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Explore the best theatre plays in Berlin & Warsaw – curated and reviewed by experts.

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About us

An app for those who don’t want to waste time on bad plays. Here you will find opinions of professional theatre critics, expressed in simple and understandable words. You will no longer have to waste time searching for interesting plays thanks to our convenient filters.

Choose plays by genre, time, or complexity, and gain access to descriptions prepared by our experts. We avoid advertising clichés, providing honest and substantial reviews.

  1. Drama Buddy starts in Warsaw
  2. The app comes out for Warsaw and Berlin
  3. Drama Buddy becomes a company: Drama Buddy P.S.A.
App screen: the start page, “Let’s see what performances we recommend”, with a list of performances in your city
App screen: the page for “Der Liebling” at the Deutsches Theater, with the director and the genre
App screen: performance details – duration, language, difficulty, age rating, upcoming screenings with prices and a photo gallery

Our principles

  • All experts have theatre education and extensive experience in watching performances
  • In our app, you'll only find performances recommended by our experts
  • Out of a great number of performances that we watched only a few were selected for the app
  • We carefully categorised and structured all performances for you
  • We want to popularize theatre, so we avoid using abstruse language in our texts
View down the aisle of an almost empty theatre auditorium towards the lit stage during a rehearsal

Coming soon: an AI guide

Tell it what you enjoy in your own words – a film, a play you loved, a mood, a budget. It suggests performances from our app and explains each choice in our critics’ words.

  • It only suggests performances our experts recommend
  • It quotes the critic instead of writing its own review
  • Dates, prices and theatres come from our catalogue, not from the AI

I loved Fleabag. Something sharp and funny in Berlin – I don’t speak German.

Our critics recommend a satire with English subtitles:

status quo

Schaubühne

Their collaboration results in a satirical comedy that explores gender relations in an exaggerated and provocative manner.

  • English subtitles
  • 130 min
An example. The quote is from our critic’s review; the language and running time are from our catalogue.

FAQ

Why can't I find the performance in the app?

We only add performances to the app that our experts have watched and are ready to recommend. If a performance is not listed, it means we either haven’t watched it yet or are not ready to recommend it.

Are you planning to add any features?

You can send all your suggestions to our email, but we still have many development ideas and are only at the beginning of our project.

We are a theater. How can our performance be included in your app?

We only add performances to the app that our experts have reviewed and are ready to recommend for viewing. Therefore, you can invite us to the performance, and after that, we will decide whether we are ready to include it in our database.

Is it possible to buy a ticket for a performance directly in the app?

Unfortunately, this is not possible yet, but from the app, you can directly go to the theater's website and purchase a ticket there.

App screen: search and filters – city, dates, genre, duration and price
Already in the App Store and Google Play