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3. July 2025 | 15:00 - 20:30

Information Event of the Performing Arts Program & Summer Party of LAFT Berlin

We warmly invite you to our annual information event – with work meetings and network meetings, workshops, and a panel discussion. We will take a look at the first half of the year, reflect upon the developments, and inform you about future projects and plans of the Berlin Performing Arts Program. Afterward, we will hold our summer party: over the course of drinks, dinner and music, staff members and participants will meet up with allies, cooperation partners and all interested parties

Information Center

Workshops & Seminars

24. June 2025 | 10:00 - 16:00

Submitting Funding Applications – A Focus on Budgets

Ihr befindet Euch auf der direkten Zielgeraden zu den kommenden Antragsfristen der Einstiegs- und Einzelprojektförderung des Berliner Senats? Fantastisch! In diesem Workshop dreht sich alles um den Finanzplan: Wie schätze ich Honorare richtig ein, welche Regelungen sind zu beachten und welche Gebühren muss ich einkalkulieren? Welche weiteren Kostenpunkte muss ich im Blick behalten?

Information Center

Workshops & Seminars

25. June 2025 | 10:00 - 16:00

Always Only Crisis? Methods for (Further) Working in a Crisis-Ridden Field of Work

What can we do to escape the perceived overwhelm and powerlessness? How do we sort out the causes of excessive demands and the various ways of dealing with them? How do we find individual strategies to master the challenges and maintain or regain emotional stability? Using the ‘Circles of Control’ model, we will identify the aspects that we can influence in order to initiate a process that activates and opens up options for action.

Open Call

2. July 2025 | 00:00 - 00:00

Open Call & Deadline

OPEN CALL: Artistic, Digital Contributions for Spielraum – the 2025 Days of the Independent Performing Arts Community in Berlin

The second edition of Spielraum – the 2025 Days of the Independent Performing Arts Community in Berlin will take place from September 10 to 21, 2025. For this event, we are on the lookout for artistic, digital contributions that will accompany the Days of the Independent Performing Arts Community in Berlin across and beyond the schedule of programming and allow it to expand into digital space.

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The Berlin Performing Arts Guide 2025/26

The Guide provides a current and comprehensive overview of the independent performing arts community. Structures and initiatives, festivals, community events and performance venues will be introduced there. In addition to the online platform, the guide also appears annually as an accompanying publication. The latest version is now available!

We hope that this guide serves as a useful tool and that you enjoy your journey of discovery!

The Berlin Performing Arts Guide

The Performing Arts Guide offers detailed insights into various festivals, get togethers, and initiatives of Berlin’s independent scene, along with a comprehensive list of venues for better orientation. In addition to the online platform, the guide is also published annually as a print edition.

Theaterscoutings Berlin

The monthly program of Theaterscoutings Berlin opens up new perspectives on artistic works and institutions of the independent arts community with talks, experimental formats, workshops and venue tours.

Proberaumplattform Berlin

The Berlin Rehearsal Space Platform is the digital marketplace for everyone looking to offer or use rehearsal spaces in Berlin. This comprehensive directory provides a decisive overview in the form of words and images of the spaces being offered throughout the entire city of Berlin along with detailed information about the respective conditions on-site.

Publications

No matter whether we are talking about a symposium or a cooperation event, one questions is always at the forefront of the work of the Berlin Performing Arts Program: what and how can we learn from each other and how can we then integrate it sustainably within our own work?

LAFT Berlin: Administration and Connections for the Independent Performing Arts Community

The LAFT Berlin – Landesverband der freien darstellen Künste Berlin e.V. is the Legal Entity Behind the Berlin Performing Arts Program. Furthermore, the LAFT Berlin represents the interests of its more than 500 members, including the essential performance venues, groups and individual artists of Berlin in dealing with politicians and the public.

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Current information on events, calls for applications, and cultural policy developments in the independent performing arts in Berlin is available through our various newsletters. LAFT Berlin, Theaterscoutings Berlin, the Rehearsal Space Platform Berlin, and the Performing Arts Festival Berlin regularly provide updates on important topics such as funding opportunities, programs, and events. Here you can sign up for our newsletters!