Berliner Festspiele – Ticket Office
Theatertreffen will take place both at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and at other Berlin venues. Here you can read information about barrier-free access so that you can enjoy your visit. For more information and to buy tickets please contact our ticket office.
You can reach the Haus der Berliner Festspiele barrier-free by using public transport: the metro station Spichernstraße (walking distance ca. 550 m) has two lifts on the platform of the U3 line in the direction of Wittenbergplatz and in the direction of Krumme Lanke as well as tactile paving for people with low vision on both sides of the platform.
The Haus der Berliner Festspiele at Schaperstraße 24 has barrier-free, step-free access to the foyer and to the auditorium on the ground floor. The upper foyers as well as the side stage are accessible via a lift. All access doors are open during events. Our staff is happy to provide you with support at any time.
A toilet for all genders as well as for people with limited mobility is located on the ground floor on the left-hand side of the entrance to the main stage.
Four dedicated places for wheelchair users are provided within the auditorium with step-free access. We regret that wheelchairs cannot be borrowed at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. For safety reasons and as a result of our fixed seating, walking aids and rollators may not be left in the auditorium. You are welcome to leave these at the cloakroom. Our front of house staff will be happy to accompany you to your seat or another point in the building, take your walking aid to the cloakroom and then return it to you at an appointed time. You are always welcome to speak to our front of house team about your needs at any time.
Unfortunately, the Haus der Berliner Festspiele does not currently have an induction loop system. Some events are presented with German or English subtitles. Please inform yourself of the opportunities on the respective event page. You can filter by events with subtitles in our calendar.
Assistance dogs may be brought along throughout the entire building. The elevator in the building features tactile signs.
Public parking spaces are located on Schaperstraße. Access to the Haus der Berliner Festspiele via the main entrance as well as via the side stage from the parking areas is barrier-free. As the parking areas do not have any parking spaces especially for persons with disabilities, it is possible to park briefly in front of the entrance to the side stage in order to allow persons with limited mobility to get out or get in. This is also possible for taxis.
Deutsches Theater and Kammerspiele have seats for guests in wheelchairs. Access to the venues is via the ramp or the lift at the entrance to Deutsches Theater.
Please register your visit up to one day before the performance by contacting the Berliner Festspiele Ticket Office by phoning +49 30 254 89 100 oder emailing inklusion@berlinerfestspiele.de.
Unfortunately the Rangfoyer is not accessible barrier-free.
Restrooms for people with disabilities are located in the foyer of Deutsches Theater.
The stalls and first balcony (towards the left) at the Deutsches Theater feature an induction loop system, Kammerspiele up to row 7. We recommend consulting the Berliner Festspiele Ticket Office before booking.
Access and Arrival
The entrance to the Gropius Bau via the accessible entrance is suitable for people with limited mobility, wheelchairs and prams. This is located to the left of the main entrance and is additionally marked with signs in front of the main entrance.
From the surrounding public transport stops, this can be reached as follows:
S-Bahn station Anhalter Bahnhof (S1, S2, S25, S26):
The nearby S-Bahn station Anhalter Bahnhof has an escalator and a lift. This is delineated by signs on the train platforms. The escalator and lift can be found on the way towards the exit “Möckernstraße/Tempodrom”. The lift leads to Askanischer Platz, which is connected to Schöneberger Straße by a tarred path. After about 100 metres on the right-hand side, you will find yourself on Stresemannstraße. Cross the street and stay on the left for about 500 metres to Niederkirchnerstraße. As soon as you have turned onto Niederkirchnerstraße, you will already see the main entrance 100 metres away, with a sign regarding the barrier-free entrance.
The S-Bahn station also has an exit via stairs. This is located in the direction of the exit “Stresemannstraße/Schöneberger Straße”, where the “Martin-Gropius-Bau” is already marked with an accompanying arrow on the platform sign. If you follow this sign, another one will point you to the right exit, which leads directly to Stresemannstraße. There, another sign points the way to the Gropius Bau.
Bus stop Abgeordnetenhaus (M41):
On Stresemannstraße, between the Abgeordnetenhaus S-Bahn station and the turn-off to Niederkirchnerstraße, you will also find the bus stop “Abgeordnetenhaus”. If you arrive there from the direction of “Potsdamer Platz”, you must first cross the street. After about 300 metres along Stresemannstraße, you will find Niederkirchnerstraße on the right-hand side. As soon as you have turned into this street, the main entrance is 100 metres away, along with a sign directing you to the accessible entrance.
(Accessible) parking spaces
The Gropius Bau has a large car park on its west side, which can be reached via an entrance on Stresemannstraße.
There are six accessible parking spaces on the left-hand side of this car park. Niederkirchnerstraße also has a disabled-friendly car park, which is located on the side of the Abgeordnetenhaus, Berlin’s House of Representatives, diagonally opposite the main entrance.
Visit
The building provides barrier-free access to all three exhibition floors. Wheelchairs and portable museum stools are available to loan from the cloakroom.
All Gender / Accessible toilets
Toilets for all genders, which also function as accessible toilets, can be found on the first floor.
The closest public transport stations are Am Kupfergraben (trams 12, M1), Staatsoper (buses 100, 300, N5), Museumsinsel metro station (U5, has a lift), Friedrichstraße train and metro station (S1, S2, S25, S26, S3, S5, S7, S9, U6, several regional trains, has lifts). From 13:00 to 23:00, 2 disabled parking spaces are available in front of the theatre’s main entrance.
The Maxim Gorki Theatre is accessible by ramp at the main entrance and the lift to the right of the entrance. The theatre has up to four wheelchair spaces in the stalls in rows 8 and 10. The box office, the accessible toilet, the cloakroom and the foyer are on the ground floor and accessible by the ramp at the main entrance.
The daytime and evening box office is located in the foyer of the Maxim Gorki Theatre. If you use a wheelchair, please contact Maxim Gorki Theater four days before your visit at the latest by calling +49 (0) 30 20221115 or emailing ticket@gorki.de.
The canteen has no step-free access, there are three stairs from the foyer to the canteen. Unfortunately the terrace also has no step-free access, there are three stairs to the terrace from both the canteen side and the garden side. The garden is accessible through the parking lot.
The ticket office, main foyer and main auditorium/Großes Haus are wheelchair-accessible via the main entrance of the theatre building. Wheelchair users visiting Probebühne/Videothek have access via lifts at Linienstraße 227, 10178 Berlin, at the stage door/back of the theatre building.
Barrier-free access to Sternfoyer, upper stalls, the locations Roter Salon/Grüner Salon and 3. Stock is currently not possible for structural reasons.
On the wheelmap.org website you will find detailed, illustrated information about the Volksbühne’s barrier-free facilities.
Hearing aid users are welcome to connect to our inductive hearing system provided for performances shown at Großes Haus. Words and music on stage will be transferred to the user’s hearing aid via wireless technology.
There are a limited number of wheelchair spaces available in the stalls for performances on the main stage/Großes Haus and on Probebühne/Videothek. For the performances of “ja nichts ist ok“ on 3 and 4 May and for the performance of “SANCTA“ on 10 May please contact Volksbühne’s box office 24h in advance of your visit by calling +49 (0)30 24065-777, or emailing to: besucherservice@volksbuehne-berlin.de. For the performances of “SANCTA“ on 8 and 9 May please contact the Berliner Festspiele Ticket Office 24 h in advance by calling +49 30 254 89 100 or emailing inklusion@berlinerfestspiele.de.