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

Thu 13 November 2025, 5–8 p.m.
From the head to the body

This training course is an invitation to break out of the daily cycle of thoughts: what happens to our bodies when we free our minds? What comes into our minds when we let go? In this training course, we want to switch off our heads and become physically active with theatre education games and body and voice exercises from the world of acting. Let's be brave and creative and discover together how we can use body language to tell stories. And last but not least, how much joy can be created through play.

With Bo Strube (actress) and Lynn Schmökel (theatre educator)

Wed 10 Dec 2025, 5-8 p.m.
Adventure in analogue contact

As a GRIPS actress (e.g. seen in: ‘Alle außer das Einhorn’ or ‘Ab heute heußt du Sara’), Regine Seidler observes: Going to the theatre – two hours offline – seems to be becoming an increasingly difficult challenge for our audience. She asks: Has analogue contact become unattractive? In this training course, she invites participants to explore analogue contact in a playful and dance-like way, to derive dopamine from the joy of being together and to develop ideas on how we can also entice children and young people to open up offline.

- with Regine Seidler (actress at GRIPS Theatre and dance teacher)

In January and February at PRINCESS and UPLOAD VIRGIN

Together with our cooperation partner dissens e.V. - Institute for Education and Research, we are offering two dates for in-depth discussions following a performance. During the play development process, dissens e.V. was already available to us on the topics of gender requirements, images of masculinity and the role of influencers in personality development. Our ensemble will also be present at the discussion.

Attendance at the thematic discussion is free of charge in conjunction with the theatre visit.Please indicate your interest in the discussion when booking your tickets.

Dates

Sun, 25 January 2026 | 4 p.m. | PRINCESS + discussion with dissens e.V. + the GRIPS ensemble | GRIPS Hansaplatz

Tue, 24 February 2026 | 6 p.m. | UPLOAD VIRGIN + discussion with dissens e.V. + the GRIPS ensemble | GRIPS Podewil

Tickets are available from our ticket office.

Prospective teachers share their observations of everyday school life. In workshops, author Lea Streisand and our theatre pedagogy team prepare them for the stage.

This year, the Praxisschock slam will take place at Hansaplatz.
In cooperation with the 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 date: 26.09.2025 | 17 Uhr | GRIPS Hansaplatz
Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Registration at tp(at)grips-theater.de