EXBERLINER Issue 170, April 2018

WHAT’S ON — Calendar
Calendar
April 2018
Picks, highlights and can’t-miss events for this month in Berlin.
Clockwise from left: Die Krupps,
Apr 26. Lana Del Rey, Apr 16. Die
Originale Festival, Apr 7. Roma
Biennale, Apr 7.
SUN
1
Easter Walkies — Fetish
Forget bunnies –
here come the Easter
puppies! Berlin’s kinkiest
weekend culminates in the
traditional canine-free “puppy
walk” and scavenger hunt,
beginning at Schöneberg’s Brezel
Company and continuing through
Tiergarten. Starts 14:00.
MON
2
Festtage: Parsifal
— Classical Back in its
rightful home at the
Staatsoper, Daniel Barenboim’s
annual opera fest ends
with an appropriate dose of
Wagnerian bombast. Also
Mar 30. Starts 16:00.
FRI
6
F.I.N.D. — Stage
The Schaubühne’s Festival
for International
New Drama is back for 10 days
of theatre from Tokyo to Berlin
to Santiago. On opening night
you can catch Ofira Henig’s Kind
Of and Angélica Liddell’s ¿Qué
haré yo con esta espada?, or head
directly to the party hosted by
Gloria Viagra. Starts 17:00. Fest
through Apr 22. (See page 38)
SAT
7
Roma Biennale —Stage/Art
The Maxim Gorki
Theater is hosting the
first biennale featuring Roma
artists from all over Europe,
highlighting feminist and queer
work in particular, with exhibitions,
performances, discussions,
a concert, and a parade. Through
Apr 10. (See page 21)
Die Originale Festival — Circus
Sick of clowns and sad animals?
The Festspiele presents a different
kind of circus, with performances
by Compagnie MPTA
and Jörg Müller punctuating two
days of free-wheeling presentations
and concerts. Also Apr 8.
WED
11
Achtung opening — Film
Berlin’s own homegrown
film fest (see
page 24) kicks off 11 days of
Berlin-made (and Berlin-related)
flicks at Babylon Mitte with
Laura Lackmann’s comedy Zwei
im falschen Film. Through Apr 18.
Starts 19:00.
Alfilm — Film Back for the ninth
year, this sharply programmed
survey of new Arab cinema opens
at Arsenal Kino with Beauty and
the Dogs, a harrowing tale of abuse
in post-revolutionary Tunisia.
Through Apr 18. (See page 29)
THU
12
Ganzfeld “Aural”
— Art opening American
neon artist James
Turrell (famous here for his
illumination of the Dorotheenstadt
Cemetery memorial
chapel) returns with a new
light installation in the
Jewish Museum’s garden.
Through Sep 30.
SAT
14
Exberliner’s English Days
— Film Head to Lichtblick
for three days of
cherry-picked highlights from
this year’s Achtung Berlin fest,
all screening with English subs
and special guests. Plus Sunday
brunch! (See page 24)
Velo Berlin — Bikes The Tempelhof
hangars and runways host a
weekend of bike races, demos,
expos and more – don’t miss
the chance to try out that twowheeler
you can’t afford in the
“Testival” area. Starts 10:00.
MON
16
Lana Del Rey — Music
Heaven is a place on
earth where you... don’t
get accused of plagiarising
Radiohead? The Barbie on ‘ludes
creeps over to Mercedes-Benz-
Arena for her only German show
this year, along with Cat Power.
Starts 19:00.
TUE
17
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
– Music The Balkan,
Hungarian and
Turkish-inflected tunes of
accordionist Jeremy Barnes
(ex-Neutral Milk Hotel) and
violinist Heather Trost are a
natural fit for Istanbul-imported
club Arkaoda. You might not
dance, but you’ll clap at uneven
intervals. Starts 21:00.
FRI
20
Ana Mendieta
— Exhibition opening
The first exhibition at
the Martin-Gropius-Bau under
new artistic director Stephanie
Rosenthal (not counting the
Hexadome, page 32) is a retrospective
of the Cuban-American
artist’s earthy, feminist
video works – 23 in all, so mark
out some time for this one.
Through Jul 22. Starts 10:00.
SAT
21
The Empty House
— Art Opening Schinkel
Pavillon’s new show is
dedicated to the late, influential
20th century artist Louise
Bourgeois, with a focus on her
sculpture and installation work
involving bags and sacks.
Through Jul 29.
SUN
22
Expat Expo — Stage
The English Theatre’s
festival for non-German
theatre artists kicks off
with an afternoon of short
performances and goes on to
include a riff on Ibsen’s Doll
House (Noraland); a look at
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