Lecture Performance | Forum Theatertreffen 1965–2025
The Forum’s Forum
© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Fabian Schellhorn
Which issues concern theatre makers in Riga and Asunción, Ibadan and Schwedt/Oder? In playful mini-lectures of six minutes each, the 33 young artists of the International Forum will present excerpts of their ways of thinking and working.
These mini-sessions are a creative way of communicating artistic approaches and questions in both local and global contexts, and will provide opportunities for further exchange of ideas. Two 90-minute rounds take you across 180 latitudes on a ride with the possibility to connect and chat during a break.
The International Forum is a platform for global collaboration, the initial spark for alliances, actions and the search for diverse, local perspectives on global issues. Since 1965, emerging artists from all continents gather in Berlin to think together, make connections and celebrate during the Theatertreffen festival.
By and with
The International Forum takes place in cooperation with Goethe-Institut and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and is supported by the German Stage Association. Further funding institutions of 2025 are Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport and the regional association of the German Stage Association in Baden-Wuerttemberg as well as the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion Berlin, the Ministry of Culture and Media Hamburg, the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Arts and Culture, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, the Cultural Department of the State Capital Munich and the Ministry of Science, Research and Cultural Affairs of the state of Brandenburg. This initiative is co-funded by tax money based on the budget approved by the State Parliament of Saxony.