For individuals

Once a month, we invite you to our GRIPS Box at Hansaplatz for advanced training on various theatre topics. The topics change from time to time. The aim is always to get hands-on experience of theatre and to learn methods that can be used in your own environment. We are delighted to be working with many different partners this season.

Participation is free of charge and requires no prior knowledge.
A certificate of participation will be issued.

Venue & time
GRIPS Box Hansaplatz, 5 - 8 pm
Info & registration
fortbildung(at)grips-theater.de

Dates & Topics

Wed, May 13
Intergenerational Dialogue (On the premiere of “The Heart of a Boxer”)
“The Heart of a Boxer” brings a GRIPS classic back to the stage, exploring the friendship between 16-year-old delinquent Jojo and elderly former boxer Leo in a nursing home. Who learns from whom here? What does it mean to be a man? And who actually deserves a second chance in our society? Staying true to the text, we want to explore together what connects us as generations rather than what divides us.

We are also inviting students from the graduating class of Gymnasium Tiergarten to this training session.

- with Fabian Schrader (GRIPS theater educator) und Henriette Festerling (GRIPS theater educator)

Wed, June 17, 2026
Just Let It Out! Improvisational Theater for the Classroom

As the school year comes to a close, we’re turning up the energy and treating ourselves to some improvisational theater. We’ll focus on improvisation techniques to make your teaching practice more dynamic and create opportunities for writing. And to make room for your own joy of play, because that’s the foundation of it all. You can expect games, methods, and scenic frameworks, as well as the basic principles of improv theater, to get you and your groups moving spontaneously.

- with Fabian Schrader (GRIPs theater educator)

On the topics of gender expectations and images of masculinity

PRINCESS tells the story of two outsiders who embark on a journey of self-discovery and learn that it’s worth being brave and following your true feelings.
Together with our partner dissens e.V. – Institute for Education and Research, we are offering an in-depth discussion on these topics following the performance.

dissens e.V. has been advising us on the topics of gender expectations, images of masculinity, and the role of influencers in personality development since the play’s development phase. Our ensemble will also be present at the discussion.

Sunday, April 26, 4:00 p.m.
GRIPS Hansaplatz
Tickets available on the GRIPS website

Attendance at the discussion is free of charge when combined with a theater visit.
Please indicate your interest in attending the discussion when booking your tickets.

Prospective teachers use spoken word, images, and sign language to share their experiences and observations from school. Their texts are sometimes socially critical, sometimes humorous, and draw the audience in. This unique poetry slam show was created through a collaboration between GRIPS’ theater education program, workshops led by Dana Cermane and Lea Streisand, and students from Humboldt University. The Praxisschock Slam takes place at Hansaplatz.

Parts of the event will be conducted in German Sign Language.

In collaboration with Humboldt University of Berlin

Date: 4. May 2026, 6 pm
Venue: GRIPS Hansaplatz

On selected dates, you will get an insight behind the scenes of the GRIPS Theatre with current and important information on the subject of extracurricular learning and, of course, everything you always wanted to know about theatre.
Especially recommended for all new teachers in Berlin. Whether from other federal states, career changers or trainee teachers.

Next dates: click hier

Kinder inszenieren Erwachsene: Was passiert, wenn Kindern die künstlerische Entscheidungsmacht und Ausführung einer ganzen professionellen Theaterproduktion übertragen wird? Die Entwicklung des Stücks „Don’t stop dreaming“ hat genau dies exemplarisch in den Spielzeiten 2023/24 und 2024/25 herausgefunden. Kinder im Alter von 9 bis 12 Jahren entwickelten in Begleitung von erwachsenen Theatermacher*innen kollektiv ihr eigenes Stück. Sie entschieden über Text und Bühnenbild, Kostüme, Musik und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit – und inszenierten als Regisseur*innen erwachsene Profischauspieler*innen auf der Bühne des GRIPS Podewil.

Wir laden alle Interessierten zum Fachaustausch Partizipation ein, um gemeinsam den Learnings aus diesem einzigartigen Projekt nachzugehen und sie konstruktiv für die eigene pädagogische und künstlerische Praxis zu diskutieren.

Datum und Ort : 23.06.2026 im GRIPS Podewil

Geplanter Ablauf

9:00 Uhr: Ankommen

9:15 Uhr: Begrüßung und Warm up

10:00 Uhr: Vorstellungsbesuch „Don’t stop dreaming" und Nachgespräch

11:45 Uhr: Pause (Möglichkeit des Mittagessens im Restaurant im Podewil, Selbstzahlung)

12:30 Uhr: World Café mit Kindern aus dem Produktionsteam, Leitungsteam und Ensemble

13:30 Uhr: Workshopphase
WS 1: Hands on - Horroraugen basteln und partizipatives Bühnenbild
WS 2: Über das Ergebnis: Reden über Ästhetiken von Kindern für Kinder
WS 3: Über den Prozess: Von Entscheidungen, Adultismuskritik und Verantwortung

15:00 Uhr: Gemeinsamer Abschluss im Foyer/Hof des Podewils

15:30 Uhr: Informeller Austausch bei Kaffee und Kuchen bis 16:00 Uhr

Organisatorisches

Anmeldung zum Fachaustausch bitte über dieses Anmeldeformular.

Im Rahmen der Anmeldung wird auch die erforderliche Karte für die Vorstellung erworben. Die Teilnahme am Fachaustausch ist kostenlos. Teilnahmebescheinigungen können wir ausstellen.

Mehr Informationen zum Stück: „Don’t stop dreaming“
Mehr Informationen zum Projekt: www.propsgehenraus.de