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Streitraum
The art landscape in the Federal Republic is shaped by public institutions and funded by the state like almost no other. How free are cultural institutions or artists in that context? How quickly is their autonomy questioned when artworks provoke, when they are seen as impositions or offenses? How can artistic freedom unfold within the triangle of a democratic state, public cultural institutions, and publicly funded artists?
Date details
- Date Sunday, 21/June/2026 12:00
- Venue Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
- Address Kurfürstendamm 153, 10709 Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Public transportation
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Train (S-Bahn)
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S Charlottenburg Bhf
- S3
- S5
- S7
- S9
- S41
- S42
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S Charlottenburg Bhf
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Underground
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Bus
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Lehniner Platz/Schaubühne
- M19
- M29
- N10
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U Adenauerplatz
- M19
- M29
- N7
- N10
- X10
- 101
- 110
- 143
- N43
- S41
- S42
- 109
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Agathe-Lasch-Platz
- M19
- M29
- N10
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Hochmeisterplatz
- 143
- N43
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Joachim-Friedrich-Str./Westfälische Str.
- 143
- N43
- N10
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S Charlottenburg/Gervinusstr.
- 109
- N7
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Eisenzahnstr.
- 143
- N43
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Düsseldorfer Str.
- 101
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Olivaer Platz
- 109
- 110
- M19
- M29
- N10
- X10
- 101
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S Charlottenburg Bhf
- 309
- X49
- 143
- N43
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Olivaer Platz/Xantener Str.
- 101
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U Wilmersdorfer Str./S Charlottenburg
- 309
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Seesener Str.
- N10
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Lehniner Platz/Schaubühne
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Train
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S Charlottenburg Bhf
- RE6
- RE1
- RB23
- RE2
- RB21
- FEX
- RE7
- RB14
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S Charlottenburg Bhf
Streitraum
Carolin Emcke
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Streitraum mit Carolin Emcke und Gästen
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Why culture?
The massive threat of cuts is plunging culture in Berlin into an existential crisis. We must therefore not only explain why culture is needed, but also what it needs. How art and culture are created, what knowledge, what expertise, what time it takes. What conflicts it negotiates internally and what conflicts it negotiates externally. Which tasks it must fulfil and which it cannot fulfil. What makes it grow, what stifles it. When does culture have an emancipatory power, when does it prevent it? Which freedoms must not be touched, which impositions must be permissible?
Streitraum is a monthly discussion series that has been moderated and curated at the Schaubühne by publicist and author Carolin Emcke since 2004. Scientists, writers, politicians, artists and other public figures are invited to join the discussion. The Streitraum focuses on a new topic every season.
The massive threat of cuts is plunging culture in Berlin into an existential crisis. We must therefore not only explain why culture is needed, but also what it needs. How art and culture are created, what knowledge, what expertise, what time it takes. What conflicts it negotiates internally and what conflicts it negotiates externally. Which tasks it must fulfil and which it cannot fulfil. What makes it grow, what stifles it. When does culture have an emancipatory power, when does it prevent it? Which freedoms must not be touched, which impositions must be permissible?
Streitraum is a monthly discussion series that has been moderated and curated at the Schaubühne by publicist and author Carolin Emcke since 2004. Scientists, writers, politicians, artists and other public figures are invited to join the discussion. The Streitraum focuses on a new topic every season.
Alternative events
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Jack and the Beanstalk
- Next date:
- Storyacting
- Date:
- Sunday, 21/June/2026 14:00 (1 more date)
- Venue:
- Galli Theater Berlin
- Address:
- Oranienburger Straße 32, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
- Price:
- from €14.61
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Shakespeare in Love - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
Die Uckermärkischen Bühnen Schwedt zeigen: Shakespeare in Love Nach dem Drehbuch von Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard | Bühnenfassung von Lee Hall | Musik von Paddy Cunneen | Deutsch von Corinna Brocher | Die Uraufführung war im Londoner West End in einer... moreabout: Shakespeare in Love - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
- Next date:
- Shakespeare in Love
- Date:
- Sunday, 21/June/2026 15:00 (2 more dates)
- Venue:
- Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt - Odertalbühne
- Address:
- Berliner Straße 46, 16303 Schwedt/Oder
- Price:
- from €37.44
© Yan Revazov
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Edward Clug’s staging of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, set to music specially composed by Milko Lazar, merges dream and reality on stage. Shakespeare’s comedy intertwines several storylines: Two couples flee from a world of rigid societal norms... moreabout: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Next date:
- Ein Sommernachtstraum
- Date:
- Sunday, 21/June/2026 15:00 (3 more dates)
- Venue:
- Deutsche Oper Berlin
- Address:
- Bismarckstraße 35, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg
- Price:
- from €48.80
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"Zwei Wie Bonnie Und Clyde" - Krimi-Komödie
"Zwei wie Bonnie und Clyde"mit Sabine Matthes und Olaf Schülke Eine Gauner- Krimikomödie über das ungleiche, chaotische Gangsterpärchen Manni und Chantal, das von einem besseren Leben träumt. Sie werden inspiriert von der Geschichte des berüchtigten... moreabout: "Zwei Wie Bonnie Und Clyde" - Krimi-Komödie
- Next date:
- "Zwei wie Bonnie und Clyde"
- Date:
- Sunday, 21/June/2026 16:00
- Venue:
- Stadttheater Köpenick (im Hauptmannsklub)
- Address:
- Wendenschloßstraße 103 - 105, 12559 Berlin-Köpenick
- Price:
- from €23.69
© Meral Cendal
Unsere Träume zu leben / Hayallerimizi yaşamak
What does it mean to dream freely – and who actually decides what art should look like?The theatre group from MINA – Leben in Vielfalt e.V. invites you to an extraordinary evening of theatre: around twenty actors and musicians aged between 9 and 50 create... moreabout: Unsere Träume zu leben / Hayallerimizi yaşamak
- Next date:
- Unsere Träume zu leben / Hayallerimizi yasamak
- Date:
- Sunday, 21/June/2026 16:00
- Venue:
- Hebbel am Ufer - HAU2
- Address:
- Hallesches Ufer 32, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg
- Price:
- from €10.00
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