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Audience Formats

3. December 2025 | 10:00 - 12:30

Audience Research – Data Collection in Practice

How well do we know our own audiences – and how can we use this knowledge expediently? Over the course of a three-part series of workshops, we will deal with central questions from the field of audience research on a step-by-step basis. In the first workshop, we will focus on what information about visitors is relevant for the diverse performance venues of the independent performing arts community and how this data can be collected most effective (and with realistic resources).

Information Center

2. December 2025 | 10:00 - 14:00

Information Event

Network Event

Life Hacks for Caregivers

Um gute Arbeitsbedingungen und Teilhabe zu ermöglichen, braucht es strukturelle Veränderungen. Solange die noch nicht implementiert sind, wollen wir gemeinsam mit euch nach (unkonventionellen) Lösungen suchen.

International & Nationwide

2. December 2025 | 17:00

Network Event

Cartography of Residences: Encounters Between Germany and Latin America – Mexico

The programming series Cartography of Residences: Encounters Between Germany and Latin America serves as a space for dialogue between Germany and Latin America with a focus on residency programs for artists and culture makers working in the field of the independent performing arts. The series kicked off in early October in Berlin and will continue in December with three digital events. This event is dedicated to Mexico.

Information Center

8. December 2025 | 10:00 - 17:00

Workshop

Network Event

Working in the Performing Arts A workshop and networking event for transnational artists

Germany’s performing arts world can be confusing at first sight - What’s the difference between Freie Szene – the independent performing arts scene - and the Stadt- und Staatstheater – the City and State Theatres? What are the characteristics of both work spheres? And how can artists, producers and other cultural professionals gain a foothold in either one or both?

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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.

Theater Scoutings Berlin

The monthly program of Theater Scoutings 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!