Broken Cage Collective is a performing arts collective based in Berlin, Germany. Join the Collective & become a collaborator!
Originally founded in Seattle, Washington, our artists come from various backgrounds with a diverse set of skills to contribute to the socio-political arts. The founders are three Cornish graduates with a passion for subversive interdisciplinary works of art: the shocking, the individual, and the spontaneous. Our goal is to bring shows, visual arts, music, and performance art to the stages of Seat
04/02/2026
📢 Hallelujah! You can now watch Manifest Destiny for free on YouTube! 👀
▶️ youtu.be/JFbyVQDMzCE ◀️
🇺🇸🤬 Are you bewildered or angry at what’s happening with the US? This protest piece might entertain or disturb, hopefully both. 🔥 F**k fascism. 🖕🏻
05/11/2025
These creatures had a crazy Halloween. 🎃 If you ever need kooky characters, who ya gonna call? ☎️ 👻 Us.
A new teaser for Manifest Destiny, with even more fabulous footage from ! 🎬
Featuring at .pool in Berlin.
Thanks to and for tech and thank you for guiding our audiences.
08/09/2025
Recommendation from Ben: 🎞️
Watch Coonskin. I dare you. Then tell me you didn’t laugh out loud and feel moved. It is one of the most extreme, confrontational animated films I’ve ever seen. I’m constantly shocked awake by the visceral images used to satirize stereotypes, racism, homophobia, and the US.
Alternatively, watch Heavy Traffic, a similarly vulgar and insane look at stereotypes in 70’s NYC. These films greatly influence my own work. Using offensive stereotypes to shock and entertain, then to humanize and make a point, is brilliant. Ralph Bakshi’s animation style is also uniquely dirty, experimental, and strangely seductive in its roughness.
There’s a censored version of Coonskin on YouTube if you can’t find a way to watch the uncensored version, which of course I advise seeking out.
Our newest trailer for Manifest Destiny, featuring never-before-seen footage! 🌟
Filmed by and featuring at .pool in Berlin.
Thanks to and for tech.
05/04/2025
Thanks again Madison Weinhoffer for help with the shadow puppets in Manifest Destiny 🌟
01/04/2025
Immersing multitudes in multimedia mayhem 📱📺🕹️
Behind the scenes of with Ben Wippel 🕶️
30/03/2025
Babbling buffoon becomes bastard bellowing ballads 🎶
Opening night photos of from 📷
28/03/2025
Religious radical relishes ridiculous rites 🙏🏻
Opening night photos of from 📷
26/03/2025
Cartoonish colonial cracker consecrates crazy cult 🇺🇸
Opening night photos of from 📷
24/03/2025
Malevolent merriment, ‘merican machismo and marshmallows 🤠
Opening night photos of from 📷
15/03/2025
📢 Sunday 16.3 Performance canceled! ❌😢
Due to low ticket sales, we have decided to cancel the last performance of Manifest Destiny. This is a difficult time for artists everywhere and the cost of producing this show is preventing us from offering another performance. We’re so thankful for the audiences that came out to support us, and we’re sorry that more people couldn’t experience this truly one-of-a-kind performance.
Thank you to John, Tomo, and Torsten for saving this show and thank you to Seb for capturing this special event. Thanks to Neue Bühne Friedrichshain for hosting us and thanks to Madison Weinhoffer and Alex for your creative assistance on this production.
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