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2.5.18.5.2025

The 10 Most Remarkable Productions 2025

On 22 January, the Theatertreffen’s jury of critics announced their selection of the 10 most remarkable productions for the 2025 Theatertreffen at a press conference. Our congratulations go to the nominated production teams and all participants!

To the 10 most remarkable productions

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At a Glance

About Theatertreffen

Every year, a jury of critics selects the 10 most remarkable productions from up to 600 productions from the German-language region to be presented in Berlin in May.

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The 2025 Jury Statements

What particularly impressed the Theatertreffen-jury about the 10 most remarkable productions? You can find the jury members’ statements from the press conference as video recordings in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library.

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Bucket List

What can you do when everything changes from one day to the next? In “Bucket List”, Shlomi Shaban and Yael Ronen calibrate an escape from the unbearable present with songs between jazz and pop music as well as sorrowfully beautiful images. The recording of “Bucket List” – one of the three 2024 “Starke Stücke” of 3sat – are accessible in the 3sat Media Library and the Media Library of Berliner Festspiele until 2 May 2027.

The Theatertreffen Database 1964–2024

The Theatertreffen’s database lists every production, theatre and director invited to the festival since 1964.

A Female Quota of 50 %

With its 2020 festival edition, the Theatertreffen introduced a female quota of at least 50 percent in the direction position for the ten most remarkable productions. The jury and the festival’s directors have agreed to extend this rule for another year, up to and including the 2026 festival.

Status Quote

The volume of debate essays “Status Quote. Theater im Umbruch: Regisseurinnen im Gespräch”, edited by Sabine Leucht, Petra Paterno and Katrin Ullmann and published at Henschel Verlag, presents all female directors who have been invited to Theatertreffen (inlucing the 2023 edition) since the female quota was introduced in 2020.

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A photo of Vaginal Davis standing on a balcony looking into the camera with eyes wide open.

Gropius Bau |

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