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The West Ain't What It Used To Be
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- Date Friday, 16/October/2026 20:00 ( 3 more dates )
- Venue English Theatre Berlin
- Address Fidicinstraße 40, 10965 Berlin-Kreuzberg
- Price from €13.20
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Berlin, Columbiadamm/Friesenstr.
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Part of:
The West Ain't What It Used To Be
Thanksgiving with country music, Jell-O salad and Dolly Parton
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© Stefania Migliorati
A lot of folks are worried about the state of democracy in the United States. Is it teetering on the brink? Is a civil war looming? Are the tech billionaires supporting its downfall?
Thanksgiving in Berlin. Fred and his US-American wife Rhonda have invited guests from her motherland over for a turkey dinner. Inevitably, the conversation drifts from the American Dream – via Karl May and Western movies – to the topic of all topics: What is going on in the US? Strangely enough, Dolly Parton seems to be in the room, too. And a country & western band magically appears. The evening escalates …
In “The West Ain´t What It Used To Be”, The Waltraud Experience tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: The right and the left stand in completely irreconcilable opposition; a stalemate has been reached – Where are the United States headed?
Country music icon Dolly Parton – who sadly passed away on August 25th – was often looked to as a unifying figure; someone both the right and the left can agree on. Yet, a closer look reveals that Dolly prefered to stay out of it … she sang, she cracked jokes, and she championed “positive thinking”… but politics? No thanks.
Artists/Collaborators: Klaus Altenmüller (Sounddesign), Holly Barnard (Video), Priscilla Bergey (Konzept & Regie), Robin Gooch (Schauspiel), Günther Grosser (Konzept & Regie), Bailey Hubbs (Schauspiel), Katri Katri Kuusimäki (Lichtdesign), Angharad Matthews (Kostüme), Stefania Migliorati (Fotografie), Ioni Music (Live Musik), Ben Osborn (Live Musik & Musikalisches Arragangement), Kellie O‘Neill (Live Musik), Izzy Rousmaniere (Bühnen Management & Regie Assistenz), Felix Theissen (Schauspiel), Carina Zox (Schauspiel)
Supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds
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Theatercard Hans Otto Theater
Mit der Theatercard erhalten Sie für den persönlichen Gebrauch einen Rabatt von 50% auf den regulären Kartenpreis. Sie ist gültig für jeden Termin, jede Spielstätte und jede Preiskategorie, ausgenommen sind Premieren, Gastspiele, Koproduktionen, Sonderveranstaltungen... moreabout: Theatercard Hans Otto Theater
- Date:
- until 30/09/2030
- Venue:
- Hans Otto Theater Potsdam
- Address:
- Schiffbauergasse 11, 14467 Potsdam
- Price:
- from €70.00
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Serotonin
„Ich war eindeutig nur ein Weichei, ein trauriges und unbedeutendes Weichei, das obendrein noch alt wurde“, so die lapidare Bestandsaufnahme von Florent, einem mittelalten, weißen Mann in der Krise. Von seiner Tätigkeit im Landwirtschaftsministerium und... moreabout: Serotonin
- Date:
- Friday, 16/October/2026 18:00 (4 more dates)
- Venue:
- Reithalle Potsdam
- Address:
- Schiffbauergasse, 14467 Potsdam
- Price:
- from €31.90
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Criminal Dinner - Sherlock Holmes und die Loge der Rothaarigen
- Date:
- Friday, 16/October/2026 19:00
- Venue:
- Lakeside-Burghotel zu Strausberg
- Address:
- Gielsdorfer Chaussee 6, 15344 Strausberg
- Price:
- from €110.05
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Angelaland
What country do you think you live in? Karl-Konrad knows the answer, and it's different than you might expect: the key is Angela Merkel. moreabout: Angelaland
- Next date:
- ANGELALAND
- Date:
- Friday, 16/October/2026 19:00
- Venue:
- TD Berlin (war: Theaterdiscounter)
- Address:
- Klosterstraße 44, 10179 Berlin-Mitte
- Price:
- from €11.00
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Nothing Political
How can you create theatre whilst people are protesting on the streets to defend democracy and oppose a shift towards autocracy? A young Georgian collective combines personal memories with photographs, videos, live music, drag and fiction.The starting... moreabout: Nothing Political
- Date:
- Friday, 16/October/2026 19:00 (1 more date)
- Venue:
- Hebbel am Ufer - HAU3
- Address:
- Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg
- Price:
- from €22.00
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