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Which stories end up in archives, which do we prefer to forget? How can we deal with the painful chapters of our own life story?

"The night before I entered the occupied territories, I saw a speech on TV by the government and military leaders.

"Are you bored? Haven’t you just had enough of these upsetting news reports? These exciting stories of barely escaping death, of breathless escape?"

The island of Illyria seems at first to be a life raft after a dramatic shipwreck, but soon becomes the setting for deceptions about identity and the romantic entanglements that follow: having survived and been stranded, Viola believes that her be

"Many things are monstrous. Yet nothing is more monstrous than man."

Der Schutz Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten ist der Berliner Ensemble GmbH, Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin, ein besonderes Anliegen.

With the beginning of the 2022/23 season, Berliner Ensemble will launch a supporting programme for young theatre makers: Under the title of WORX, two female directors will find a creative home at Berliner Ensemble for one year, starting in August.

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.