Until Sun 20 Jun
Ryuichi Sakamoto: his first major retrospective in Europe.
Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
16 €
Things to do in Berlin on Wednesday 30 December: 561 events, among them 282 in exhibitions and museums, 104 in tours and walks, 51 in theatre, 20 in kids and family, 19 in workshops and courses, 19 in comedy and 66 others.
Until Fri 5 Feb
Tosca: Puccini's opera of jealousy, by Alvis Hermanis.
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Price unknown
Until Sun 2 May
from 11:00
Sophie Calle: Is It Better?, photos, texts and video works.
Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Price unknown
Until Sun 17 Jan
from 16:00
Pippi Longstocking: children's opera for the family.
Schillertheater
15 €
Wed 30 Dec · 19:00
Die Zauberflöte: Mozart's grand opera for every taste.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
from 23 €
Wed 30 Dec · 17:00
Shakespeare drama starring Lars Eidinger.
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Price unknown
Until Sun 3 Jan
Ruin and Rush: 1920s Berlin with Kirchner, Dix and Höch.
Neue Nationalgalerie
Price unknown
Until Sun 17 Jan
Art and migration in Kreuzberg since 1960.
Gropius-Bau
15 €
Until Sun 7 Mar
Preis der Nationalgalerie: Maurizio Cattelan.
Neue Nationalgalerie
from 10 €
Until Sun 17 Jan
Focus Japan: Japan's performing arts at the Festspiele.
Price unknown
Until Sun 17 Jan
Es ist nicht mehr mein Problem: Schlingensief retrospective.
Gropius-Bau
15 €
Until Fri 22 Jan
Performing Arts Season by the Berliner Festspiele.
Gropius-Bau
Price unknown
Until Sun 18 Apr
from 10:00
Genghis Khan: treasures of Mongolia.
James-Simon-Galerie
from 14 €
Until Sat 20 Feb
from 18:00
The Flying Dutchman: Wagner's opera, directed by Milo Rau.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
from 33 €
Until Sun 25 Apr
Stress Test: post-1945 art with Beuys, Abramović, Warhol.
Neue Nationalgalerie
16 €
Until Thu 31 Dec
BAUBAU: Free play space for kids at the Gropius Bau.
Gropius-Bau
Free
Wed 30 Dec · 14:00
Scherben bringen Glück: glue pottery shards into a vessel.
PETRI Berlin
Price unknown
Until Sun 24 Oct
from 10:00
Next Door: Tacita Dean and Bruce Nauman in the Rieckhallen.
Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
16 €
Until Sun 3 Jan
Shilpa Gupta: works on language, borders, power.
Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
16 €
Until Sun 31 Jan
Rubens, Jordaens, van Dyck: Flemish Baroque drawings.
Kupferstichkabinett
6 €
Until Mon 18 Jan
Das Herz eines Boxers: Jojo meets ex-boxer Leo.
GRIPS Theater
20 €
Until Mon 25 Jan
Lovis Corinth: exhibition on his Berlin years.
Berlinische Galerie
from 7 €
Until Sun 14 Mar
Portraits: Botticelli to Lempicka.
Gemäldegalerie
16 €
Until Sun 28 Feb
from 19:30
WIR SIND AM LEBEN: Musical about early-90s Berlin.
Theater des Westens
32.49 €
Until Mon 1 Feb
from 10:00
Josef Kaiser: GDR architect.
Berlinische Galerie
from 7 €
Until Fri 23 Apr
Salon Rosie – Das Musical, starring Steffi Irmen.
Theater des Westens
from 65.99 €
Wed 30 Dec
Der Holocaust – Was wussten die Deutschen?: exhibition.
Topographie des Terrors
Free
Until Sun 28 Feb
Gursky, Miró, Warhol meet the long 19th century.
Alte Nationalgalerie
16 €
Until Sat 24 Apr
Thumbelina as a puppet play for ages three and up.
Theater Mirakulum
Price unknown
Until Wed 6 Jan
Staatssicherheitsinhaftierung: portraits by André Wagenzik.
Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
Free
Until Fri 31 Dec
Tongue and Throat Memories: cooking sessions at HKW.
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Price unknown
Until Sat 29 May
Horst Evers tells and reads new, funny stories.
Die Wühlmäuse
35.90 €
Until Thu 31 Dec
from 19:30
BLINDED by DELIGHT: Grand Show of dreams and happiness.
Friedrichstadt-Palast
from 19.80 €
Until Sun 10 Jan
from 10:00
Center on Ice: real-ice rink at Potsdamer Platz.
Das Center am Potsdamer Platz
from 5 €
Until Sat 9 Jan
Linie 1: Musical revue about big-city life in Berlin.
GRIPS Theater
Price unknown
Until Sun 10 Jan
from 11:00
Susan Hiller – Bad Dreams: dreams and the unexplained.
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Price unknown
Wed 30 Dec · 19:00
Deutscher Herbst: Rüping's play on forgetting and dementia.
Deutsches Theater
15 €
Until Sun 10 Jan
from 11:00
KOO JEONG A – OUSSSEAN: glowing paintings and magnet towers.
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Price unknown
Wed 30 Dec · 20:00
Glücklich die Glücklichen
Berliner Ensemble
Preis S
Until Sun 30 May
Light installation by Mischa Kuball.
Kindl - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst
Free