Productions
NO start, NO story! And off we go into the 2025/26 season with new artistic direction and plenty of pop culture, glam, noise, social critique, musicals, and performances. Featuring Björk, Kat Frankie, Anthony Hüseyin, Philip Glass, Umm Kulthum, Club Gewalt, and many more. NO reset, NO surprise!
Last Exit Europa
Last Exit Europa
Europe: a continent, an idea, a center of power. From fortress to free-trade zone to sparks of joy – and back again. Is this a utopia, or can it be discarded? Is anything still salvageable from the idea of its peacefully united peoples, bound together in freedom?Europe: an abducted king’s daughter. What has become of […]
To 19. June 2026.
طرب / Tarab
طرب / Tarab
Still little known in the Western world, the singer Umm Kulthum – often referred to as the “Callas of Egypt” – is one of the greatest icons of classical Arabic music. Not only is she an example of a disadvantaged young woman who made it to the top within a patriarchally dominated artistic field, she also became a model of change and empowerment for women across the globe. Umm Kulthum’s influence, which helped inspire genuine social change and a sense of […]
To 05. July 2026.
My Melodies
My Melodies
Rock, country, R&B, hip-hop, from Annie Lennox to Nirvana to Beyoncé: every generation has its own music, its own hits. NO Kids have spoken with their families and bring to the stage the songs that shaped their siblings, parents, and grandparents. Join them on a journey through the decades of music, through memories and family […]
To 15. June 2026.
Nation of Strangers
Nation of Strangers
In her new book Nation of Strangers, currently shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, Ece Temelkuran sets out on a moving search for meaning: What does home mean in a world where belonging is becoming fragile? Shaped by her own experiences of exile and inspired by encounters along the way, Temelkuran writes with tenderness […]
To 25. June 2026.
Der Kaiser von Atlantis
Der Kaiser von Atlantis
Ullmann’s one-act opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis did not get the chance to be performed in the Theresienstadt ghetto. Although both the composer and his librettist were murdered in Auschwitz, the documents relating to the piece were saved. As a result, the opera had its world premiere in Amsterdam in 1975 and, in 1989, a […]
To 01. July 2026.
Where is Umm Kulthum? Neukölln sings along
Where is Umm Kulthum? Neukölln sings along
“You are my life, whose dawn began with your light.” (from the song Enta Omry, “You are My Life”, by Umm Kulthum) For two days, the Passage of Neuköllner Oper will be transformed into Neukölln’s open-air living room – hosting a celebration dedicated to the musical and social legacy of the Egyptian singer and icon […]
To 05. July 2026.
