We offer workshops for all of our plays. In two school hours, we playfully follow up the visited play with your students with its different topics. Either at your school (applies to Berlin schools) or at our theatre (depending on capacity).

Team spirit: theatre pedagogical workshops for a strong team spirit:
A good classroom climate is the basis for productive learning together - theatre can make a valuable contribution here. Our free workshops offer pupils the opportunity not only to watch theatre, but also to become active themselves and strengthen cohesion within their group. After a visit to the theatre, we offer a workshop in which our theatre educators use specially selected methods to strengthen social interaction and promote class community.

After a visit to the theatre, our freelance theatre teachers are happy to come to the school or class for a double lesson (90 minutes).

Recommended plays:
BÜLOWSTRASSE, Upload Virgin, Princess, Nasser#7Leben, #diewelle, Alle außer das Einhorn or Linie 1.

A project of GRIPS Werke e.V. in cooperation with the GRIPS theatre.

Team spirit: theatre pedagogical workshops for a strong team spirit:
A good classroom climate is the basis for productive learning together - theatre can make a valuable contribution here. Our free workshops offer pupils the opportunity not only to watch theatre, but also to become active themselves and strengthen cohesion within their group.

After seeing a play, our freelance theatre pedagogues are happy to come to the school or class in the theatre for a double lesson (90 minutes). The children playfully experience how important cooperation is - especially in newly formed groups.
Recommended plays:
BUMM, KRACH, BOING!, Woche-Woche, Zum Glück viel Geburtstag, Alle außer das Einhorn, Princess or Irgendwo da oben

A project of GRIPS Werke e.V. in cooperation with the GRIPS Theatre.

‘We want to know! What do you want to see?’ - Participation and democracy in the theatre.

We want to know: What's on your mind so much that it should be on stage? What does a theatre have to be like for you to feel comfortable there? What would you do if you were the director of the GRIPS theatre?
We will come to your classroom and use theatre pedagogical methods to give you the space to tell us what is important to you.

In July 2025 there will then be a meeting in the theatre. Two representatives from your class will meet the GRIPS committee, which consists of actors and the theatre's new artistic director (from September 2025). You will then have the chance to talk together and pass on your thoughts from the workshop directly.

We offer this workshop five times in total and make sure it is spread across different age groups and school types.

In connection with the performances of "Ab heute heißt du Sara", "#die Welle" and "Das Heimatkleid", it is possible to book a free workshop on the subject of National Socialism and dictatorship:

"Ecomisia" - A simulation game on the topic of National Socialism

Aleksi, Aino, Boas, Lihda, Silja and Var live in the (fictional) state of Ecomisia and have just finished school. Now they are taking their first steps towards an independent life, choosing a training and career, finding their own apartment and building up a new circle of friends. They are confronted with difficult decisions, as the state of Ecomisia becomes increasingly authoritarian as the game progresses. If you want to be successful, you have to fit in. Dissenting opinions are sanctioned.
Within the game, the participants have room for maneuver in which they can position themselves - with the corresponding consequences - as perpetrators, victims, confidants or "silent heroes".
With its action-oriented and activating approach, the "Ecomisia" simulation game creates an innovative framework for reshaping memory. The game biographies are (loosely) linked to the life stories of people during the National Socialist era. This offers a wide range of opportunities to take up the topic and then explore it in more depth in class.

When: by arrangement

Who: two facilitators run the simulation game with a class

Where: at the school (a room as large as possible, more details on booking) or at the GRIPS Theater premises

Duration: 3 hours (incl. 30 minutes preparation in the room)

Concept: Stefanie Kaluza and Georg Piller

The simulation game "Ecomisia" is a project of the GRIPS Theater with the support of the Inge-Deutschkron-Stiftung and the Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt

Theater is a sensual experience where every time you watch or listen to something, you can enjoy it. But how does watching actually work? Our new workshop “Enjoying theater” shows school classes how to enjoy a theater play before going to a play and make it a lasting memory. 

As long as we have the capacity, we offer your theatre groups and course participants free advice as part of “Performing Games” courses. We will come to you and help with questions about piece development and performance. Can be booked for free instead of a follow-up.

On request, we offer a follow-up discussion to every morning performance, where the audience can ask the actors involved questions about the play and their work.

At the moment we are unfortunately unable to offer guided tours due to the current Senate decisions to contain the Corona pandemic.

We offer free guided tours of the theatre. We go backstage with your students, give them an insight into the professions and the different departments of the theatre and what is needed backstage to make a performance happen. This offer is only available Monday to Friday mornings for school classes or other groups of children and young people and in conjunction with a visit to a performance at the GRIPS Theater am Hansaplatz.

Duration of the guided tour: approx. 30 minutes | Maximum number of participants: 30 people