8ight more performances of our successful SHOW

The second part of our series CONVERSATIONS WITH A CULTURAL ICON comes back again.

In the summer of 1976, pop star David Bowie moves from Los Angeles to Berlin. Why Berlin? Was he attracted by the mixture of Weimar nostalgia, isolated Wall city and niche location for the new music that would later be called Krautrock? In fact, he created radically new music in Berlin in the following two years, recorded both an anthem and a legendary album with `Heroes´, made a curious Weimar-era film with Just a Gigolo, and then disappeared into the pop-synthetic eighties.

“The musical concept of Grosser’s evening works brilliantly …. Just as Bowie’s musical, cinematic and fashionable work has lived from permanent transition and diversity of influence – ready to jump between Krautrock and Expressionism – so is this performance associative and fluid.”     Patrick Wildermann / Tagesspiegel

Great review in Tagesspiegel, read it HERE

In 1987, Bowie returned to Berlin to give a concert in front of the Reichstag, a stone´s throw away from the Wall. East Berliners who came to the Brandenburger Tor to listen started shouting “Bring down the Wall” – the first domino in a series of many that led to the fall of the Wall?

Music Theater, Play
  • Wed, May 28, 2025 | 8pmMain Stage
  • with 7 additional performances until Jun 7th

with Summer Banks, Daniel Janke, Ben Maddox, Angharad Matthews, Jeffrey Mittleman, Ash Willison

Concept and Direction: Günther Grosser | Music: David Bowie, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop – arranged by Daniel Janke | Stage: Tomas Fitzpatrick | Video: Rebecca Shein | Costumes: Heike Braitmayer | Lighting: Katri Kuusimäki | Choreography: Eva Günther | Stage Management and Directing Assistance: Rose Nolan | Photography: Stefania Migliorati

An English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center production

Supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds