About us
English Theatre Berlin is the center of English-language theatre in the German capital, presenting a wide spectrum of shows. From plays to readings to performance art, both classic and contemporary, our aim is to reflect the development and tendencies of international theatre.When you visit us, you are guaranteed to be confronted with artistic concepts of the highest niveau. Our organisation runs two venues, a 120-seater plus a 79-seater studio theatre in Berlin´s Kreuzberg district. HERE is what the TAGESSPIEGEL has to say about us.
Over the years, we are proud to have produced over 50 plays in-house, hosted more than 70 visiting companies and co-operated on numerous productions with Berlin-based expatriates. We have been invited to partake in numerous Berlin-based arts and theatre festivals, such as the Berliner Festwochen, the BeckettinBerlin2000 Festival and the International Berlin Improv Theatre Festival. It has been an exciting two decades, to say the least, and we are looking forward to seeing you soon for more boundary-pushing, thought-provoking theatre.
English Theatre Berlin was founded in 1990 under the name Friends of Italian Opera.The development from a multi-lingual space to Berlin’s only English-language theatre venue in 1993 was warmly accepted by the public and supported by the city of Berlin, who continues to support.
In addition to the support from the city of Berlin, ETB has built up very cooperative relationships with various English-speaking cultural and educational institutions in Germany, including the British Council, the American embassy and the Irish Arts Council.
Günther Grosser - Artistic Director 
b.1955 - studied philosophy in Tübingen - 1989 co-founder of Berlin-based Out to Lunch Theater Co. - since 1993 Artistic Director for English Theatre Berlin - directed numerous plays by authors such as Tennessee Williams, David Mamet, Caryl Churchill, Harold Pinter, Shelag Stephenson, Alan Bennett, Lydia Stryk, Anna Ziegler a.o. for ETB and Theater Thikwa - his production based on the Wilhelm Busch classic Max und Moritz was invited to festivals in München, Mainz, Kaiserslautern and Stralsund - he wrote two plays, Cool Aid and Dead Fred (together with Priscilla Be) - he writes for several papers and blogs such as Berliner Zeitung or www.berlin-ist.de
Bernd Hoffmeister - Managing Director 
b.1955 - worked as an antique furniture restorer and architectural model maker in Karlsruhe and Berlin - since 1985 freelance theatre work - 1988 founder of Theaterwerkstätten Berlin, an initiative to recycle stage sets and props - 1990 founder and managing director of English Theatre Berlin
Daniel Brunet - Producing Artistic Director
b.1979 - studied theater and film at Boston College - moved to Berlin with the support of a Fulbright Scholarship in 2001 - 2003 Director in Residence at English Theatre Berlin and founder of THE LAB - His directorial work has been seen throughout Germany and the United States, including the Forum Freies Theater, Düsseldorf, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, and Performance Space 122, New York - he has translated 18 German plays including those of Roland Schimmelpfennig, Heiner Müller, Ferdinand Bruckner and Moritz Rinke - He received a 2010 Pen Translation Grant for his translation of Dea Loher’s The Last Fire as well as a 2013 Literature Fellowship in Translation from the US National Endowment of the Arts for his continued work with Dea Loher’s plays - His translations and essays have been published in PEN America, The Mercurian, Asymptote, Theater and TheatreForum.
Educational Program / Kulturelle Bildung:
Priscilla Be - Workshop Coordinator
Inka-Charlotte Palm - Drama Education
Minna Partanen - Drama Education
Communication:
Sarah Rosenau - Press Relations + PR Management
Matthias Dietzel - PR + Marketing Management
Heiko Orlowski - PR + Marketing Assistance
Venue
Torsten Litschko + Christian Maith - Technical Directors
Minna Partanen - House Manager
ENGLISH THEATRE BERLIN
wurde 1990 unter dem Namen Friends of Italian Opera gegründet (und hat seither aus naheliegenden Gründen einen passenderen Namen angenommen). Die Entwicklung von einer mehrsprachigen Bühne zum reinen englischsprachigen Theater 1993 wurde von vielen Seiten begrüßt und vom Berliner Kultursenat mit finanzieller Unterstützung honoriert, die bis heute anhält. 2005 zog das ETB von seinem angestammten Studiotheater in ein neues, sehr viel größeres Haus an derselben Adresse.
ENGLISH THEATRE BERLIN
war als Spielstätte an diversen Berliner Festivals wie den Berliner Festwochen, dem BeckettinBerlin2000-Festival, oder dem International Berlin Improv Theatre Festival beteiligt und entwickelte in den vergangenen Jahren sehr gute und kooperative Beziehungen zu in Berlin ansässigen internationalen Institutionen. So haben etwa der British Council, die US-Botschaft oder der Irish Arts Council das ETB immer wieder großzügig beim Ausbau eines internationalen Netzwerkes englisch arbeitender Gruppen und Theater unterstützt.
Gallery Photos:
Kenneth Spiteri and Darren Smith in DEAD FRED by Günther Grosser & Priscilla Be, directed by Günther Grosser; Photo: Uwe Lauterkorn (2007)
Karen Cifarelli and Jeff Burrell in SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO by David Mamet, directed by Günther Grosser; Photo: etb (2007)
Manon Kahle and Melissa Holroyd in THE LESSON by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Lydia Steier; Photo: etb (2006)
SALOME by Charles Mee, directed by Sarah Lewis, Photo: Uwe Lauterkorn (2006)
Pauline Goldsmith in BRIGHT COLOURS ONLY, written, directed and performed by Pauline Goldsmith (Glasgow); Photo: Niall Walker (2004)
Patrick Lanagan in THE CARETAKER by Harold Pinter, directed by Günther Grosser; Photo: Uwe Lauterkorn (2005)