{"title": "The Game We Knew but Didn’t Play", "start": "2026-10-25T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ballhaus Ost", "address": "Pappelallee 15, 10437 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://visitberlin.reservix.de/veranstaltungskalender?q=The+Game+we+knew%2C+but+didn%E2%80%99t+Play&city=Berlin&sort=date", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["history/iran", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "A performance examining censorship as a power struggle that intervenes in artistic processes, relationships and everyday encounters. It comes from Rebel-IST-hah!, a performance and research collective founded in Tehran in 2006 by Azadeh Ganjeh and Foad Esfahani and based in Berlin since 2022. The work draws on Ganjeh's research into German theatre productions staged after the 1979 revolution in state-controlled venues of the Islamic Republic of Iran, asking how censorship determines what can be said and shown. Each performance opens a space for questions about how our lives, decisions and actions become entangled in systems of censorship.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/the-game-we-knew-but-didnt-play-3708/", "official_url": "https://www.ballhausost.de/produktion/the-game-we-knew-but-didnt-play/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/10f90277585e46e69139d31157df41d551c1436a30f05b2dfdd5ce10ee46eeed-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-25T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ballhaus Ost", "address": "Pappelallee 15, 10437 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Shieveh Theater Company – The Shadows", "start": "2026-10-31T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "HAU 2 (Hebbel am Ufer)", "address": "Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin", "price": "17–22 €, ermäßigt 9–12 €", "price_from": "17.00", "price_to": "22.00", "tickets_url": "https://visitberlin.reservix.de/veranstaltungskalender?q=The+Shadows&city=Berlin&sort=date", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/migration/refugees", "stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "The Shadows is a theatre piece by the Shieveh Theater Company from Tehran, built on real, documented stories of war, displacement and loss. The group, led by text and direction from Afsaneh Mahian, has existed for over 25 years and already moved HAU audiences in 2024 with its work The Child. The performance links these stories to the ancient figures of Iocaste, Antigone and Medea, raising existential and political questions of guilt, law and personal responsibility. The piece is in Persian with German and English surtitles and lasts 100 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/shieveh-theater-company-the-shadows-87/", "official_url": "https://www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programm/pdetail/shieveh-theater-company-the-shadows/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/73f67cd964b673cb4c16d7452472162b81597af6c5098f543f81ce7e44447c97-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Theater der Ersetzbarkeit", "start": "2026-11-06T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T22:30:00+01:00", "place": "Brecht-Haus", "address": "Chausseestraße 125, 10115 Berlin", "price": "Regular: 15 EUR, Reduced: 10 EUR", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.lfbrecht.de/produkte/4263-tickets-theater-der-ersetzbarkeit-literaturforum-im-brecht-haus-berlin-am-06-11-2026", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["science/ai", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "»Theater der Ersetzbarkeit« is a performance in which AI clones each visitor's voice, with a speech synthesis program learning to imitate the sound of the voices almost perfectly within minutes. In the performance, audience members encounter their own automated voices and observe their actions and dialogues. The piece is a production by Felix Falczyk and Johanna Herschel (Deepfake Situations) in cooperation with the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus and Vierte Welt. Each performance lasts 90 minutes and offers space for five participants.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/theater-der-ersetzbarkeit-67725/", "official_url": "https://lfbrecht.de/event/theater-der-ersetzbarkeit/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d4b9e3baf24f1f1c06e72086861eb30cc10b930e192b1da01709d59ff631ad96-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Raus aus der Bubble - Rein in den Storm", "start": "2026-11-06T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ballhaus Prinzenallee", "address": "Prinzenallee 33, 13359 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "http://Interkulturellaktiv.vbotickets.com/event/raus_aus_der_bubble_-_rein_in_den_storm/179713", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "science/ai"], "description": "“Raus aus der Bubble - Rein in den Storm” is a theatre performance at Ballhaus Prinzenallee, a dramedy for ages 16 and up with a running time of 90 minutes. Text, direction and acting come from Christian Bojidar, joined on stage by Lodi Doumit and Freya Kreutzkam. It is about two AI fake profiles that suddenly develop feelings and receive bodies for the theatre performance of an eccentric artist – suddenly they are real people, but real life catches up with them. Inspired by the research project “Storykillers”, published in 2023 by the journalistic network Forbidden Stories, the piece satirically processes the mechanisms and actors behind the targeted spread of misinformation using AI.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/raus-aus-der-bubble-rein-in-den-storm-3735/", "official_url": "https://www.ballhausprinzenallee.de/spielplan-ballhaus/raus-aus-der-bubble---rein-in-den-storm-9", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fec1769a176c60bb79e49fa0d0be1eefe77683e104c3ad58efd7a9d921f980d4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Elshan Ghasimi: Reinterpretation des Radīf | Dastgāh-e Chahārgāh", "start": "2026-10-31T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Tieranatomisches Theater - Haus 3 (Campus Nord)", "address": "", "price": "Eintritt frei. Anmeldung erforderlich", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/elshan-ghasimi-reinterpretation-des-radif-dastgah-e-chahargah-tickets-1997393231925", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world/persian-classical", "history"], "description": "A concert by composer and tar virtuoso Elshan Ghasimi at the Tieranatomisches Theater, part of her multi-year cycle “Die Reinterpretation des Radīf” on the orally transmitted musical heritage of Persian music. This chapter is devoted to the modal system Dastgāh-e Chahārgāh; as the first woman, Ghasimi undertakes the systematic reinterpretation of all twelve systems of the Radīf. The concert lasts about an hour, admission is free, and registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/elshan-ghasimi-reinterpretation-des-radif-dastgah-e-chaharga-20137/", "official_url": "https://tieranatomisches-theater.de/elshan-ghasimi-radif_2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d88d38b239edea404535eb229c257bce270140487c99f44053ed1c875d548436-600.webp"}, {"title": "Palästina zwischen Augen: Zwischen Solidarität und Schweigen: Was bleibt? Palästinensische Stimmen in der DDR und heute", "start": "2026-10-31T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK)", "address": "Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 11-13, 10178 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "history/gdr"], "description": "A conversation event within the project „Palästina zwischen Augen“ at the neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK) in Berlin-Mitte. Mahmoud Dabdoub and Sophie Ataya talk with each other, moderated by Irit Neidhardt; the topic is Palestinian voices in the GDR and today, between solidarity and silence. The conversation is held in English and admission is free. An awareness team will be present at all events, and the nGbK has a complaints procedure.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/palastina-zwischen-augen-zwischen-solidaritat-und-schweigen-10275/", "official_url": "https://ngbk.de/de/programm/termine/palaestina-zwischen-augen-between-solidarity-and-silence-what-remains-palestinian-voices-in-the-gdr-and-now", "image": ""}, {"title": "AS THE STARS FALL", "start": "2026-11-07T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "TAK - Theater Aufbau Kreuzberg", "address": "Prinzenstr. 85 F im Aufbau Haus am Moritzplatz 10969 Berlin", "price": "12,00 ermäßigt, 18,00 normal, 3,00 Berlin-Pass", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/2003216853534?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/war", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "\"AS THE STARS FALL\" is a performance by Monirah Hashemi having its German premiere at TAK - Theater Aufbau Kreuzberg. The actress, director and playwright from Afghanistan explores survival, embodied memory and the struggle to reclaim the right to one's own story. Moving between an adult and a child's perspective, the performance approaches memory as something fragmented, physical and continuously present. Through storytelling, movement, ritual, repetition and sound, the audience is positioned not simply as spectators but as witnesses.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/as-the-stars-fall-20428/", "official_url": "https://www.tak-berlin.org/programm/asthestarsfall", "image": "https://noky.io/images/014323e9de3ae9002fcc7ef81af2b3204c0229599903647257dc5074054276c1-600.webp"}, {"title": "Nothing Really Happens", "start": "2026-11-08T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Persons Projects", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "\"Nothing Quite Happens\" is a group exhibition at the gallery Persons Projects in Berlin. It shows works by Zofia Kulik (KwieKulik), Katarzyna Kozyra, Janne Lehtinen and Paweł Książek. The exhibition explores how irony and performance can question the structures of everyday life: a banana becomes a political object, two artists disappear beneath metal buckets, and celebrated intellectuals are transformed into obedient dogs. Behind these actions lie questions of power, censorship and the individual's position within society.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/nothing-really-happens-23084/", "official_url": "https://www.personsprojects.com/exhibitions/nothing-quite-happens", "image": "https://noky.io/images/544778c04064014501812f46bc06b3b9e6fe83bd0f08438d69373503c127466a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Game", "start": "2026-10-31T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schaubude Berlin", "address": "Greifswalder Straße 81-84, 10405 Berlin", "price": "solidarisch 25,00 € | regulär 18,00 € | ermäßigt 12,00 €", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://schaubude.reservix.de/p/reservix/event/2610112", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/participatory-theatre", "games"], "description": "»The Game« is a participatory piece of game theatre in which the audience, in small groups, builds up its own cattle farming on a game board. It comes from the Swiss group Trickster-p, longtime companions of Theater der Dinge. The cleverly designed rules lead straight into the mechanisms of modern economies and force players to choose between profit maximisation, ecological and ethical values. Conversations and discussions among visitors are part of the performance, and each visitor decides how intensively they take part.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/the-game-7719/", "official_url": "https://schaubude.berlin/de/spielplan/the-game/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/aa2e7026b753000fa603256a052c75275fa244bc6927d5611131cdeb24e829b6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Performing Arts Season", "start": "2026-10-13T19:30:00+02:00", "end": "2027-01-22T02:00:00+01:00", "place": "Haus der Berliner Festspiele", "address": "Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.kbb.eu/kbb.webshop/webticket/shop?production=923&language=de", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/performance-art"], "description": "Performing Arts Season is a series of international dance, theatre and performance works staged at Haus der Berliner Festspiele and at Gropius Bau. It is presented by Berliner Festspiele, which has run the programme during the autumn and winter months since 2023. The 2026/27 edition takes its cue from myths and rituals as the origins of the performing arts and asks whether these can connect people and inspire reverence for the dignity of life. It opens with the German premiere of the stage version of Balkan Erotic Epic, a new work by performance artist Marina Abramović.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/performing-arts-season-2414/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/performing-arts-season", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6f308c91c8f5e8d7f2c9824df59de1a6f432eb8d2428eb717210f8d73f989ba1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Reformbühne Heim und Welt – mit Bastian Bandt, Isobel Markus", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Baiz", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Reformbühne Heim und Welt is a reading stage with words and music that has taken place at Baiz every damned Sunday since 1995. Its current members are Ahne, Falko Hennig, Andreas „Spider“ Krenzke, Frank Sorge and Heiko Werning. On this evening Bastian Bandt and Isobel Markus appear as the changing musical guests. The stage promises to keep its ear to the tooth of time with text and sound.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/reformbuhne-heim-und-welt-mit-bastian-bandt-isobel-markus-45108/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "GPO Box No. 211", "start": "2026-11-03T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schaubude Berlin", "address": "Greifswalder Straße 81-84, 10405 Berlin", "price": "solidarisch 25,00 € | regulär 18,00 € | ermäßigt 12,00 €", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://visitberlin.reservix.de/tickets-gpo-box-no-211-in-berlin-schaubude-berlin-am-3-11-2026/e2610083", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/puppetry/object-theatre"], "description": "»GPO Box No. 211« is an object theatre piece without spoken language, in which the letter paper becomes the protagonist in a calm, dream-like staging. It is about mental freedom, isolation and communication. Behind it is the Dutch company Théâtre du Poulet with Chun-Shing Au, who shows letters he exchanged over three years with a political prisoner in Hong Kong – written in encrypted, poetic form because of censorship. The piece was awarded the ZKB-Anerkennungspreis at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel in 2024.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gpo-box-no-211-16751/", "official_url": "https://schaubude.berlin/de/spielplan/gpo-box-no-211/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/aeaf75be93f519f3e56fdd0b9e7747577004133e50c9b25b2c0176ccdd79bb73-600.webp"}]}