Performing Arts Season — Berliner Festspiele
International dance, theatre, and performance season at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele
About Performing Arts Season
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A Season Instead of a Festival
Unlike most Berlin performance marathons, the Berliner Festspiele opts for an extended format with its Performing Arts Season: not ten days of programming in August, but four months of curated season from October to January. This allows major names to choose Berlin as a central European stage without having to position the Berliner Festspiele's audience in competition with Avignon, Wiener Festwochen, or Holland Festival.
What the Season Offers
The focus is on works from the international dance and performance scene: conceptual choreography, dance theatre, performance art, multimedia stage installations. Each production typically runs for two to four evenings. The opening is usually the most ambitious production — in 2026, the season will open with the German premiere of Marina Abramović's work Balkan Erotic Epic, a durational performance with over 30 participants.
Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Wilmersdorf
The Haus der Berliner Festspiele at Schaperstraße 24 is located in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district on the western edge of the Kurfürstendamm. Opened in 1963 as the Freie Volksbühne (Renzo Mongiardino), it has been a permanent venue for the Festspiele since 2001 and is a central location for the international performance scene in Germany. With 999 seats, it is one of the largest venues for contemporary performance in Berlin.
Performing Arts Season — edition 2026
Four months of curated international dance and performance season at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. Advance ticket sales start on June 18, 2026, at 2 PM. The season is conceived as a forum for current European and non-European performance, with a focus on works having their German premiere in Berlin.
Programme Performing Arts Season 2026
The 4th Performing Arts Season of the Berliner Festspiele 2026/27 runs from October 14, 2026, to January 22, 2027, at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Advance ticket sales start: June 18, 2026, 2:00 PM via berlinerfestspiele.de.
Opening Production
- October 14–17, 2026 — Marina Abramović: Balkan Erotic Epic (German Premiere). Durational performance with over 30 participants, where ancient Balkan myths meet performance art.
November 2026
- November 12–13 — Mario Banushi: MAMI
- November 19–21 — Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas: GLA55
December 2026
- December 4–5 — Damien Jalet: Planet [wanderer]
- December 9–10 — Marie Chouinard: The Rite of Spring & MAGNIFICAT
January 2027
- January 15–17 — Dumb Type: 2020 — Multimedia performance by the Japanese collective
- January 21–22 — Gisèle Vienne: Archives of Feelings
Artistic Direction
Matthias Pees has been the Artistic Director of the Performing Arts Season since 2023. The season is understood as a curated format featuring works that, according to Berliner Festspiele, « do not understand performing arts as something that separates us in the modern world, but as something that connects us ».
Highlights Performing Arts Season 2026
- Marina Abramović — Balkan Erotic Epic, German premiere to open the season
- Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas — GLA55
- Marie Chouinard — Double bill with The Rite of Spring and MAGNIFICAT
- Dumb Type — 2020, the Japanese performance collective
- Gisèle Vienne — Archives of Feelings to close the season
Prices Performing Arts Season 2026
Tickets available from June 18, 2026, 2 PM, via berlinerfestspiele.de and at the theatre box office on Schaperstraße. Prices vary by production. Purchasing a season pass (if offered) is worthwhile for multiple performances. Discounts available for pupils, students, and Berlin Pass holders.
Practical information — Performing Arts Season
Getting There
U-Bahn U3/U9 to Spichernstraße — three minutes on foot. Bus lines M19, M29, 204, 249 have several stops within reach. The Kurfürstendamm is a ten-minute walk away.
Tickets
Advance sales for the 2026/27 season start: June 18, 2026, 2:00 PM. Online via berlinerfestspiele.de and at the theatre box office. Reservations by phone: 030 254 89 100.
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Where it takes place Performing Arts Season
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin