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Theater der Dinge 2025

October 31 till November 5, 2025
Autonomous Objects
Presale starts September 30
Presale starts September 30

Autonomy was reserved for human beings for a very long time: only someone who had a consciousness and could independently make decisions was deemed to be self-determined and autonomous. After some species of animals were first initially determined to have autonomy, the term has now also been expanded to objects in recenty years: the digital transformation has created things and systems that demonstrate a certain degree of self-management and flexibility. They fulfill tasks and make a choice, they learn and develop themselves. In doing so, of course, is not a matter of actual agency: human programming decisions continue to be central factors of influence. In its 2025 edition, Theater der Dinge questions where human beings and their social systems are located in a world where things increasingly seem to be able to act autonomously. Proceeding from very diverse forms of theater with puppets, robots and objects, the participating artists develop a wide variety of points of access in their contents. 18 productions, installations, tryouts and workshops invite the audience to playful give themselves over to the exciting field of digital autonomy.

Accessibility
Complete information regarding the accessibility of Schaubude Berlin can be found here. Complete information about accessibility at bat-Studiotheater here, DOCK 11 here, the Heinrich-Böll-Bibliothek here, the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch here as well as TATWERK here.

SPOT SHOT BEUYS, Foto: Meinrad Hofer
Ersatz de Julien Mellano création 2018
What humanity taught us, Foto: Andi Pontanus
Moving Skin, Foto: Arne Lievens
Asking for a friend, Foto: Felix Konhäuser
Felt AI, Foto: Xavier Antoinet

Artistic Director
Tim Sandweg

Artistic Production Manager
Selina Glockner

Artistic Production Manager
Selina Glockner

Press and Public Relations
Silke Haueiß, Lea Röwer, Stella Schimmele

Secretariat
Réka Vitályos

Ticketing
Magdalena von Sicard

Theatre Education
Franziska Burnay Pereira, Susann Tamoszus

Stagecraft Coordination
Jens Angermann, Werner Wallner

Stagecraft Support Schaubude Berlin
Paul Friedrich, Gabor Hanke, Paula Henke, Jule Saworski

Admission, Theater Bar, and Box Office Team
Emilia Hoferichter, Luna Jakob, Almut Schäfer-Kubelka, Merle Tiefensee

A heartfelt thank you to our colleagues at Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH and to the teams at bat-Studiotheater, DOCK 11, Heinrich Böll Bibliothek, Ernst Busch Hochschule für Schauspielkunst and TATWERK.