The Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin's Mitte district is the smallest of Berlin's state theaters. The theater is located on the boulevard Unter den Linden in the former Singakademie, the oldest mixed choir association in the world. The building was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and opened in 1827 as the first public concert hall in Berlin. After its destruction during the Second World War and reconstruction, the building reopened in 1952 as the Maxim Gorki Theater, named after the Russian-Soviet writer Maxim Gorki.

In the cultural period of de-Stalinization at the end of the 1950s, under the influence of the uprisings in the GDR, Poland and Hungary, plays such as Alfred Matusche's Nacktes Gras and Heiner Müller's Die Korrektur and Der Lohndrücker were performed. Heiner Müller was employed as a dramaturge at the time. In 1988, the GDR premiere of Volker Braun's Die Übergangsgesellschaft, directed by Thomas Langhoff, caused a sensation as a swan song to the social conditions in the GDR.

Today, the Gorki Theater sees itself as a place that is open to all people, regardless of their origin, regardless of whether they live in Berlin due to flight, exile or immigration.

In addition to contemporary productions of classical works, the program also includes literary premieres, contemporary plays and research projects. (Source: Wikipedia)