Miscellaneous Theater Basel with "The Glass Menagerie" at the Berlin Theatertreffen
Theater Basel and Schauspielhaus Zürich have been invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen. They will each travel to the German capital with one of the "ten most remarkable productions" of the German-speaking drama season.
14.01.2026, 10:25
SDA
The Basel production of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" and the Zurich dramatization of "Il Gattopardo" by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa were selected, as announced by the Berliner Festspiele on Tuesday evening.
The jury described the Basel production of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" as "a quiet, emblematic and touching work". The production by British director Jaz Woodcock-Steward is brought to the stage with a very contemporary drive, without breaking the text, which is set in the late 1930s.
The Zurich dramatization of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's "Il Gattopardo" by Pinar Karabulut and Hannah Schünemann is praised as a magnificent theatrical event that has become rare. The opulence of the spaces and costumes and the mostly unbroken psychological acting of the ensemble draw the audience deep into the 19th century, according to the jury's statement.
The following are also invited to the Theatertreffen:
The Berlin Theatertreffen takes place from May 1 to 17.
