Divided Skies 60/40/20 – Phase One 
January 30th and 31st at Soho Theatre, London

Phase one was a season of Theatre, Literature and Discussions about East and West Germany in the year leading up to the 20th anniversary of the unification of Germany (3rd of October 1990), during which we are looking back on 60 years of the Federal Republic of Germany, 40 years of the German Democratic Republic and the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

With this year of anniversaries comes a wave of new work and dialogue regarding the past and present of both German states and their reunification. Terminology is tricky, opinions vary widely and emotions run high due to the manifold perspectives when dealing with life on either side of the wall and afterwards.

We will take a close look at how Germany came to be divided, how society evolved in the East and in the West, which political and economic forces led to the dissolution of the border between the two states, as well as the developments in the last 20 years.

All in all we promise a deep insight into the complicated history of the two German states at the heart of the cold war and the chance to enjoy the highest quality of contemporary German culture – brand new material and the work of former generations interpreted by today’s German and English theatre makers working in the UK.