Transcontinentale presents guest performances from four continents on the theme of family

In the second edition of the Transkontinentale festival, from 4 to 7 December 2025, the Humboldt Forum will present international guest performances in dance, theatre, and performance from Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America. While the 2024 festival commemorated 140 years since the Berlin Africa Conference, this year’s programme takes an artistic look at the many facets of family: the search for roots, identity, belonging, love, meaning, hope, justice, peace, reconciliation, understanding, acceptance, recognition, respect, equality, freedom, happiness, and fulfilment. The programme also explores family through lived experiences and narratives: growing up in a war zone, cross-generational celebrations, dialogues with ancestors, the search for a father, lost motherhood, and artistic as well as queer chosen families. A total of nine productions from four continents will be presented across the four-day festival.

Please find more information in the press release or at humboldtforum.org/transkontinentale-2025.