From June 20 to September 13, 2025, the Charlottenburg Globe Berlin will once again be the venue for authentic folk theater in a unique atmosphere outdoors.Under the season motto Power & Powerlessness, the Globe Berlin will kick off the summer season 2025 on June 20 with the premiere of a special theater project: “Power.War.Peace (?)”. In a co-production with Urban Theater, whose members have had to experience flight and displacement, participants from Russia, Ukraine, and Germany will present a play based on Shakespeare's Henry V, supplemented with texts by Niccolò Machiavelli and Hannah Arendt as a contribution to peace and understanding.

Shakespeare in German and English, German classics, and The Swingin‘ Hermlins live

The rest of the season brings a reunion with popular Globe productions such as Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” “Hamlet,” “Romeo & Juliet” (all in German and English), Goethe's “Urfaust,” Schiller's “Maria Stuart,” and Plato's “Phaedrus.” Tuesdays will feature The Swingin‘ Hermlins again. Wednesdays belong to the art of words: KantTheaterBerlin, the specialists in chamber play formats, will bring revivals of Orwell's “1984” as well as Franz Kafka's “Letter to His Father” and will present the premiere of Fallada's “Everyone Dies Alone” on August 20.

Advance sales have started

Tickets for the season are available at the Globe Berlin ticket shop, by phone at Ticketmaster at (030) 84 10 89 09, and at the usual advance sales outlets (additional costs may apply). Only remaining tickets are available at the box office with a price increase of 2 euros (no discounts are available there). Thursdays will again be Folk Theater Day with reduced prices, and under the motto Folk Theater for All!, the Globe Berlin will once again open some general rehearsals to the public in cooperation with media partners, including an introduction to the works. More information will be available soon at www.globe.berlin.

Crowdfunding campaign extended until June 18 - including super cheap tickets as a thank you!

In order to continue to facilitate affordable prices, open general rehearsals, pre- and post-discussions, and workshops for schools in the spirit of a folk theater for all, the crowdfunding campaign is being extended until the season starts. Until June 18, there are great offers while supplies last, such as ticket vouchers with up to 50% discount on the regular price, a rehearsal visit, or participation in a premiere celebration, workshops with ensemble members, or exclusive packages such as a private reading, a private performance, or an exclusive event at the Globe.

From the open-air venue to a building

The Globe Berlin is to be rebuilt from components of the former Schwäbisch Hall Globe Theater on Sömmeringstraße in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Theater maker Christian Leonard, founder and former director of the Shakespeare Company Berlin, acquired the wooden structure in 2016, financed its dismantling and transport, to realize his vision of a Globe Theater for Berlin with its own Globe Ensemble. In the meantime, the conditions for signing a land lease contract have been met, and the team is preparing the construction application. On the approximately 1,700 square meter site near the Spree, an already successfully operated theater building will be modified for further use and made suitable for year-round performances and sustainable use with a multifunctional extension as a studio stage, foyer, and gastronomy. The reconstruction of Shakespeare's legendary folk theater arena will be 14.5 meters high, with a diameter of 26 meters, and will accommodate approximately 690 visitors on three levels.

Until the (re)construction begins, the disassembled theater is stored at the future site, and numerous wooden components form a ring-shaped catwalk. Here, the audience sits on chairs amidst the events, in which the surrounding nature, the weather, and the urban backdrop also play a role. Enhanced by some imaginative transitional structures like the “Butterfly” as a lounge area for the artists and the “Octagon” as a foyer and rehearsal space, an extraordinary place has emerged where almost 40,000 visitors have experienced the diverse, multilingual program of theater. Word art. World music.