Maxim Gorki Theater, Theater

Gorki

Historic Mitte


Artistic co-directors Shermin Langhoff and Jens Hillje have made the smallest of Berlin’s four state-funded theatres the dedicated home of what Langhoff has called ‘post-migrant theatre’. The multiracial ensemble cast puts on classic and original productions that examine such issues as integration, identity, transition and discrimination. All performances have English subtitles.


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