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Weekend Tips: What to Do This Weekend in Berlin
June 19 to 21, 2026: Events, festivals, exhibitions and more things to do for your perfect weekend in Berlin. more
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?
CHRISTOPH MÖLLERS (*1969) is Professor of Public Law and Legal Philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin and will become Rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin in autumn 2026. His research focuses on German and European constitutional law and political theory. As a legal representative and expert advisor, he has also worked on issues related to militant democracy, artistic freedom, and academic freedom.
NILS WEINBERG (1996) is an associated researcher at the Chair of Public Law and Legal Philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin and a legal trainee at the Kammergericht. He studied law in Berlin and London. In 2025, he completed his PhD at Humboldt University with a dissertation on anti-discrimination law.
CHRISTOPH MÖLLERS (*1969) is Professor of Public Law and Legal Philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin and will become Rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin in autumn 2026. His research focuses on German and European constitutional law and political theory. As a legal representative and expert advisor, he has also worked on issues related to militant democracy, artistic freedom, and academic freedom.
NILS WEINBERG (1996) is an associated researcher at the Chair of Public Law and Legal Philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin and a legal trainee at the Kammergericht. He studied law in Berlin and London. In 2025, he completed his PhD at Humboldt University with a dissertation on anti-discrimination law.
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
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- S75
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- S41
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S Charlottenburg Bhf
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Underground
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Bus
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Lehniner Platz/Schaubühne
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- M29
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U Adenauerplatz
- M19
- M29
- N7
- N10
- X10
- 101
- 110
- 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
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S Charlottenburg Bhf
- 309
- X49
- RE7
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Olivaer Platz/Xantener Str.
- 101
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U Wilmersdorfer Str./S Charlottenburg
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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
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- RE1
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- FEX
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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
© IVE
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
© Eventim
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 €75.68
© 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
© Quelle: Reservix-System
Angela Alves: Never Rest
English version below Im Rahmen von/As part of Never Work – International Performance Festival Hausführung/Guided house tour, Performance 19./20./21.06., 17:30 Start: Kasse/Box office Deutsch/German Ca. 45 Min. Ausruhen ist eine überlebenswichtige Praxis... moreabout: Angela Alves: Never Rest
- Date:
- Sunday, 21/June/2026 17:30
- Venue:
- Sophiensaele - Start: Kasse/Box office
- Address:
- Sophienstraße 18, 10178 Berlin-Kreisfreie Stadt Berlin
- Price:
- from €25.00
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