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28. April 2025 | 14:00 - 16:00

Digital Work Meeting: Strategy Development – Art, Culture and Their Democratic Spaces

In the face of increasing right-wing populist attacks on art, culture and democracy, we invite you to come together to reflect upon and further develop shared, specific strategies against right-wing narratives as well as to safeguard democratic spaces.

Audience Formats

27. April 2025 | 00:00 - 00:00

Open Call & Deadline

Open Call for Audience Campaigns: Spielraum – the 2025 Berlin Days of the Independent Performing Arts Community)

The Berlin Days of the Independent Performing Arts Community event is entering its second round! During the period of time from September 10 to September 21, 2025, we once again would like to present the diversity of Berlin’s independent performing arts community to a broad audience. We would like to invite the operators of Berlin’s performance venues to send us contributions for our upcoming schedule of events. Contributions from other actors in the scene, as well as from related fields such as socio culture or urban practice, are also welcome.

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Workshops & Seminars

29. April 2025 | 11:00 - 17:00

Performance Venue & Network: Finding Cooperation Partners and Building Networks

Wie findet man eine geeignete Spielstätte und welche kommen überhaupt in Frage? Wie sind Spielstätten strukturiert und finanziert, und was bedeutet das für die Finanzierung meiner Produktion? Welche Fördermöglichkeiten gibt es zur Finanzierung von Gastspielen? Der Workshop vermittelt einen Überblick über das überregionale und internationale Spielstättennetzwerk und gibt den Teilnehmer*innen die Möglichkeit, gemeinsam an Anfragen zu arbeiten.

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Workshops & Seminars

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

Creating Trailers and Promotional Videos

How do I edit attractive trailers and promotional videos? In this in-depth workshop, we will take a look at a variety of formats such as teasers, trailers, promotional videos, showreels and video documentations and find out with types of video fit best with you and your projects.

Specials

15. May 2025 | 00:00 - 00:00

IETM Berlin Plenary Meeting 2025 – REHEARSING FUTURES

The next IETM Plenary Meeting will take place in Berlin for the first time in over ten years. From May 15 to 17, 2025, international guests, as well as members of the local and national independent performing arts communities, will come together to discuss current questions and challenges facing the international independent scene(s) under the overarching theme REHEARSING FUTURES. Together with IETM (International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts), BFDK (Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste – the Federal Association for the Independent Performing Arts), and ufaFabrik, the Berlin Performing Arts Program is co-organizing the 2025 IETM Berlin Plenary Meeting.

OUT NOW! The Berlin Performing Arts Guide

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!