The Maxim Gorki Theater (MGT) is Berlin’s smallest municipal theatre. Its original building from 1827 was bombed during World War II, and then had to undergo substantial reconstruction. It reopened under its current name in 1952, and in the period associated with playwright Heiner Müller, among others, it became the most important venue for contemporary theatre in the German Eastern Bloc.

Since 2013, Shermin Langhoff has been the artistic director of the theatre. Her daring concept of “post-migrant theatre” reflects the diversified society in the present times of continuous economic and political crises as well as increasing social conflicts. Not only for the choice of topics and the staging style, but also for the multicultural composition of the young ensemble formed by artists with migrant experience. Alongside productions of classics, the MGT also presents new plays staged by renowned directors such as Nurkan Erpulat, Sebastian Nübling, and Yael Ronen, reflecting in their style the aesthetic diversity of contemporary theatre. Among the resident directors at the MGT is Oliver Frljić. It also offers another intimate platform, Studio Я, led by Murat Dikenci. 

At Flora, MGT hosted Yael Ronan’s production The Situation, Theater heute poll’s 2016 German-language Play of the Year. Last year, Flora presented the monodrama Fremd, based on the autobiography of the famous publicist Michel Friedman, by the talented director Lena Brasch.