Exberliner Issue 167, January 2018

WHAT’S ON
Calendar
January 2018
Picks, highlights and can’t-miss events for this month in Berlin.
Left: Pussy Riot Theatre: Riot Days, Jan 14. Above: The King Khan &
BBQ Show, Jan 20. Right: Lubitsch Conference, Jan 26.
Dark Mofo
MON
1
Hauschka — Music Ease
into the New Year with
a sit-down concert at
the Volksbühne, featuring the
not-too-harsh experimental
piano stylings of composer
Volker Bertelmann backed up by
Amsterdam’s Alma Quartet.
Starts 20:00. (See page 32)
THU
4
Tanztage — Dance A
performance featuring
disabled dancers, a
“collage of identities” from
up-and-comer Joy Alpuerto
Ritter and a Polish “emotional
boot camp” set the tone for 10
days of wildly diverse premieres
and guest productions at
Sophiensaele. Through Jan 14.
(See page 37)
SAT
6
David Bowie Tribute
— Music Two years after
the Starman’s departure
from this earthly plane, the
tributes keep on coming. The
first of three this month hits
Lido tonight, with Tangerine
Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning
headlining. Starts 20:00. (See
page 32)
THU
11
British Shorts Film Festival
— Film Showcasing
around 200 short films
from the UK and Ireland, this
11th edition celebrates pioneers
of black British cinema and
continues the popular tradition of
its Saturday Midnight Movies
screening. Through Jan 17.
Noisekölln — Clubbing Party like
it’s 2012 and you’re partying like
it’s 1988: Neukölln’s experimental
cassette label is back!
Celebrate its as-yet-unnamed
new releases at Sameheads.
Starts 22:00.
FRI
12
Unknown Pleasures
— Film The American
indie fest kicks off with
the German premiere of teen
lesbian drama Princess Cyd, and
offers a rare chance to catch
Terrence Malick’s mind-bending
Voyage of Time on the big
screen. Through Jan 28. Arsenal
and Wolf Kino. (See page 31)
SUN
14
Pussy Riot Theatre: Riot
Days — Music/Theatre
Pussy Riot’s Maria
Alyokhina revisits the music of
her notorious agit-punk
collective (and her imprisonment
in Siberia) in a new performance
piece. Dig out your balaclava and
head to SO36. Starts 20:00.
TUE
16
Fashion Week — Fashion
Berlin’s been trying to
establish itself as a
fashion capital for over a
decade, without much success.
But hey, that means it’s easier to
blag your way into Premium,
Panorama, Green Showroom
and more. Through Jan 19.
Various venues.
WED
17
Ultraschall — Music RBB
and Deutschlandfunk
Kultur honour the past
and future of “new” music at
their annual festival, starting
with pieces by Bernd Alois
Zimmermann at Haus des
Rundfunks and Thomas
Ankersmit at Berghain Kantine.
Through Jan 21. Starts 20:00.
Depeche Mode — Music The
band that inspired a thousand
Germans to buy synthesisers
continues its nearly 40-year run
with two dates at the Mercedes
Benz Arena. Just can’t get
enough? They’ll be finishing up
their Spirit tour back here in
July. Also Jan 19. Starts 19:30.
THU
18
Ericka Beckman: Pause
— Art Opening The next
instalment of KW’s
“Pause” – short exhibitions
couched between the main ones
– features the experimental
filmmaker and artist’s Super 8
Trilogy, three surreal films she
made from 1978-81. Through Jan
21. Starts 19:00.
Alt-J– Music The indie-rock lads
from Leeds return with third
album Relaxer, promising a
show that’s anything but. Max-
Schmeling-Halle. Starts 20:00.
(See page 32)
FRI
19
Into Worlds – Art/
Conference The
Festspiele’s Immersion
programme continues with a
weekend of talks, performances
and installations at Martin-
Gropius-Bau, including a
“virtual reality experience”
from Björk. Should be, well,
immersive. Through Jan 21.
Starts 19:00.
SAT
20
The King Khan & BBQ
Show – Music Like peanut
butter and chocolate,
the members of Berlin’s down
‘n’ dirty expat garage duo are
tasty enough on their own but
even better together. Catch
Khan and Mark Sultan in
original recipe form at Quasimodo.
Starts 22:00.
Carmen — Opera Bizet’s classic
premieres at the Deutsche Oper,
directed by Norwegian Ole
Anders Tandberg and starring
veteran Clémentine Margaine.
Sing it with us: “L’amour est un
oiseau rebelle...” Also Jan 24, 27.
Starts 19:30.
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