Published on Mar 3, 2017

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: July 5-8, 2017

Venue: Drama Theatre of NCPA

Prices: 100, 200, 320, 400, 480, 580

Features: The Visit (German: Der Besuch der alten Dame) is a tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Durrenmatt. From July 5th-8th, the Deutsches Theater in Berlin will perform The Visit at Drama Theatre of NCPA.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

The Deutsches Theater in Berlin
The Deutsches Theater in Berlin is a theatrical institution with a permanent and highly-acclaimed ensemble. The Deutsches Theater repertoire comprises some 50 productions. Each season the DT celebrates some 30 premieres - around twelve on the main stage and eight in the Kammerspiele.

Signature productions, ongoing collaborations with established and up-and-coming directors, and faith in the abilities of his spirited and talented ensemble: these are the cornerstones of Ulrich Khuon's artistic concept for the Deutsches Theater. Khuon has brought on board directors with distinctive directing styles, including: Andreas Kriegenburg, Stephan Kimmig, Nicolas Stemann, Jette Steckel, and Dimiter Gotscheff, who died in 2014.

The theatre's repertoire includes both classics and modern classics by writers such as Bertolt Brecht, Chekhov, Goethe, Gerhart Hauptmann, Friedrich Hebbel, Heinrich von Kleist, Friedrich Schiller, Shakespeare and Frank Wedekind. At the same time, the DT stages works by contemporary playwrights like Dea Loher, Roland Schimmelpfennig and Elfriede Jelinek – including many world premieres. Once a year the Deutsches Theater plays host to the Autorentheatertage, a two-week-long festival of contemporary drama.

The DT ensemble includes well-known actresses such as Maren Eggert, Corinna Harfouch and Susanne Wolff and prominent actors like Samuel Finzi, Ulrich Matthes, Bernd Moss and Bernd Stempel. They're joined by young talents such as Daniel Hoevels, Alexander Khuon and Ole Lagerpusch.

Each year the Deutsches Theater takes its productions on tour and performs at festivals in places like New York, South America, Japan, and across Europe. A series of television broadcasts of DT productions and frequent invitations to Berlin's prestigious Theatertreffen festival testify to the theatre's continuing success. In an annual poll conducted by influential German theatre magazine Theater heute, critics voted the DT 'Theatre of the Year' in 2005 and 2008. In 2010 and 2015 the Deutsches Theater was invited to the renowned Berliner Theatertreffen, in 2010 with the world premiere Thieves (Diebe) by Dea Loher directed by Andreas Kriegenburg, in 2015 with Waiting for Godot (Warten auf Godot) by Samuel Beckett directed by Ivan Panteleev.

Tickets for The Deutsches Theater in Berlin - The Visit are Available now!