The Next Day #20: Berlin Weekend Guide
From 05 until 08.10
Hello,
Berlin's vibrant performing arts scene offers a diverse range of thought-provoking productions this weekend. Carolina Bianchi's "Cadela Força" trilogy is a must-see.
Julien Gosselin's "EXTINCTION" invites audiences to immerse themselves in the artistic and intellectual life of early 20th-century Vienna.
For those who love art, there are mesmerizing exhibitions currently being showcased. "Celebrating Picasso" showcases Picasso's ceramic work and its profound reflections on life, death, and transformation. "NUDE" at Fotografiska challenges traditional perceptions of nudity in art through the lens of 30 female-identifying artists from 20 countries.
The “Tag Der Clubkultur” continues with special events and parties until next Sunday. We've curated a list of parties and concerts for those seeking great music and a lively dancefloor.
We've invited our talented friend Marcelo Kuna, a Brazilian émigré enchanting Berlin as a singer and writer. He shared with us a small guide with his favorite places in Berlin for food, drink, and the performing arts.
Mateus & Lalai
🎭 Performing Arts
The Cadela Força Trilogy: Chapter I – The Bride and The Goodnight Cinderella
In her trilogy "Cadela Força," Carolina Bianchi delves into sexual violence against women, exposing vulnerability by consuming knockout drops called “Goodnight Cinderella.” She highlights femicide and unconsciousness with her collective Cara de Cavalo. Directed by Carolina Bianchi. In Brazilian Portuguese with German and English subtitles.
Thursday 05.10, 7 pm. HAU 1, Stresemannstrasse 29, 10963 Berlin. Tickets: 13€ -22€.
Ein Volksfeind (An Enemy of the People)
Dr. Stockmann finds contaminated water due to industry. He seeks to publish and change water pipes. Ibsen's play explores honesty vs. fanaticism in a commercialized society. Directed by Thomas Ostermeier. In German with English, French, Spanish, Croatian, and Chinese subtitles.
Wednesday 11.10. 8 pm. Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Kurfürstendamm 153, 10709 Berlin. Tickets: 7€ to 49€.
Minna von Barnhelm
Written by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in a version by Anne Lenk and David Heiligers, Minna von Barnhelm shows a war-torn world obsessed with money that questions itself and its social panorama. Who fights? Who cleans up? Who is left? Who pays? Those who love, love. Directed by Anne Lenk.
Thursday and Friday, 05-06.10 7:30 pm. Deutsches Theater, Schumannstraße 13 A, 10117 Berlin. Tickets: 5€-48€
EXTINCTION by Julien Gosselin
EXTINCTION" starts with Vienna's vibrant early 20th-century scene, creating a "merry apocalypse," exploring nihilism, revolt traces, and modernity reinvention through live performance, video, and spoken theater. Directed by Julien Gosselin. In French and German with German, French, and English subtitles.
Saturday and Sunday 07-08.10 6 pm. Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 10178 Berlin. Tickets: 16€ - 44€.
🖼️ Exhibition
Julia Benz - Floating Spheres
Titled ‘Floating Spheres,’ the artist Julia Benz invites us not only to look at the objects presented, but also to explore our surroundings and ourselves. Our perspective is constantly shifting, making us dance in a multitude of colors even when we are standing completely still.
Opening Friday 6.10 from 7-10 pm. Until 14.10. Opening hours: Thu-Sat 2-6 pm. Hosek Contemporary, Heimatland, Fischerinsel 3, 10179 Berlin. Free Admission.
Celebrating Picasso
Picasso's ceramic art reflects "joie de vivre" and the eternal conflict between mortals and gods, life and death. In the exhibition, his ceramics contrast with photos of his life in the Mediterranean by various photographers.
Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm. Until 21.12. Galerie Bastian, Taylorstrasse 1, 14195 Berlin. Free admission.
Nude
’Nude’ is a Fotografiska international show featuring the works of 30 female-identifying artists from 20 different countries challenging traditional constructs around body politics. Through a diverse range of creative approaches, the artists explore the complexities surrounding the portrayal of nudity in art – and challenging the historical constraints attached to it.
Fotografiska Berlin. Oranienburger Strasse 54, 10117 Berlin. Open daily, 10 am - 11 pm. Tickets: 14€ - 16€. Admission is free every first Tuesday of the month.
IDEA DIARY by Christoph Niemann
The celebrated artist and illustrator Christoph Niemann, famous for his New Yorker and NYTimes covers, is opening his studio to visit this weekend, showcasing an exhibition based on his book "IDEA DIARY."
Thu-Fri, 05-06.10, 4 – 7 pm; Sat, 07.10, 11 am - 6 pm. Schröderstrasse 2, 10115 Berlin, Mitte.
Party
İÇ İÇE
The İÇ İÇE presents Nooriyah, a Saudi-born, Japan-raised, UK-based DJ and producer who blends global dance tracks and SWANA hits, uniting generations through music. İÇ İÇE is a festival for new Anatolian music in Germany.
Thursday, 05.10, 7 pm - 2 am. OXI, Wiesenweg 1-4, 10365 Berlin. Ticket: 20 €.
Gegen Identity
One of the city's most famous queer parties lands at RSO with an amazing lineup featuring fka.m4a, a DJ we're big fans of.
Friday, 06.10, 10-12 pm. RSO.Berlin, Schnellerstrasse 137, 12439 Berlin. Ticket: 22/25 €.
Arabs Do It Better Festival
"Arabs Do It Better" invites you to join their vibrant and multidisciplinary evening of art, music, and a live show. This event spans two floors, featuring 5 DJs, 4 artists, and one live performance, all hailing from the WANA region.
Saturday, 07.10, 6 pm-4 am. Acud Macht NEU, Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin. Ticket: 5/10 €.
Pinky Promise
The Pinky Promise party hosts a decadent night at Club OST, offering six decorated rooms replete with dance floors, play spaces for sensual exploration, interactive performances, and cabaret shows. Don't forget to pack your most opulent costume. It's a celebration of sensuality, pleasure, and connection.
Saturday, 07.10, 10 pm - 8 am. Club OST, Alt-Stralau, 1-2 Friedrichshain 10245.
Pyramid Party
Inspired by the Berlin club scene, each “Pyramid Party” includes guided kundalini activation, dance-floor meditation, breath-work, sound baths, and DJs. It’s one celebration of the divinity of drag.
Sunday, 08.10. The door opens at 3 pm. Opening Ceremony at 3:33 pm. Close at 10 pm. MaHalla Berlin, Wilhelminenhofstrasse 76, 12459 Berlin. Ticket: 33/50 €.
Concert
Malibu
Malibu will perform her ambient and ethereal music live from within the exhibition MAIN BODY by Sally von Rosen, curated by Madalina Stanescu and Juliet Kothe. Situated inside an impressive sculpture, Malibu will respond to her environment with her eternally shifting emotive soundscapes for her listeners to bask in.
Fri-Sat, 06-07.10, 8-11:59 pm. Trauma Bar und Kino, Heidestrasse 50, 10557 Berlin. Ticket: 25 €.
Kiezsalon w/ Tujiko Noriko, Rahma Quartet and KAKUHAN
The Kiezsalon is back to Musikbrauerei with performances by the Japanese art-pop musician Tujiko Noriko, Rahma Quartet, an experimental ensemble, and Osaka-based electronic duo KAKUHAN.
Saturday, 07.10, Musikbrauerei, Greifswalder Straße 23A 10405 Prenzlauer Berg. Ticket: 10 €.
Food
Tip Berlin Food Festival
Experience a food festival featuring the culinary delights of Northern Italy, showcasing products from a total of 39 producers from across Italy. You'll have the opportunity to taste all these products over the weekend.
Sat-Sun, 07-08.10, 12 - 7 pm. Clärchens Ballhaus, Auguststraße 24-25, Mitte. Free entrance.
Celebration
100 years of Tempelhof Airport
100 years - 100 hours. To celebrate the anniversary, Tempelhof Airport will open its doors for 100 hours with history, art, live music, and more. Check out the full program here.
From 06.10 until 10.10, Tower THF (Kopfbau West), Tempelhof Airport, Tempelhofer Damm 45 12101, Berlin.
Cinema
Dokuarts: Visual Alterity
Festival showcasing the documentary genre's strengths, diversity, creativity, and experimental spirit in films about art. You can check out some highlights here.
Until 15.10. The full program is here.
🔊 Mateus invites Marcelo Kuna
Maybe being such an obvious Taurus, all of Marcelo's favorite places in Berlin involve some type of food, drink, and the performing arts. 🧚🏼🍸
Marcelo Kuna is a Brazilian émigré, enchanting Berlin as a singer and writer after revamping an over a decade-long interest in being a self-professed "occultural" scholar. Marcelo graduated summa cum laude with a Master of Arts in Kulturwissenschaft (Cultural History and Theory) at the Humboldt University of Berlin, focusing on non-hegemonic knowledge and its historical disregard amidst the birth of Western modern science. You can find the artist and scholar performing on one of Berlin’s many cultural spaces, or engaging in philosophical conversations at your local bar. Namaskar! Read Marcelo's tip in his own words
Deutsche Oper - My second house after Sylvia Klein’s and Stephen Bronk’s Fantabulous Bohemian Pad, this has been THE place where I’ve seen some of the most incredible avant-garde stagings (some of them performed by Stephen Bronk himself), as well as where I had the privilege to witness my friend Ronni Maciel unsettle traditional operagoers in Frank Castorf’s staging of La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi (both in its premiere in 2019, as well as in 2023). Bismarckstr. 35, 10627 Berlin.
Monsieur Vuong - My friend Eva took me to this wonderful restaurant in Berlin-Mitte the first year I arrived in the city, and I often go there with friends who are visiting. The menu offers traditional Vietnamese food but also some very delicious vegan options. It’s a nice spot for a weekend afternoon in Mitte, but depending on the time of the day, you can find yourself having to wait for a table. Alte Schönhauser Str. 46, 10119 Berlin.
Würgeengel - After going to this lively cocktail bar for the first time on a cold winter night with my friend Lyndal Walker, I have now become addicted to both their renditions of Blood & Sand and Old Fashioned (which tingle down the throat in a very pleasant way). On weekend nights after 10 pm, you’ll see this bar at its busiest! Dresdener Str. 122, 10999 Berlin.
Bar Internazionale - Even though I lived in a sublet right in front of Volksbühne for only one month in 2022, I think I have been to this pizzeria, bar, and café more often than any other place in town. They offer delicious food and wine, as well as a very friendly staff. Oh, and they make gluten-free pizzas if that’s your thing! Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 31, 10178 Berlin.
Café Kalwil - Before someone tries to revoke my queer card, this is my favorite place to go have brunch on a Sunday, especially when I’m still dressed up from the night before. The vintage decor and crystal chandeliers make me feel like I’m dining in a period drama. Motzstraße 30, 10777 Berlin.
📌 Save the Date
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept (DJ Python & Ana Roxanne) at silent green. Listen to their album here. Concert on Monday, October 9th.
Presenting: Cinematic Synesthesia
Cinematic Synesthesia presents twelve experimental films by Iranian and international filmmakers, including Q&A with the filmmakers. Presented by Experimental Film Society x Tehran Contemporary Sounds Festival. Days 10th and 11th of October from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Kino Central
RUN FAST, BITE HARD / Histories of Gestures
Reimagining care and community through choreography. Elisabete Finger's 'RUN FAST, BITE HARD.' Saturday and Sunday. 21-22.10. Radialsystem, Holzmarktstr. 33 10243 Berlin. Free Admission with reservation in advance.
Some concerts to save the date:
Patti Smith: 11-12 and 14.10, Pierre Boulez Saal
The Glitch Mob: 13.10, Gretchen
Soulwax: 19.01.24, Huxley’s Neue Welt
Fever Ray: 06.03.24, Stage Theater Des Westerns
Attention: Lalai is looking for a ticket to see PJ Harvey. Write us if you can help her.