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12 CULTURE & EVENTS CULTURE & EVENTS 13
Blue Man Group E-4, Marlene Dietrich Platz 4,
Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 18 05 44
44, www.bluemangroup.de. The (quite literally) Blue
Man Group has been wowing audiences for years at their
Bluemax Theatre, with a show that is a kaleidoscope,
a whirlwind, a puzzle, psychedelic, and many more
adjectives that people just haven‘t managed to sum up
the visually and musically powerful show with. The few
texts that are spoken are in English. Q Shows Tue, Fri
21:00; Wed, Thu, Sat 18:00, 21:00; Sun 18:00. Tickets
€65-77.
Friedrichstadtpalast F-3, Friedrichstraße 107,
Mitte, MU Oranienburger Tor, tel. +49 30 23 26
23 26, www.friedrichstadtpalast.de. No one does
over-the-top better than the producers and long-legged
dancers and acrobats of Friedrichstadtpalast. This venue
normally puts on the glitziest, biggest revues in town. Q
Tickets €19-95.
Tipi am Kanzleramt E-3, Große Querallee,
Tiergarten, MU Bundestag, tel. +49 30 39 06 65 50,
www.tipi-am-kanzleramt.de. Continuing a tradition that
started a century ago in Berlin, the Tipi team wine, dine and
entertain guests for an evening in their elegant year-round
tent in Tiergarten park. Before the show starts, gourmet
food is served. Then it‘s over to the artists featured that
night to entertain the audience. Q Shows 20:00, Sun
19:00. Tickets €15-45.
Wintergarten Variété E-4, Potsdamer Straße 96,
Tiergarten, MU Kurfürstenstraße, tel. +49 30 58 84 33,
www.wintergarten-berlin.de. One of Berlin‘s famed variety
theatres was revived here as a dinner theater. Seated around
tables, you‘ll enjoy a show with acrobats, magicians, clowns,
jugglers and more. Before the show, waiters take orders for
meals which are served during the break. New shows are
put on several times per year. Q Shows Wed-Sat 20:00,
Sun 18:00. Tickets €25-60.
Berliner Residenz Concerts
Enjoy classical concerts and a festive dinner in royal
surroundings. Baroque-era culinary delicacies and
musical masterpieces are combined in the magical
surroundings of the extravagant former summer
residence of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Here’s the
programme for the winter season; all concerts start at
20:30 except those marked * which start at 15:00; and
** which start at 16:00.
December 5, 7, 12, 15, 19, 21, 22; January 12,
18, 19, 25, 26.
Masterpieces of the 17th and 18th centuries, by
J.S.Bach, G.F.Händel, W.A.Mozart, A.Vivaldi and Frederick
the Great and his court composers.
December 9*, 16*, 23*, 24**, 25, 26, 28.
Christmas compositions by Baroque masters
December 29, 31*, 31; January 1.
The most beautiful music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
and the Strauss dynasty.
Berliner Residenz Konzerte, Spandauer Damm
22-24, Große Orangerie of Schloss Charlottenburg,
tel. +49 30 25 81 03 50, www.concerts-berlin.com.
Ellington Hotel events
Berlin’s grooviest hotel is well-known for its relaxed Jazz
brunches, held Sundays and holidays between 11:30
and 14:30 in the Duke restaurant. A set fee allows you
to sample anything from the buffet, while talented Jazz
musicians take care of the atmosphere. Brunchtime
performances for December are taken care of by the
Jeffrey Dimen Duo on the 2nd, the Denisa Duo on the
9th, the Craig Burton Duo on the 16th and the 26th, the
Veronica Duo in the 23rd, the Victoria Duo on the 25th
and the Carolyne del Rosario Duo on the 30th; the Yamil
Borges Duo plays on 1 January.
The Ladies’ Styling Dinner, every Tuesday and Thursday,
gets you an evening of hair and make-up treatment
followed by a three-course meal. The Relax@Lunch and
Fit@Lunch promotions includes 30 minutes of massage
or fitness workouts, followed by lunch.
Ellington Hotel, D-4, Nürnberger Str. 50-55, tel.
+49 30 68 31 50, www.ellington-hotel.com.
Theatre, Music & Dance
Berlin has dozens of venues for performances. There‘s lots
of great theatre, but most of it is German-language; it‘s getting
better, with English plays or surtitles in some theatres.
Berlin is the world capital of contemporary dance; look
for shows by Sasha Waltz, perhaps the best choreographer
around. The Staatsballett Berlin is the main
classic dance company. Tanzraumberlin magazine
(www.tanzraumberlin.de), available at the venues, lists
all dance events.
English Theatre Berlin F-5, Fidicinstraße 40, Kreuzberg,
MU Platz der Luftbrücke, tel. +49 30 691 12 11, www.
etberlin.de. Berlin residents, whether native English speakers
or not, come to this theatre for the edgy programming on the
little black box‘s stage. Q Tickets €14-18.
Halle Tanzbühne G-1, Eberswalder Straße 10-11,
Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30
44 04 42 92, www.halle-tanz-berlin.de. A monumental
school gym, used for excellent modern dance productions
by the Toula Limnaios company. Q Tickets €15.
Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) F-4, Hallesches Ufer 32,
Kreuzberg, MU Hallesches Tor, tel. +49 30 259 00 40,
www.hebbel-am-ufer.de. Three small theatres (the others
at Stresemannstraße 29 and Tempelhofer Ufer 10) perform
experimental theatre (often in English or mute) and dance.
Q Tickets €11-18.
Kookaburra G-2, Schönhauser Allee 184, Prenzlauer
Berg, MU Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, tel. +49 30 48
62 31 86, www.comedyclub.de. Laughing matters at
Berlin‘s premier comedy club, which has English-language
stand-up comedy with Kim Eustace every first Tuesday
of the month, the interactive ComedySportz show every
second Tue & Sat, burlesque with Jack Woodhead every
third Tue & Sat and an open mic every first Sat. Q
Tickets €8-10.
Radialsystem V H-4, Holzmarktstraße 33,
Friedrichshain, MS Ostbahnhof, tel. +49 30 288 78
85 88, www.radialsystem.de. A fantastic theatre, dance
and music venue in an old pumping station along the Spree
river. There‘s a restaurant and café too. Q Tickets €5-41.
Events
Classical music
3 Dec, 20:00
Artist in Residence: Leonidas Kavakos
Works by Bach, Gubaidulina and Messiaen
PH
4 Dec, 20:00
Schiff & Friends: András Schiff, Robert Holl
Works by Robert Schumann
PH
5&6 Dec, 20:00
Mahlermania
Conductor: Moritz Gnann
DO
6-8 Dec, 20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Conductor: Christian Thielemann; works by Verdi
PH
9 Dec, 20:00
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington; works by Purcell, Haydn
and Williams
PH
11 Dec, 20:00
Philharmonischer Chor Berlin, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle
Conductor: Jörg-Peter Weigle; Johann Sebastian Bach,
Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas I - III)
PH
Venue list Berlin
AN – Alte Nationalgalerie, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße
6, tel. +49 30 266 42 42 42, www.smb.museum/ang.
BG – Berlinische Galerie, Alte Jacobstraße 124-128,
tel. +49 30 78 90 26 00, www.berlinischegalerie.de.
CH – C-Halle, Columbiadamm 13-21, tel. +49 30 698
09 80, www.columbiahalle.de.
DO – Deutsche Oper, Bismarckstraße 35, tel. +49 700
67 37 23 75 46, www.deutscheoperberlin.de.
FT – Flughafen Tempelhof, Platz der Luftbrücke.
HB – Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, Invalidenstraße 50-
51, tel. +49 30 39 78 34 11, www.hamburgerbahnhof.de.
HX – Huxley’s Neue Welt, Hasenheide 108-114, tel.
+49 30 627 93 20.
KB – Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstraße 97, tel. +49 30 44
31 51 51, www.kulturbrauerei.de.
KH – Konzerthaus Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt, tel. +49
30 20 30 90, www.konzerthaus.de.
MB – Messe Berlin, Messedamm 22, tel. +49 30 303
80, www.messe-berlin.de.
MS – Max-Schmeling-Halle, Am Falkplatz, tel. +49 30
44 30 45, www.max-schmeling-halle.de.
NA – Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Straße 50, tel.
+49 30 266 26 51, www.neue-nationalgalerie.de.
PH – Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, tel.
+49 30 25 48 80, www.berliner-philharmoniker.de.
TD – Tempodrom, Möckernstraße 10, tel. +49 30 69 53
38 85, www.tempodrom.de.
Event tickets
Tickets can be purchased at the venues, via hotel
concierges, at ticket offices (also in major department
stores) and online.
Eventim, tel. +49 180 557 00 70, www.eventim.
de. An online booking service with event tickets mailed
or available for home printing.
Hekticket C-4, Hardenbergstraße 29d,
Charlottenburg, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel.
+49 30 230 99 30, www.hekticket.de. Ticket shops
and online sales (for home printing, pick-up or mailing).
Reduced same-day tickets for shows and attractions are
available after 14:00. Also at Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 13,
Mitte. QOpen 10:00 - 20:00, Sun 14:00 - 18:00.
Koka 36 H-4, Oranienstraße 29, Kreuzberg, MU
Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 61 10 13 13, www.
koka36.de. Kreuzberg‘s Konzertkasse has tickets in
their shop and online (German only), for mailing and pickup.
QOpen 09:00 - 19:00, Sat 10:00 - 16:00. Closed Sun.
Papagena, tel. +49 30 47 99 74 44, http://khs.
papagena.de. Regular and reduced price tickets for
classical music, opera and theatre. Call for Englishlanguage
service.
12-15 Dec, 20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker, Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Conductor: Christian Thielemann; works by Bartholdy,
Mozart and Liszt
PH
13 Dec, 20:00
Artemis Quartett
Works by Bartholdy, Ginastera and Schubert
PH
16 Dec, 20:00
Barock Orchester Berlin
Conductor: Stefan Bevier; works by Händel, Pachelbel,
Manfredini, Vivaldi, Bach and Albinoni
PH
17 Dec, 20:00
Sol Gabetta, Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Works by Schumann, Brahms, Debussy and Shostakovitch
PH
18 Dec, 20:00
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
Works by Bach
PH
19-21 Dec, 20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Kirill Petrenko; works by Stravinsky, Stephan
and Skrjabin
PH
23 Dec, 20:00
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Conductor: John Axelrod; works by Gershwin and Tchaikovsky
PH
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