The Berlin Performing Arts Market 2025

In the second edition of the Berlin Performing Arts Market, the focus is on knowledge, resources and ideas to create new national and international networking opportunities for members of Berlin’s independent performing arts community.

Together with its guests, the Performing Arts Market will visit two top-class performance venues: Dock11 and Uferstudios. A central part of the programme is the pitching sessions in which the artistic works of 27 artists and groups* will be presented, showcasing the diversity of Berlin’s independent performing arts scene. Over the course of a business lunch, you will meet experts from Kreativ-Transfer / Info Plus, Goethe-Institut, Nationalen Performance Netz (NPN), Berlin’s Senate Department for Culture and Community, touring artists and On the Move. In the afternoon, there will be more pitches held in parallel at both Dock 11 and Ufer Studios. The event will come to an end and bring everyone back together at Uferstudios with a tour and closing drinks.

The Performing Arts Market will take place at the same time as the schedule of events for the IETM Berlin Plenary Meeting, which invites international artists and culture makers in Berlin from May 15 to 17, 2025. If you are an (inter)national curator, festival maker or presenter and you are on the lookout for new work and potential cooperations, than the Performing Arts Market is the perfect complementary event for the ITEM schedule of programming.

We invite all members of the independent performing arts community – especially curators, presenters, operators of performance venues, and producers–from Berlin and around the world.

Artists 2025

The selection is complete! All information about this year's participating artists can be found here.

You can find all the information, including pictures, also in our digital artist‘s booklet.

Schedule of Events

Please see the full schedule of events below or download it as a PDF.

VENUE #1
DOCK11, Kastanienallee 79, 10435 Berlin

9:45 – 10:00 am

Arrival / Registration

10:00 – 10:15 am

Welcome Speech

10:15 – 10:45 am

Warm up: Let's get to know each other!

10:45 – 11:30 am

PITCHING SESSION 1
Dance, Interdisciplinary, Performance, Young Audience

Yotam Peled & the Free Radicals
Silvia Ospina I Körper & Medium
Fronte Vacuo

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

PITCHING SESSION 2

Max Howitz
Duckie L'Orange
Band Practice

12:00 – 12:15 pm

TAKE A BREATH

12:15 – 1:00 pm

PITCHING SESSION 3
Interdisciplinary, Music Theater, Performance, Theater

Post Theater
Hang Su
Macromatter I Robin Leveroos
Mu Wang

1:00 - 1:30 pm

Introduction to Berlin's Independent Scene / Venue tour

1:30 - 2:30 pm

LUNCH BREAK / BUSINESS LUNCH
w/experts of NPN, Goethe Institut, Touring Artists and Kreativ Transfer 

2:30 - 3:15 pm

Departure to Venue #2: Uferstudios
Meeting Point: Foyer (Theater/Stage)

 

VENUE #2
UFERSTUDIOS, Uferstraße 23, 13357 Berlin

3:30 – 4:15 pm

PITCHING SESSION 4
Dance, Interdisciplinary, Performance

Cristiana Casadio
Romuald Krézel
Initiative LUNA PARK e.V.
Julia B. Laperrière
 
Parallel outside: INFO STAND (with NPN, Goethe Institute, Touring Artists and Kreativ Transfer)

4:15 – 5:15 pm

PITCHING SESSION 5
Dance, Interdisciplinary, Performance, Theater

Rodrigo Zorzarelli
Vöcks de Schwindt
Panni Néder
Ini Dill • die elektroschuhe
Min Yoon

5:15 – 5:30 pm

TAKE A BREATH

5:30 - 6:15 pm

PITCHING SESSION 6
Interdisciplinary, Performance, Puppet Theater, Theater

Fatima Çalişkan
Camila Rhodi
Bobs & Bangs
Lamis Ammar
Katja Tannert

6:15 - 6:45 pm

PITCHING SESSION 7
Contemporary Circus, Interdisciplinary, Performance

Felix Baumann (Von B bis Z)
Still hungry & Bryony Kimmings
Kathrin Wagner

6:45 - 8:00 pm

Thanks and Goodbye (for now) + Apéritif + Venue tour (optional)
 

Registration

Participation in the event is free of charge.

The deadline has expired and registrations are unfortunately no longer possible. We kindly ask for your understanding.

Registration places are limited, so please register in good time, and we expressly welcome the participation of organizers, curators, and festival organizers.

Accessibility

Language: The event will take place in English spoken language. 

Dock 11: The theater auditorium, lobby, and hall 3 are accessible at ground level. A mobile ramp can be used to traverse the step at the entrance, which is approximately 10 cm high.

Uferstudios (Heizhaus): Access is provided via a ramp with an incline of 5.2 % as well as an additional ramp that is 6.80 m long with an angle of inclination of 6 %.

Catering: We will provide a vegetarian lunch. Coffee, tea, water, and snacks are available throughout the day.