This summer, Berliners can plunge into the ‘Volksbad’, a 25-metre swimming pool outside the famous Volksbühne. This mecca for experimental theatre is no stranger to water on stage, too, which leads Rakewell to reflect on the aquatic tradition in theatre, from the Romans to baroque Italy to today.
The plans of Berlin’s Volksbühne to install a swimming pool outside its front steps prompts Rakewell to consider other theatres that have made a feature out of water
