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Klaus Mann's novel written in exile – a satire about opportunism and the betrayal of once socially accepted values – was immediately banned in 1936.

Two friends in their late forties, Ralle and Hannes, are waiting at a bus stop somewhere in Brandenburg – as they wait, they philosophise about life and the issues affecting our society.

Invisible, burnt-out, discarded: an artist struggles between living off social welfare, shifts at the check-out and fears about whether she can survive. Stocking the shelves in the morning, then the check-out – there's no time left for art.

Shakespeare's most famous play is a family drama, revenge tragedy with gothic elements and a psychological study in one.

Suzie Miller's family and legal drama "Inter Alia" asks a lot of uncomfortable questions about the patriarchal structures that still shape our family and sexual relationships today.

Chekhov's gun is still hanging there? Vanya pulled the trigger long ago. In "Vanya Verrückt" (Vanya Gone Crazy), an uncompromising monologue, a millennial dissects both himself and Europe in crisis mode: hopeless, fractured, overwhelmed.

Sisters. Brothers. Thick as thieves, light and shadow. You can end most relationships – but not these.

Being against the war – and yet making a living from it. Fearing losses – and planning for them. Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage acts sensibly. And nonetheless ends up in trouble, for war does not recognise neutrality.