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Symposia & Cooperations

24. November 2025 | 00:00 - 00:00

Symposium on Artistic Community Work

Over the course of a symposium in cooperation with the Neuköllner Oper, we would like to dedicate ourselves to precisely this topic, which we have already tried out on a practical basis with the Freie Szene Tagen (The Berlin Independent Performing Arts Community Days) and the community and neighborhood projects: different varieties of the communicative dialogues between artistic production contexts and audiences.

Audience Formats

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

Specials

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

From September 10 to 21 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. A wide variety of different formats will open up new perspectives both on the art itself as well as upon the locations of the independent performing arts community as places for exchanges and places that hold within them the power of societal transformation.

Information Center

Workshops & Seminars

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

Sustainable Producing – Tools and Methods

Are you responsible for the topic of sustainability in a cultural institution and are you on the lookout for methodical knowledge for participatory transformation processes? Are you asking yourselves which specific tools for creating work sustainably in your own collective are out there? In this workshop, we will show you that there is already a lot of knowledge about these topics and that you don't have to start from scratch.

Information Center

22. September 2025 | 13:00 - 16:00

Information Event

An Overview of Funding Tools – What’s Coming Up?

This event in German spoken language will provide an overview of the most important funding opportunities in fall 2025: What funding programs offered by Berlin’s Senate and its districts are currently accepting applications? What funding programs on the German federal level and on the EU level could be of interest now and what is the current state of things when it comes to stipends and residencies?

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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!