitted in an architectural competition in 1986, with the contract awarded to the architects Hilmer & Sattler the following year. With distinctly Prussian austerity of expression, the simple building rises above the sloping piazzetta, while inside its individual galleries are grouped around a light-filled central hall.