"The evening has something compelling and independent about it. And that has to do with the Ukrainian-born player Oksana Cherkashyna, who uses the political scenario to deliver a powerful indictment of Russia. Not only because of the humanitarian terror, but also because of the "ecocide" that Russia is committing in Ukraine. In addition, Cherkashyna shows us in a small slide show which animal and plant species have already been wiped out by the Russian war: the steppe crane, the spotted ground squirrel, the European sturgeon - simply registering, soberly addressed. You can hardly stand it. The lump in your throat gets thicker."
Christian Rakow, Nachtkritik, 12.10.25

The voting scenarios that are available alternate between plague and cholera, because every climate issue has now become a social battle pose: should climate refugees be allowed to come to still intact, rich countries and thus risk social upheaval there, or should they be resettled in areas that were newly developed after the ice melted? Should we control the media and thus prevent anti-scientific fake news? Surprisingly, a majority voted yes to the last question. Minkowski and his newly founded "Theater of Knowledge" take a fatal and mercilessly populist approach, but also put a finger in the wound.

Doris Meierhenrich, Berliner Zeitung, 12.10.25

"No question: the evening is well constructed. It is powerful. Will it persuade climate change deniers to rethink? Can dystopias initiate change at all, or would utopian narratives be more effective? These are also questions that "The Last Conference" raises as you watch and vote. And that is a positive thing. Every reflection keeps the topic in our consciousness."
Patrick Wildermann, Tagesspiegel, 12.10.25