For individuals

Once a month on Thursdays, 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, 12.12.2024, 5-8 p.m.
Showing your face playfully and democratically!

Political education that is orientated towards the lives of children and young people is a focus of the work of Gesicht Zeigen! and its learning centre 7xjung. In a three-hour training course for educators, you will get to know the tried-and-tested working methods and low-threshold educational materials on the topics of a diverse society, exclusion and cohesion. With interactive methods, motivating materials and space for exchange on practical implementation, the training provides valuable impulses for playfully strengthening democratic attitudes in everyday school life.

with Joanna Mandalian, political educator and theatre pedagogue, responsible for further training at Gesicht Zeigen! für ein weltoffenes Deutschland e.V.

Thu, 09.01.2025, 17-20 h
Biographical storytelling with objects 

What does my bunch of keys know about my life? This workshop explores the possibilities of biographical storytelling based on objects. By placing an object at the centre, it is possible to take a step back as a performer and discover new perspectives on familiar stories. We will try out different ways of combining object theatre and biographical storytelling in everyday school life and developing short, concise scenes.

with Josephine Hock, who studied contemporary puppetry and works as a tutor for object theatre at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre.

Thu, 27.02.2025, 5-8 pm
Playing without language: visual guidance from a deaf* and hearing perspective.

How can we communicate non-verbally and guide without language? Jan Kress (deaf*) and Charlotte Bartesch (hearing) use dance and playful exercises to show how they can organise activities without language. The focus is on creating an inclusive environment in which both deaf* and hearing children and young people can be active together.
Deaf* includes different identities and life realities such as being deaf, hard of hearing, CI-wearing and later deaf.

 - with Jan Kress - dancer, performer, theatre educator and Charlotte Bartesch - theatre educator and theatre maker

Prospective teachers use their words to provide insights into their observations of everyday school life. In workshops with rap and spoken word artist Lila Sovia aka Lavender Szymula and our theater pedagogy, they are prepared for the poetry slam stage.

This year, the Praxisschock slam will take place at Hansaplatz.
In cooperation with the Humboldt University of Berlin

Date: 24. January 2025, 7 pm
Venue: GRIPS Hansaplatz