LIST OF TRANSLATED PLAYS
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Angels (Engel) _ by Anja Hilling
A poetic kaleidoscope of intertwined stories of loss, love and the beauty of the mundane, that leave us wondering: What is it that we call Memory? And how do we know if we just met an Angel?
asses.masses _ by Milton Lim and Patrick Blenkarn
English to German translation of the wildly successful interactive video gaming performance of a herd of unemployed donkeys navigating the perils of a post-Industrial society in which they’ve been made redundant.
Auf der Greifswalderstraße _ by Roland Schimmelpfennig
In 63 short scenes, seeming chance encounters on a street in Berlin unveil the interconnectedness of strangers across decades and create a panoramic view of a site on the cusp of gentrification.
Biography: A Game (Biografie, ein Spiel) _ by Max Frisch
In this “game of life” playing out in a theatre rehearsal, a middle-aged behavioural researcher is given the opportunity to start his life over at any point he chooses.
Café Populaire _ by Nora Abdel-Maksoud
A biting black comedy about inappropriate humour, hospice clowns, and how we shy away from acknowledging class differences,
Call Me God _ by Gian de Cervo, Marius von Mayenburg, Albert Ostermayer and Rafael Spregelburd
From four different perspectives, four writers shine a light on the possible motives of the Washington “Beltway Sniper” of 2002, who killed 10 seemingly random victims — and how media coverage of the attacks in turn impacted the events.
Deportation Cast _ by Björn Bicker
What happens to the families that are denied refugee status and are sent back to the countries they fled? Relentless and poetic, Bicker investigates the machinery meant to regulate one country’s well-being while causing distress and fear for those it rejects.
Der Strickende Pilger (The Knitting Pilgrim) _ by Kirk Dunn
English to German translation of the widely toured one-man show by Kirk Dunn, who spent fifteen years knitting a triptych of tapestries while deeply immersing himself in the learnings of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Goddesses: A Bastard Tragedy (Tragödienbastard) _ by Ewe Benbenek
A symphony of voices about the space between foreignness and belonging many children of immigrants find themselves in — and the way language shapes our understanding of who we are and who we want to be.
HISTORIC BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN LOCATION (ALTBAU IN ZENTRALER LAGE) _ BY RAPHAELA BARDUTZKY
A ghost story, comedy and social drama that explores the urban housing crisis and the breaking down of communication barriers, integrating ASL and spoken English.
I, your Big Analogue Brother, his F*cking Cat and You (Ich, dein grosser analoger bruder, sein verfickter kater und du) _ by Felicia Zeller
A bold, innovative look at our complex relationship with artificial intelligence. A stranger shows up in a shared apartment, with a mysterious cat in tow. Soon, the flatmates’ every move is noted, stored, analyzed, replayed — until trust erodes and any wrong word can put them all at fatal risk.
Kaspar & The Sea of Houses (Kaspar Häuser Meer) _ by Felicia Zeller
Three exhausted Children’s Aid workers fight against an ever-growing pile of cases. To catch up, they speak in a truncated language, piling new thoughts upon unfinished ones. Times and places collapse into each other, cause and effect become one, borders between clients and caretakers begin to blur. Based on verbatim material.
Liv Stein _ by Nino Haratischwili
A world famous pianist grieving the loss of her son is confronted by contradictory “truths” about her life when a precocious prodigy demands to learn from her. A meditation on what truth really is and why we sometimes must keep lying to go on.
paradise hungry (paradies hungern) _ by Thomas Köck
A powerful reflection on a world flooded by information but void of lasting human connection — where images are only valued as an asset until the next piece of shocking news breaks.
Peer Gynt (She/Her) _ by Maria MilisavljeviC
Radical, feminist, contemporary re-interpretation of Ibsen’s classic, in which a young female Peer meets her older Self; together, they explore how poverty, classism and mental health disorders have sent her on a life-long search for identity.
Prowl (Pirsch) _ by Ivana Sokola
“The rules we follow are different.” — A woman returns to her home village to the place where she was assaulted fifteen years ago - or was she? A contemporary fable about an unwanted kiss, a dark secret at a bright funfair, and a pack of hungry dogs.
Purgatory in Ingleton (Fegefeuer in Ingolstadt) _ by Marieluise Fleißer
A harrowing look at pack mentality, abuse of power by the Church, and our desire to belong, by the most influential female playwright of early 20th century Germany.
The Physicists (Die Physiker) _ by Friedrich Dürrenmatt; adapted by Michael Healey
Contemporary adaptation of the 1962 dark comedy that explores the ethics of science and the blurring lines between insanity, reason, and genius — a classic of modern drama that has lost none of its bite and urgency.
The Piano Tuner (Der Klavierstimmer) _ by Pascal Mercier; stage adaptation by Birgit Schreyer Duarte
Based on the best-selling novel by writer-philosopher Pascal Mercier. A famous Italian tenor is shot dead on a Berlin stage. To understand what happened, the twin children of the suspect, a legendary piano tuner and failed composer, return home, after years of having cut all family ties.
The Test (Die Probe) _ by Lukas Bärfuss
A provocative examination of modern relationships and moral dilemmas. When a couple faces a request for a paternity test, their carefully constructed life is shattered by uncomfortable questions about trust, legacy, and what makes a family.
The Thing (Das Ding) _ by Philipp Löhle
An irreverent, smart comedy about capitalism, globalism, and how one cotton fibre’s journey around the world connects us all in unexpected ways.
TROJANS (TROIANER) _ by Ulrich Hub
A gripping reimagining of the aftermath of Troy’s decade-long war—complete with an enigmatic soldier, a suspicious wooden horse, and a community forced to question its values in this new time of “peace” — and some royal family members, who sound astonishingly like our global leaders today.
Tschick _ by Wolfgang Herrndorf and Robert Koall
The most frequently played drama in German theatres of the 2010s. For young audiences and adults alike, this road-movie-coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, diversity, and empathy, without ever being didactic.
Unheilig (Unholy) _ by Diane Flacks
English to German translation. Four female panellists face off in a wild, whip-smart televised debate about the intersection of religion and misogyny. Can you be a feminist and believe in religion? What can or can’t be forgiven? Why do we have faith to begin with?
Welcome (Willkommen) _ by Lutz Hübner and Sarah Nemitz
In a shared apartment occupied by six young adults, Benny wants to rent out his room to a refugee family during his one year sabbatical. This sparks a compelling, grassroots-democratic debate among the middle-class, liberal housemates: how welcoming are we really when it comes to our own four walls?