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What's on in Germany: August 4 - 10

Celeste Sunderland
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What's on in Germany: August 4 - 10
Photo: DPA

This Week's Highlights: Charlie Chaplin in Berlin, a surf festival in Munich, and Hamburg celebrates all things British.

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BERLIN

Film

Chaplin Complete

Berlin's Babylon cinema is on the last leg of its Charlie Chaplin marathon. This week catch a screening of The Gold Rush, The Great Dictator, Modern Times and more of the silver screen icon's cinematic gems. Go on the weekend when a live orchestra performs Chaplin's original scores.

Price: €6.50; €19.50 (live orchestra)

Location: Kino Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse 30

Times: Daily, through Sunday, August 7

Tickets: 030 24 25 969

More Information: www.babylonberlin.de

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn met while taking a film course at Raindance in London. See their first collaboration, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels at Cassiopeia's open-air cinema, Monday night. And if the on-screen action gets your reels spinning, sign up for a Raindance course. Aspiring screenwriters, directors, and producers can learn the ropes this fall in Berlin.

Price: €6.50

Location: Cassiopeia, Open-Air Cinema Island, Revaler Strasse 99

Times: Monday, August 8, 9pm

More Information: www.raindance.co.uk

Circus/Theatre

Wunderkammer

Excitement, drama, comedy, and skill combine in this sensational show by the Australian circus group Circa. Seven acrobats dazzle as they flip through the air, swing gracefully from ropes, and step carefully atop each other's heads. And it's not just about the jaw-dropping tricks, clever comedic timing puts this exuberant stage show in a class of its own.

Price: €34-42

Location: Chamäleon Theater, Hackeschen Höfen, Rosenthaler Strasse 40/41

Times: Tuesday - Friday, 9pm; Saturday, 7 and 10pm; through August 27

Tickets: 030 4000 590

More Information: www.chamaeleonberlin.de

COLOGNE

Dance/Theatre

Pilobolus - Shadowland

Extraordinary silhouettes weave an enchanting story in "Shadowland," the acclaimed show by the American dance troupe Pilobolus. Witness the coming of age of an imaginative young girl as human figures transform into sensational shapes.

Price: €24.90-59.90

Location: Cologne Musical Dome, Goldgasse 1

Times: Wednesday, August 3 - Sunday, August 7

Tickets: 01805 2001 (.14/min)

More Information: www.musical-dome.de

FRANKFURT

Festivals

Main Festival

It's party time in Frankfurt! Head to the Römerberg Friday, when live bands kick off a long weekend of fun and games on the River Main. Raise a pilsner in tribute to that revered waterway, and head back Monday for a fantastic fireworks show.

Price: Free

Location: Römerberg, Mainkai

Times: Friday, August 5 and Saturday, August 6, 12pm-1am; Sunday, August 7 and Monday, August 8, 12pm-midnight

More Information: www.frankfurt-tourismus.de

Readings/Concerts

Russian Salon Evening

Andreas Reichel plays piano works by Glinka, Mussorgsky, and Tchaikovsky, while Elena Schneider reads passages by Romantic Russian authors like Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov. Escape to 19th century St. Petersburg, if only for an evening.

Price: Free

Location: Frankfurter Künstlerclub, Nebbienschen Gartenhaus, Bockenheimer Anlage between Alter Oper and Eschenheimer Turm

Times: Friday, August 5, 7:30pm

Phone: 069 23 57 34

More Information: www.frankfurter-kuenstlerclub.de

HAMBURG

Festivals

Hamburg Summer Dom

Take a ride on the Ferris wheel this weekend and get a bird's eye view of Hamburg. A swirling circle of 250,000 LED lights, the 60-meter high ride is the centerpiece of Hamburg's biggest summertime fun fair. Fireworks enthusiasts should go on Friday when the sparkly pyrotechnics erupt overhead.

Price: Free

Location: Heiligengeistfeld, Glacischaussee

Times: Monday - Thursday, 3-11pm; Friday and Saturday, 3pm-12:30am; Sunday, 2-11pm; through August 19

More Information: www.hamburg.de

Events

British Flair

They'll be waving the Union Jack at the Hamburg Polo Club this weekend and if you've got a thing for English accents, bangers and mash, and Paddington Bear, you'll want to join them. The celebration of all things British promises to be great fun for the whole family. Bring a picnic for Saturday evening's open-air concert.

Price: €8 (Adults), €2 (Children), €17.50 (Family Ticket), €28.65 (Concert)

Location: Hamburg Polo Club, Jenischstrasse 26

Times: Saturday, August 6, 11am-6pm and Sunday, August 7, 10am-6pm; Concert, Saturday, August 6, 8:30pm

More Information: www.britishday.com

MUNICH

Events

2011 Surf Festival

Surf's up in Munich this weekend as Honolulu Events transforms the Old Congress Hall into a surf mecca worthy of the Big Kahuna. Take a spin around the skatepark, salute the sun at a yoga workshop, and look at artwork inspired by surfing. After the showcases and workshops wrap up Saturday night, DJs pump out the jams for a surf style dance party.

Price: Free, €8 (Party)

Location: Alte Kongresshalle, Theresienhöhe 15

Times: Thursday, August 4 - Sunday, August 7

More Information: www.hhonolulu-events.de

Dance

Jerome Bel - Cedric Andrieux

Choreographer Jerome Bel's piece for solo dancer offers insight into the struggles a dancer confronts throughout the course of his career. A biographical work about the life of the French dancer Cedric Andrieux, who worked for the Merce Cunningham Company and the Lyon Opera Ballet, the eponymous piece tells the fascinating story of a modern day dancer.

Price: €18.50

Location: Muffathalle, Zellstrasse 4

Times: Friday, August 5, 8:30pm

Tickets: 01805 44 70 (.14/min)

More Information: www.muffatwerk.de

Music/Concerts

Banda Brasil

Get your dose of Brazilian rhythms Thursday night in Munich. Banda Brazil delivers the sweet sounds of their native country with an easy, breezy style. Sip on a caipirinha and succumb to the lyrical sway.

Price: €14

Location: Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Einsteinstrasse 42

Times: Thursday, August 4, 9pm

Phone: 089 448 27 94

More Information: www.unterfahrt.de

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