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Specials

10. September 2025 | 18:30 - 00:00

Opening: SPIELRAUM – The Days of the Independent Performing Arts Community in Berlin

From September 10 to 21, 2025 SPIELRAUM will provide opportunities for getting to know the independent performing arts community from other perspectives – with events that invite the audience to get to know the artists, to participate and to engage in shared reflection alongside the art that is taking place on stage. On September 10 we invite you to the opening celebration at Globe Berlin. Together, we will kick off the schedule of programming for SPIELRAUM with words of welcome and opening remarks, short performative contributions, drinks and music!

Break

28. July 2025 | 00:00 - 00:00

Summer Break

We are taking a summer break from July 28 to August 24, 2025! The program then continues with exciting formats from the independent performing arts.

Delegation Trips

24. August 2025 | 00:00

Open Call & Deadline

Open Call: Delegationtrip "Bridging The Scenes" to the ACT Festival in Sofia 2025

Are you passionate about the independent performing arts in Bulgaria? Is your work related to Bulgaria and would you like to network with local producers and venues and include new artists in your group/company? We are offering eight Berlin-based independent performing artists the opportunity to visit the Bulgarian ACT Independent Theatre Festival in Sofia!

Open Call

25. August 2025 | 00:00

Open Call & Deadline

Open Call: Travel costs for Curators, Programmers & Amplifiers

Are you a performance venue operator, festival programmer or event organizer who would like to invite curators, programmers and multipliers to your 2025 program – but lack the financial means to cover travel and accommodation costs? Then you've come to the right place!

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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!