07 July 2016, the creators of BERLIN have just performed their show Zvizdal at the Berliner Festspiele. They meet an elderly but sturdy German man. They get talking and are fascinated by his improbable life. A few conversations and weeks later, they decide to link the last part of their Holocene cycle to him, in which they each focus on a city or village somewhere in the world.

The Making of Berlin is a portrait of a city built around the extraordinary life of a Berliner who worked as an orchestra director with the Berliner Philharmoniker. A man who would love to go back in time to complete an unfinished chapter in his life. BERLIN took it upon itself, with the help of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen's orchestra and radio station Klara, among others, to help the man realise his dream. Gradually, however, they find cracks in his story and the whole project is called into question.

• The work of the BERLIN company always finds itself at the crossroads between documentary and theatre. Armed with cameras, interview techniques, editing tables and actors, they immerse themselves in situations and unravel various storylines. BERLIN is now on the Kaaitheater programme for the first time as part of PeriferiK.

‘The making of Berlin is een overrompelende en aangrijpende ode aan de kracht van verhalen en hoe die mensen boven zichzelf kunnen uittillen en samenbrengen.’ - Etcetera