7. Berliner Herbstsalon – Intervention

With the 7th Berliner Herbstsalon, Shermin Langhoff opens her final season as artistic director of the Maxim Gorki Theatre, bringing full circle a journey that began in 2013 with the very first edition of the Berliner Herbstsalon. Under the title ЯE:IMAGINE: THE RED HOUSE, she brings together long-time collaborators and new voices to reflect on, reframe, and reimagine critical artistic practices, struggles, and forms of resistance from the past years in light of the present and the future.

The Herbstsalon kicks off on October 2, 2025 with an exhibition across several locations. On the main stage, the festival opens with the world premiere of Ersan Mondtag’s production “The Red House”, based on the stories of Turkish women who came to Berlin in the 1960s and 70s to start their new lives in Berlin.

Running until November 30, 2025, the Herbstsalon invites audiences to engage with art as political practice – rooted in history, and reaching toward the future.