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Current Events Berlin

Ivy Circle Berlin Stammtisch – 3 March 2026

by Carl Kruse

The Ivy Circle Berlin Stammtisch takes place every first Tuesday of the month with the next one taking place from 6-9pm at the lobby bar of the TELEGRAPHENAMT HOTEL, located at Monbijoustr. 11 in central Berlin.  

We have had some beautiful gatherings at TELEGRAPHENAMT before and we expect more of the same this time. Join us for for after work drinks and socializing.

Cash bar.

The TELEGRAPHENAMT dates from 1910 and was formerly Berlin’s main telegraph center and widely considered Germany’s most elaborate postal building.  It has been beautifully repurposed as a hotel.

Come meet old and new friends alike.

See you at the TELEGRAPHENAMT on Tuesday!

Cheers,
Carl Kruse
Ivy Circle Berlin
Berlin Chair, Princeton Alumni Association of Germany
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Former events include Champagne and Art with Jade Cassidy, and the Boros Bunker Sammlung Tour.

Current Events Berlin

Theater Reading Group in Berlin

by Carl Kruse

Niraj Welikala, a member of both the Oxford and Cambridge alumni societies in Berlin, founded a play-reading and theater group in Berlin last summer and is looking to expand the group to fellow thespians and those who love the theater.

The group’s objective is recreational play reading and perhaps putting on a production one day.  Details from Niraj below. You can contact Niraj directly at niraj.welikala@gmail.com or fellow co-founder Nigel Luhman at nigel@luhman.de

Cheers,
Carl Kruse
Ivy Circle

P.S. Carl Kruse ia also involved with Renselear Polytechnic Institute’s Milkyway@Home project.

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An Actor Prepares…

Calling actors and theatre enthusiasts!

We are a play reading group (in English), originally formed from members of the Oxford and Cambridge alumni clubs in Berlin and we are looking for new people to join us. We meet every 2 weeks on a weekday evening from 6-8 pm (usually on a Monday) at the Theaterhaus Mitte Berlin (https://www.theaterhaus-berlin.com/).

We aim to select and read a diverse range of plays. Plays we’ve read so far include Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, J. B. Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’,  ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ and we are currently in the middle of ‘The Crucible’.  We usually start with a few minutes of warm-up exercises. During the reading, we switch characters to give people a chance to explore different roles and also experiment with different acting and directing techniques.

The play readings are meant to be recreational although we hope to put on a production as well. We have a range of experience in the group (from little or no experience to some with years of acting and directing experience). If you are interested, please email Nigel or Niraj mentioning any previous acting experience (but this is not required) and we will send you more details including our WhatsApp group that we use to organise readings. You are welcome to come to a session and see if it’s for you.

Hope to see you there!

Niraj, Nigel, Kaya and Justin 

The Berlin Play Reading Group committee