Clashing Classics – TraNET Festival Berlin
Trilateral theatre festival with multilingual live subtitling between Berlin, Milan, and Avignon
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A European Theatre Project
The TraNET Festival – Clashing Classics. Multilingualism on Stage is a theatre festival funded by the Europe Programme, permanently connecting three European theatre houses: Theaterhaus Berlin / Theater im Delphi in Berlin, a partner in Milan, and a partner in Avignon. The concept is unusual: three classics are performed in the three languages, with multilingual live subtitling, allowing the Berlin, Milan, and Avignon audiences to experience the same play at the same time.
Classics Reimagined – With Different Voices
The 2025 productions began with Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Angst essen Seele auf (Fear Eats the Soul), performed by actors with migration experience themselves – from Chile, Spain, Morocco, the USA, and Austria. Director Monika Dobrowlańska's concept connects the migration wave of the seventies with current realities. Similar approaches shaped the contributions from Milan and Avignon.
What's Different in 2026
The second festival edition goes a step further: for the first time, the three theatre groups are developing a joint co-production, inspired by T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. The poem is divided into its three languages and performed simultaneously at the three venues – an experiment in equal European theatre production.
Live Stream as a Festival Format
After each performance, a moderated discussion follows, streamed simultaneously to all three locations – the Berlin audience discusses with those in Milan and Avignon. This transnational real-time encounter is part of the festival's dramaturgical core.
Theater im Delphi – A Special Venue
The Berlin Theater im Delphi at Gustav-Adolf-Straße 2 is one of the most beautiful surviving silent film cinemas from the Weimar era. Now operated as a theatre, it offers a space with its own history – fitting for a festival that connects the weight of the classics with contemporary voices.
Clashing Classics — edition 2026
The second edition builds on the concept of the first: instead of three national classics, the three theatres now jointly work on one production, based on T. S. Eliot's seminal poem The Waste Land. The production will be performed simultaneously at all three venues.
The Berlin venue is the Theater im Delphi at Gustav-Adolf-Straße 2, a historic cinema-theatre in Berlin-Weißensee. Accompanying discussion formats will take place at the Berlin Academy of Arts and the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin.
Performances start at 7:30 PM or 8:00 PM, followed by a discussion. Performances will be streamed live and broadcast to the partner locations.
Programme Clashing Classics 2026
Thursday, May 28, 2026
- 7:30 PM – Theater im Delphi: Opening performance of the Waste Land co-production, German version with live subtitling
- 10:00 PM: Live stream discussion with the theatres in Milan and Avignon
Friday, May 29, 2026
- 11:00 AM – Berlin Academy of Arts: Discussion forum on multilingualism on stage
- 7:30 PM – Theater im Delphi: Second performance with live stream of the Italian version from Milan simultaneously
Saturday, May 30, 2026
- 4:00 PM – Italian Cultural Institute Berlin: Reading of Eliot's texts in three languages
- 8:00 PM – Theater im Delphi: Closing performance with all three ensembles on stage in the Berlin hall
Programme details and tickets: tra-net.eu and Theaterhaus Berlin.
Highlights Clashing Classics 2026
- Joint co-production by the three houses based on T. S. Eliot's Waste Land
- Live subtitling in German, Italian, French, English
- Live streams between Berlin, Milan, and Avignon
- Discussion forums at the Academy of Arts and the Italian Cultural Institute
Prices Clashing Classics 2026
Single tickets €18–€24, cheaper with concessions. Festival pass available.
Practical information — Clashing Classics
Getting There
Theater im Delphi: S-Bahn lines S8/S41/S42/S85 to Bornholmer Straße or Tram M1 to Björnsonstraße. Other venues will be announced with the programme.
Tickets
Single tickets for Theater im Delphi approx. €18–€24, cheaper with concessions. Festival passes available – sale via Theaterhaus Berlin and partner theatres.
Languages and Accessibility
Performances are in the respective original language; multilingual subtitling in German, Italian, French, and English. Live stream of post-performance discussions to the other festival locations in Milan and Avignon.
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Where it takes place Clashing Classics
Theater im Delphi und weitere Berliner Spielstätten
Gustav-Adolf-Straße 2, 13086 Berlin