Berlin Theatre in Summer
Enjoy culture under a starry sky
Theatre break in summer? Not in Berlin. It's completely different here! Here, theatre is alive all year round: There are plays, laughter, tears and love - on, in front of and sometimes even next to the stage.
In the warm season, the Berlin theatre landscape shows its particularly charming side: some ensembles unceremoniously move under the open sky and transform parks, courtyards or historic locations into magical open-air stages. Experience great stories under a sparkling starry sky and on balmy summer nights.
Other theatres use the Summer to present exciting guest performances: Theatre groups from home and abroad bring a breath of fresh air to the repertoire. And, of course, there are also those theatres that continue to perform unwaveringly - with Berlin heart and soul and creative perseverance.
Whether classical, modern or experimental: there is something for every taste in the Berlin theatre summer. Let yourself be surprised and immerse yourself in a city that never stops living theatre.
Theatre in the open air
In summer, the whole of Berlin is transformed into a stage. From green spaces and ruined buildings to makeshift locations in public urban spaces - Berlin's artists have no limits when it comes to choosing their summer venues. Great dramas from the history of theatre can be seen from June on the stage of the Shakespeare Company Berlin at the Insulaner and this year the season will even be extended by two additional performances on 13. and 14. The provisional "Prologue Stage" of the Globe Berlin will also be open from 20 June until September. June until September, you can see productions under the season theme of Power & Powerlessness in the open air.
In Berlin Children's Theatre offers young guests and families 90 minutes of fun with Pippi Longstocking in the summer family theatre series Summer Theatre on the open-air stage at Spandau Citadel.
Open Air Events
Summertime Berlin is the perfect backdrop for the big spectacle. Impressive stage productions become a romantic event in front of a picturesque backdrop in the mild evening air. The Waldbühne is one of Berlin's great open-air venues, the Parkbühne Wuhlheide and the Zitadelle Spandau. The summer programme here includes rock and music, as well as theatre, artistry and cabaret.
The ufaFabrik cultural project is known as a small green oasis in the city. During the hot season, the covered open-air stage in its own summer garden invites you to enjoy comedy and live music.
First set up two years ago, the Luftschloss Tempelhofer Feld - the open-air stage of the Atze Musiktheater - impresses with a wide variety of concerts, illustrious theatre evenings and stand-up comedy. And of course there is also a great programme for younger guests and their families
The Monbijou Theater: Pure Berlin!
The Monbijou Theatre is a vibrant hotspot in the heart of Berlin. Nestled in the greenery of Monbijou Park by the Spree, we perform theatre in its most honest, direct form. Wild, unpolished, and passionate, we live art in all its diversity.
At Insel Berlin, culture takes place indoors and outdoors all year round, with concerts, readings, poetry slams and summer cinema in a relaxed atmosphere right on the banks of the Spree.
In the Amphitheater am Monbijoupark - directly opposite the Museum Island - classical theatre meets, theatre, imaginative costume shows and rousing world music. The historic backdrop creates a very special atmosphere on warm summer evenings and offers a varied programme for every musical taste. And when the weather is fine, atmospheric dance evenings await you at the beach bar to join in or enjoy.
Berlin theatre with a full programme
Some theatres are vigorously resisting the traditional summer break - to the delight of all theatre lovers:Inside. In dark halls, you can escape the summer heat and enjoy the whole range of stage art from cabaret & comedy to show & variety and spoken theatre.
- Admiralspalast
- Bar Jeder Vernunft
- Berliner Kriminal Theater
- Berliner Residenz Konzerte
- BKA-Theater
- Chamäleon Berlin
- Distel Kabarett-Theater
- Schlosspark Theatre
- Stage Bluemax Theatre (only until 31 August 2025 in Berlin). August 2025 in Berlin)
- Stage Theater des Westens
- Theatre Megalomania
- Tipi am Kanzleramt
- ufaFabrik
- Winter Garden Varieté
- Wühlmäuse Kabarett-Theater