{"title": "Das Geheimnis, der Tunnel und Helmut", "start": "2026-11-10T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Astrid Lindgren Bühne im FEZ-Berlin", "address": "Straße zum FEZ 12459 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/der-regenbogenfisch-und-seine-freunde?page=3#dates", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history/gdr", "stage/puppetry"], "description": "The puppet theatre piece „Das Geheimnis, der Tunnel und Helmut“ is a search for traces between secret and history, recommended from age 9. It comes from the Figurentheater Ute Kahmann and is performed on the studio stage of the Astrid-Lindgren-Bühne at the FEZ. At its centre is Helmut, the new father of a child who senses that something about him is different: only after the opening of the Wall does his hidden secret become visible, that he helped people flee from East to West and was imprisoned for it. The roughly 60-minute piece tells of courage and fear, of constraints and longings, and of the struggle between speaking and keeping silent.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/das-geheimnis-der-tunnel-und-helmut-30501/", "official_url": "https://fez-berlin.de/bildung/lernorte/astrid-lindgren-buehne/detailansicht-lernort-theater-macht-schlau?tx_brcalendar2_calendar%5Baction%5D=show&tx_brcalendar2_calendar%5Bcontroller%5D=Event&tx_brcalendar2_calendar%5Bevent%5D=3594&cHash=8ea6d961655fe1bec1b8974b0d332954", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-10T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Astrid Lindgren Bühne im FEZ-Berlin", "address": "Straße zum FEZ 12459 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Das Geheimnis, der Tunnel und Helmut", "start": "2026-11-10T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Studiobühne", "address": "Luxemburger Straße 20, 13353 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["history/gdr", "stage/puppetry"], "description": "A puppet theatre piece for children aged 9 and up. Behind the piece is Figurentheater Ute Kahmann. It tells of a child whose new father, Helmut, carries a secret: he helped people flee from East to West and was imprisoned for it. Only after the opening of the Wall does his secret come to light; the piece is about courage, fear and the struggle between speaking and silence.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/das-geheimnis-der-tunnel-und-helmut-14880/", "official_url": "https://fez-berlin.de/programm/detailansicht/das-geheimnis-der-tunnel-und-helmut?tx_brcalendar2_calendar%5Bctrl%5D=Date&cHash=e81716073cc03375b6d04ec7d973b0b3", "image": ""}, {"title": "Splitter", "start": "2026-10-24T11:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-03-05T11:00:00+01:00", "place": "Theater Strahl, Ostkreuz", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/biographical", "history/gdr"], "description": "\"Splitter\" is a biographical theatre piece at Theater Strahl, suitable from age 14 and 90 minutes long. It collects fragments of memory such as smells, objects, letters and photo albums and reassembles them. The search for traces leads back to a country that no longer exists: the GDR. The piece was developed from the performers' own family stories shaped by escape, emigration and staying (or being left behind), and asks what the GDR still has to do with us.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/splitter-16796/", "official_url": "https://www.theater-strahl.de/programm/splitter/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cc314b4c12579072a64c25c0788acbe64f30e6e1c0ce5f7e42009ae73d1da1ff-600.webp"}, {"title": "Grenzen, Gewalt, Geschichte", "start": "2026-11-09T12:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau", "address": "Hinter dem Gießhaus 3 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://stiftungbrandenburgertor.de/veranstaltungen/liebermanns-welt/?source=bde", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr"], "description": "„Grenzen, Gewalt, Geschichte“ is a free themed tour through selected exhibition rooms of the museum presenting rare objects from its collection that illustrate German division, flight and violence. The tour spans from a family's flight into Reformed exile during the confessional split of the Holy Roman Empire to a border stone of a city divided after 1914 on the German-Dutch border. Its highlight is the original diary of the student Peter Rutzen from 1963, which traces the dangerous attempt to dig an escape tunnel under Bernauer Straße. The tunnel was betrayed to the Stasi before anyone could flee, leading to numerous arrests in East Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/grenzen-gewalt-geschichte-24447/", "official_url": "https://www.dhm.de/veranstaltung/grenzen-gewalt-geschichte-1/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8cb7898919d22729568409b8beaf050bbd4ca5664a4e33046a02a34e062b01c5-600.webp"}, {"title": "Der Zauberer von Oz", "start": "2026-11-07T15:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "FEZ-Berlin", "address": "Straße zum FEZ 2, 12459 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.fez-berlin.de/Views/Pages/Appointments/EventAppointments.aspx?EventID=3252", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "A theatre piece for children and families on the Astrid-Lindgren-Bühne at FEZ-Berlin. It is performed by Tur Tur Theater with Sophie Ammann and Alexander Altomirianos. It tells the classic musical in a modern adaptation: Dorothy lands in the land behind the rainbow and sets off to find the Wizard of Oz. Along the way she finds friends like a scarecrow, a tin man and a lion, in a fantastical story about the magical power of friendship.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/der-zauberer-von-oz-14879/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e4e74dd91df64e511a4093cb9e4c35cf0b608679f175cc3b3eda7241018410d6-1200.webp"}, {"title": "»Zeitzeugen im Gespräch« – Fluchthelfer Klaus-M. von Keussler", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Unterwelten e.V. Bildungsseminare", "address": "Brunnenstraße 142, 10115 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "7.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-unterwelten.de/barrierefreiheitserklaerung/barrierefreiheitserklaerung-online-shop.html", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr"], "description": "»Zeitzeugen im Gespräch« is a talk with escape helper Klaus-M. von Keussler, hosted by Berliner Unterwelten e.V. at their Bildungsseminare. At its center is his »Tunnel-Tagebuch« (tunnel diary), into which he wrote with passion on 8 January 1964: »Freiheit kennt keine Mauern« (freedom knows no walls). It is about the fourth tunnel (the »Kohlenplatz-Tunnel«), in which he took part and which was brought to an end by East German border guards and/or members of the East German state security. The then 24-year-old gives a firsthand account of this escape assistance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zeitzeugen-im-gesprach-fluchthelfer-klaus-m-von-keussler-24451/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-unterwelten.de/neuigkeiten/zeitzeugen-im-gespraech-fluchthelfer-berichten.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d99249268b72e2d26d77febcf0499ea23798b1d566d071880580824136b7b09d-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Silence", "start": "2026-10-30T20:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-30T21:45:00+01:00", "place": "Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz", "address": "Kurfürstendamm 153, 10709 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/contemporary-play"], "description": "\"The Silence\" is a theatre play by Falk Richter, shown as a German-language premiere on the Schaubühne's Globe stage, with Dimitrij Schaad playing the role of Falk Richter. In his autofictional play, the author and theatre director Richter returns to his own family history. In dialogue with his mother, he examines truths left unspoken for decades, repressed secrets and unprocessed traumas, including his father's experiences of war, his mother's flight from West Prussia and the suppression of his gay identity. The confrontation becomes a journey into the abysses of West German bourgeois society from the post-war era to the present, in which autobiography and fiction blend and questions arise about other models of masculinity and relationships.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/the-silence-9922/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed7c69139d38d602eafe19490e80412314a039fbdd90b0b11c27c5ef21830d21-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Die Geschichte vom heiligen Martin", "start": "2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "Katholische Akademie in Berlin", "address": "Hannoversche Straße 5b, 10115 Berlin", "price": "10,-€ (Kinder: 5,-€)", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["religion/christian/saints", "stage/puppetry"], "description": "A shadow-play performance by Puppentheater Berlin telling the story of Martin of Tours. Written by Ulrich Treu, with figures and performance by Ulrich Treu and dramaturgy and direction by Hella Treu. The colourful piece shows how Martin won the hearts of poor people through his compassionate behaviour and is still revered today. The music is played live on a glockenspiel, and at the end the children sing together; recommended from age 5, lasting about 45 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-geschichte-vom-heiligen-martin-9179/", "official_url": "https://www.katholische-akademie-berlin.de/veranstaltung/puppentheater-sankt-martin/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5f5612b568561cc6164fff8c5f9125d8176ce16e9f75e736401fa296803ea6c4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Bär. Ein Zeitzeuge erzählt", "start": "2026-11-09T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Podewil", "address": "Klosterstraße 68 10179 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/service/Kartenkauf", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/theatre/documentary-theatre", "history/nazi-era"], "description": "A documentary theatre piece for children aged 9 and up, in which a teddy bear over 100 years old, nicknamed »Bär«, tells of his long life. It is based on the memoirs of Irene Grumach-Shirun, written down by Jill Levenfeld, and tells of the life of a Jewish child under the Nazi dictatorship. The bear remembers beautiful but also very bad moments, for example when the walls shook from the bombs, or when Irene's grandmother was deported. Long closed-off rooms are brought back to life with shadow play and sound; the morning performance is followed by a discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/bar-ein-zeitzeuge-erzahlt-20436/", "official_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/stuecke/baer/148", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a93638932d4b24517e3356bd4b77c4cafb608896a5eb2570574d797eaeeaf917-600.webp"}, {"title": "BÄR. Ein Zeitzeuge erzählt", "start": "2026-11-09T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Grips Theater im Podewil", "address": "Klosterstraße 68 10179 Berlin", "price": "15 €, ermäßigt 10 €", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/service/Kartenkauf", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/theatre/documentary-theatre", "history/nazi-era"], "description": "A documentary theatre piece for ages 9 and up, recommended for grades 4 to 6. It is based on the memoirs of Irene Grumach-Shirun, written down by Jill Levenfeld, performed by Josephine Hock and directed by Hannes Kapsch. The story is told from the perspective of a teddy bear named 'Bär' who is over a hundred years old and witnessed the life of a Jewish child under the Nazi dictatorship. Long-sealed rooms come back to life through shadow play and sound; the morning show is followed by a discussion, and the piece won the IKARUS Fachjury 2025 prize in the children's theatre category.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/bar-ein-zeitzeuge-erzahlt-4636/", "official_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/spielplan/bar-ein-zeitzeuge-erzahlt/3251", "image": ""}, {"title": "Gittersee", "start": "2026-11-11T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Ensemble", "address": "Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Preis A", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/shop", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/historical-drama"], "description": "\"Gittersee\" is a stage production at the Berliner Ensemble based on Charlotte Gneuss's acclaimed debut novel, in a version by Leonie Rebentisch, who also directs. In 1976 near Dresden, sixteen-year-old Karin is torn from her everyday life: her first great love Paul has disappeared, and a man named Wickwalz calls it \"Republikflucht\" (fleeing the republic) and keeps asking her questions. The more Karin tells him, naming a second name and signing a paper, the more clearly she sees what she would be better off not knowing. The play tells of how lonely silence can make you – and how lonely speaking can be, even when it is the truth.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gittersee-3783/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/index.php/inszenierung/gittersee", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e3dac0ab2a440f72880033bdbc90b4932a4d09f755c3c02a24e9c1352ae46fd3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Theater auf dem Bügelbrett - Hexe auf Probe", "start": "2026-11-01T14:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Bibliothek", "address": "Brandenburgische Straße 2, 10713 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "„Theater auf dem Bügelbrett - Hexe auf Probe“ is a puppet theatre piece for children and families. It comes from the Theater auf dem Bügelbrett and tells of an old witch who turns away all apprentice witches, until a determined girl wins her over. The piece is not scary at all but truly magical, and is aimed at everyone aged 5 to 99. It is shown at the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Bibliothek in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/theater-auf-dem-bugelbrett-hexe-auf-probe-67667/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/?detail=290078", "image": ""}, {"title": "Hänsel und Gretel", "start": "2026-11-11T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Galli Theater Berlin", "address": "Oranienburger Straße 32, 10117 Berlin", "price": "7€ / 9€", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://galli-berlin.de/theater-info-buchung-2/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales", "stage/childrens-theatre"], "description": "„Hänsel und Gretel“ is an interactive theatre performance (Mitspieltheater) as part of the Berliner Märchentage 2026. The play by Johannes Galli tells how the two siblings get lost in the forest and are captured by a witch who wants to fatten and roast Hansel. An experienced actress, Rainer Eckhardt, tells the fairy tale while slipping into the different roles. Children can take an active part, call out their ideas and even join in on stage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/hansel-und-gretel-4680/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/32c4c1db794a0b31894b386f8b810cb6df9552f32506c36030cdaf182728041a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "FamilienSamstag I Auf der Suche nach der Dunkelheit. Die Gute-Licht-Geschichte", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bodo-Uhse-Bibliothek", "address": "Erich-Kurz-Straße 9, 10319 Berlin", "price": "Free entry only for HOWOGE tenants; all others 1 €, tickets at the library", "price_from": "1.00", "price_to": "1.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "A puppet theater piece for children aged 3 and up about the fear of the dark – and why we need it. Because all children love only the light, the hurt darkness retreats into a mousehole, and it stays bright day and night. But without darkness, campfires and lantern parades are no longer fun, so the children set out with the animals of the night to search for it. The roughly 35-minute piece is presented by the Lichtenberg city libraries at the Bodo-Uhse-Bibliothek.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/familiensamstag-i-auf-der-suche-nach-der-dunkelheit-die-gute-57857/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8b0902fc6cf15d7231c31fc2d01942b9f698ef1c299c69ee00939c545ac090f8-600.webp"}, {"title": "BÄR. Ein Zeitzeuge erzählt", "start": "2026-11-09T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "GRIPS Theater", "address": "Altonaer Straße 22, 10557 Berlin", "price": "15 €, ermäßigt 10 €", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/service/Kartenkauf", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/documentary-theatre", "history/holocaust"], "description": "A documentary theatre piece for children aged 9 and up, telling the story of a more than 100-year-old teddy bear nicknamed »Bär«. It is based on the memoirs of Irene Grumach-Shirun, written down by Jill Levenfeld, and depicts the life of a Jewish child under the Nazi dictatorship from the teddy bear's point of view. Using shadow play and sound, long-locked rooms come alive where Bär encounters beautiful and terrible moments, such as when the walls shook from bombs or when Irene's grandmother was deported. The piece was conceived by Josephine Hock, who also performs it, together with Luise Ehrenwerth, with Hannes Kapsch directing; the morning performance is followed by a discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/bar-ein-zeitzeuge-erzahlt-75927/", "official_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/spielplan/bar-ein-zeitzeuge-erzahlt/3251", "image": "https://noky.io/images/907289e50faa60afd42c0607f327dce1ba1d228d83f611c0cbb0a044daca98d2-2000.webp"}]}