{"title": "ugly duckling", "start": "2026-12-23T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-23T21:20:00+01:00", "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/queer", "stage/theatre"], "description": "\"ugly duckling\" is a theatre production playing in the Kammer stage of a Berlin theatre. It was developed by director Bastian Kraft with an ensemble, based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. The tales are set against the biographies of Berlin drag queens, who turn the play with gender roles into a liberating spectacle. Transformation through make-up and wigs produces not only a new self but also a new self-confidence.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ugly-duckling-4391/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/ugly-duckling", "image": "https://noky.io/images/865fcfa932ae2123d22d70d7b7a2e5f44b2b4c64a10390995a5e8f901e0af7b9-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-12-23T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-23T21:20:00+01:00", "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Das hässliche Entlein", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-03-06T15:00:00+01:00", "place": "Studiobühne", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "8.50", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/dance-theatre", "music"], "description": "A humorous dance theatre piece about trusting in one's own power. It comes from ATZE Musiktheater, directed and choreographed by Maria Walser. The story follows the ugly duckling, branded ugly and disturbing by the duck community, which tries to be the duckiest duck of all and gets tangled in an identity crisis. Four performers from music, dance and acting shape a journey through the confusions of self-perception and external perception.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/das-hassliche-entlein-16557/", "official_url": "https://atzeberlin.de/repertoire/das-haessliche-entlein/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e892b0230aa30754d4dc7eca46766bb25c7a588cce2bf0114e450564c718055d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Das kleine hässliche Entlein | Die goldene Gans", "start": "2026-11-20T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Pfefferberg Theater", "address": "Schönhauser Allee 176, 10119 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "23.00", "price_to": "23.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "An evening of two fairy-tale plays: »Das kleine hässliche Entlein« (The Ugly Duckling) based on Hans Christian Andersen, and »Die goldene Gans« (The Golden Goose), a romp in cauldron style. The Hexenberg Ensemble performs both pieces itself; the Ugly Duckling is directed by longtime ensemble member Michael Schwager, who also appears on stage. The Ugly Duckling uses wit, poetry and seriousness to illuminate exclusion and the courage of self-determination, offering children comfort and the invitation to see their own otherness as a strength. The Golden Goose follows a young man whose wondrous golden goose triggers history's first human chain – and he is meant to make the king's sad daughter laugh.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/das-kleine-hassliche-entlein-die-goldene-gans-32855/", "official_url": "http://www.hexenberg-ensemble.de", "image": "https://noky.io/images/17956dd5d859bb138aa6e8d2286226770b8d03f1bb60474a0f33add79d327f17-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Duckie L'Orange - Verbotene Lieben 3000", "start": "2026-11-07T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ufaFabrik", "address": "Viktoriastraße 13, 12105 Berlin", "price": "€20,00", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "\"Duckie L'Orange - Verbotene Lieben 3000\" is an outlandish puppet comedy at the Wolfgang Neuss Salon of the ufaFabrik that looks at the absurdity of the nature of things. Behind the show is the puppet theatre team Duckie L'Orange & Die Puppenspielerin; marionette design and puppet construction are by Christian Werdin and the script by Ruth Herzberg. Using mask, puppetry, object theatre and mime from a queer feminist perspective, they bring to life questionable characters such as a deranged yogi, an empowered Rapunzel, a burlesque dancer with an extra conscience and Arnold Schwarzenegger reimagined. The team has toured the world, including the Sydney Opera House, the Royal Danish Theatre and German national television; the show contains sexual themes and nudity and is performed in English, German and 'without words'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/duckie-lorange-verbotene-lieben-3000-16864/", "official_url": "https://ufafabrik.de/veranstaltung/40676/duckie-lorange-verbotene-lieben-3000", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d948302c780289b7629a89e2546cdf3805cbda72c9c708039ff46b34a4ed3e36-600.webp"}, {"title": "Der Teich", "start": "2026-11-07T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz", "address": "Linienstraße 227, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "dance", "tags": ["stage/theatre", "dance"], "description": "„Der Teich“ is a theatrical piece by stage artist Gisèle Vienne, based on Robert Walser's short drama. It follows a boy who feels unloved by his family and, at his moment of deepest despair, fakes a suicide, as Vienne zooms into his head and shows the self dissolving in emotional turmoil. Together with actresses Adèle Haenel and Julie Shanahan and eight puppets, she creates a psychoactive chamber piece about power dynamics within a family, framed by a trance-like light and sound environment by Yves Godin, Stephen F. O'Malley and François J. Bonnet. After an international touring run, this trailblazing work is now shown for the first time in Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/der-teich-280/", "official_url": "https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/der-teich/20261106-1900/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f0b31735028ce664eaf8d7684b212d147c3d2cd504949a9c8422b61c80b718b7-600.webp"}, {"title": "Krug. Zerbrochen! - ZUSATZVORSTELLUNG", "start": "2026-11-17T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "OST", "address": "Alt-Stralau 1-2, 10245 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/classics/kleist", "stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "\"Krug. Zerbrochen!\" is a theatre play by Theater Strahl Berlin, a comedy freely adapted from Heinrich von Kleist, suitable for ages 14 and up. Text by Uta Bierbaum, direction by Anna Vera Kelle, music by Alexander Schröder, performed by Amelie Barth, Jan Jaroszek, Matthias Kelle and Anne Sofie Schietzold. The story runs on two levels: a theatre troupe rehearses a modern musical-style show about Kleist's lying village magistrate Adam, while quarrels erupt within the group over power, casting decisions and the bullying of their director BO. Lies, threats and blackmail reveal that characters like Adam still sit in the executive suites today – as long as we believe them.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/krug-zerbrochen-zusatzvorstellung-136102/", "official_url": "https://www.theater-strahl.de/programm/krug-zerbrochen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/24b0f67f1fb493d49fff0288db044e2fce9a54764c498c1a4b8b08f425d0784a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Pink Grimm: THE SLEEPING BEAUTIES", "start": "2026-11-19T20:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "BKA – Berliner Kabarett Anstalt", "address": "Mehringdamm 34 10961 Berlin", "price": "EUR 26.40", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales", "stage/theatre"], "description": "Pink Grimm: THE SLEEPING BEAUTIES is a fairy-tale theatre show at the BKA-Theater that reworks the Brothers Grimm's stories – from Snow White's beauty question via Snow White and Rose Red to the dwarfs in their shared flat and Hänsel & Gretel's parents, whose children listen to ABBA, wear make-up and high heels. The turbulent show was put together by the fairy-tale-experienced actors of the Hexenkessel Hoftheater and the Märchenhütten. Matthias Mosbach directs, with Andreas Köhler (Andi Buletten) and Roger Jahnke (Rottscha) on stage and costumes by Narciss & Goldfaden. The evening's question: who will be kissed awake by Prince Charming in the end?", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/pink-grimm-the-sleeping-beauties-31244/", "official_url": "https://www.bka-theater.de/prg/220?tid=4210", "image": "https://noky.io/images/732c14aedf2b2ffbe629be96e12a89dca77f5b01d6406d8f4cac328450e34c55-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Aschenputtel", "start": "2026-11-09T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Galli Theater Berlin", "address": "Oranienburger Straße 32, 10117 Berlin", "price": "8€ / 10€", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/theatre/fairy-tale"], "description": "\"Aschenputtel\" is a play-along theatre for the whole family from age 3, in which children help shape the fairy tale. It is a theatre play by Johannes Galli. The experienced actress Marion Martinez tells the fairy tale while slipping into the different characters and roles. The story: when the stepmother with her two daughters moves into the house, Cinderella is mocked, ridiculed and forced into excessive work; yet the prince holds a great ball to find a wife, where she, masked and unrecognised, wins his heart before they finally find each other.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/aschenputtel-4649/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/40d3b38469bed2c56f1b0d61a0402842c5e17fc99bd2f3de21279a63833943cd-600.webp"}, {"title": "Der Froschkönig", "start": "2026-11-10T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Galli Theater Berlin", "address": "Oranienburger Straße 32, 10117 Berlin", "price": "10€ / 12€", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/theatre/fairy-tale"], "description": "\"Der Froschkönig\" is a participatory theatre piece for the whole family, in which children from age 3 can actively take part in the fairy tale on stage. It is a theatre play by Johannes Galli, performed by Thomas Matuszewski, who as an experienced actor slips into the various fairy tale characters and roles. The story is about the king's youngest and most beautiful daughter, who receives a golden ball as a gift. When she drops the ball into the well in the castle garden, a frog appears and offers to retrieve it, for which the princess must promise to become his playmate – a promise she does not think of keeping.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/der-froschkonig-4652/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/db6b948d31e2a3095e326d4cca7147223fb661e332472dfeace05488e25f1d68-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Krug. Zerbrochen! Lustspiel frei nach Heinrich von Kleist", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "OST", "address": "Alt-Stralau 1-2, 10245 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "\"Krug. Zerbrochen!\" is a theatre production by Theater Strahl Berlin, a comedy freely based on Heinrich von Kleist's \"Der zerbrochne Krug\". The play follows a theatre group rehearsing a big, modern jug show with music, but levels begin to blur: who gets to decide the casting, and why does everyone let director BO bully them while LIWO refuses to play Eve? Unsettling parallels to the original emerge, with threats, flattery, blackmail and lies aplenty, showing that people like the lying village magistrate Adam still sit in the boardrooms today as long as we believe them. The text and direction are by Uta Bierbaum and Anna Vera Kelle, with music by Alexander Schröder, performed by Amelie Barth, Jan Jaroszek, Matthias Kelle and Anne Sofie Schietzold.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/krug-zerbrochen-lustspiel-frei-nach-heinrich-von-kleist-58073/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/24b0f67f1fb493d49fff0288db044e2fce9a54764c498c1a4b8b08f425d0784a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Froggy - Der Froschkönig für Erwachsene", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Galli Theater Berlin", "address": "Oranienburger Straße 32, 10117 Berlin", "price": "26€ / 18€", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "26.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "\"Froggy – Der Froschkönig für Erwachsene\" is a musical at the Galli Theater Berlin. It is a play by Johannes Galli that retells the \"Frog King\" fairy tale in a modern, biting and witty way without losing the charm of its wisdom. Dr. König, owner of a factory for frog legs, gives his daughter Princy a very valuable golden ball pendant; when Froggy, a young rebellious employee, gets hold of the ball, Princy has to promise him quite a lot to get it back. Although Princy does not want to keep her promise, she drifts into daydreams and gives Froggy space until he shows his true face, and in dire straits she helps him transform.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/froggy-der-froschkonig-fur-erwachsene-4676/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a2cae3e017f2fefb55892aa83ab05f2727415edfc4c7f5d0f46ac1b23806a5b5-2000.webp"}, {"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", "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": ""}, {"title": "“Krug in the box”- Theater mit Bridge Markland", "start": "2026-11-19T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt-Bibliothek", "address": "Karolinenstraße 19, 13507 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/classics/kleist", "stage/theatre"], "description": "“Krug in the box” is a theatre performance based on Heinrich von Kleist's “Der zerbrochene Krug” at the Humboldt-Bibliothek Tegel. Berlin performer and transformation artist Bridge Markland, a virtuoso of role play, condenses the classic into an entertaining pop-music courtroom show. The dispute over a broken jug conceals another crime: an influential man harasses a young woman – will Eve dare accuse the perpetrator and thereby free her fiancé Ruprecht, as the web of lies and abuse of power become ever more transparent? In rapid alternation, Markland plays all the roles, with and without hand puppets, from village judge Adam to Eve Rull to the witness Frau Brigitte.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/krug-in-the-box-theater-mit-bridge-markland-33839/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f3996c6065910bacff866e571b39b7d397373251f55e89207b87ec5c3c005f24-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Rocky Horror Drag Show", "start": "2026-11-07T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Rambazamba", "address": "Schönhauser Allee 36, 10435 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "An inclusive drag night that continues the tradition of the cult film's midnight screenings: the RambaZamba Ensemble performs together with the Berlin drag queens Judy LaDivina and Bibingka. At its centre is a young conservative couple whose car breaks down at night, leading them to a castle where the eccentric scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter is creating the perfect man. Based on material by Richard O'Brien in a version created by the RambaZamba Theater, directed by Jacob von Wienskowski. Drag, lip-sync performances and encounters with the audience celebrate 'otherness' – for people aged 18 and over only.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/the-rocky-horror-drag-show-32820/", "official_url": "https://rambazamba-theater.de/en/spielplan/the-rocky-horror-drag-show-06-11-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a70363b657b9125c4cff13c2ccf53f974b3e347b8965cd34501533a1d210d5c0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Krug. Zerbrochen! Lustspiel frei nach Heinrich von Kleist", "start": "2026-11-12T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Strahl Berlin", "address": "Marktstr. 11, 10317 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "\"Krug. Zerbrochen!\" is a comedy freely based on Heinrich von Kleist, suitable from age 14 and lasting 80 minutes. The piece is staged by Theater Strahl Berlin, with text by Uta Bierbaum and direction by Anna Vera Kelle. It follows a theatre group preparing a big jug show based on Kleist's tale of a lying village judge, while disputes over power and casting break out on stage. In a mix of Kleist's language and today's, the piece shows that people like the village judge Adam still sit at the top today – as long as we believe them.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/krug-zerbrochen-lustspiel-frei-nach-heinrich-von-kleist-58072/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/24b0f67f1fb493d49fff0288db044e2fce9a54764c498c1a4b8b08f425d0784a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Theater Malinka spielt \"Däumelinchen\"", "start": "2026-11-12T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Gottfried-Benn-Bibliothek", "address": "Nentershäuser Platz 1, 14163 Berlin", "price": "frei, mit Voranmeldung", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales", "stage/puppetry"], "description": "Theater Malinka performs \"Däumelinchen\", a play for children aged 3 and up. Its sewn puppets, created from children's drawings, tell Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale in a version set in the world of gardens. The tiny Däumelinchen keeps calling out \"Ich bestimme selbst!\" (I decide myself!), yet domineering characters like Fred the frog or Malte the mole keep putting obstacles in her way and testing her courage and independence. Admission is free, with advance registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/theater-malinka-spielt-daumelinchen-57847/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a6df37b0142872b177ce0ff7809c9c44682ccc42062bc93cfaaa036fc6b8f1bc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Froggy – Galli Theater Berlin", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Galli Theater Berlin", "address": "Oranienburger Straße 32, 10117 Berlin", "price": "33,50 EUR", "price_from": "33.50", "price_to": "33.50", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales", "stage/puppetry"], "description": "A stage play that retells the fairy tale of the Frog King in a modern way. Dr. King, who owns a factory for frog legs, gives his daughter Princy a very valuable golden ball pendant. When Froggy, a young rebellious worker at the factory, gets hold of the ball, Princy has to promise him quite a few things to get it back – a promise she does not want to keep. She drifts into daydreams and gives Froggy room, until he shows his true face and she helps him transform in his hour of greatest need. The cast features Tommy Matuszewski, Acelya Han, William Schellenberg, Sina Haarmann and Tom O’Sullivan.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/froggy-galli-theater-berlin-125580/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d055724982509915d1d8e653688f5b0bec44c809ec591c232e71d17af953c45c-600.webp"}]}