Funding in the field of performing arts aimed at a young audience (KiA-program)
Call for projects for children’s, youth and puppet theatre in Berlin Mitte
Aims of the funding are, among others:
a) The development and maintenance of theatre programs in urban spaces, in which there has been little or no provision nearby. In the Mitte district, these are the areas Gesundbrunnen (0130) and Moabit (0120). The areas can be viewed on this map of “lebensweltlich orientierte Räume”.
b) Maintenance and strengthening of already existing spaces of independent children‘s, youth, and puppet theatre performances.
c) Strengthening of the cultural participation of children’s, youth and puppet theatre in the performing arts.
d) Strengthening of the basis of work and life of artists of the performing arts
Object of the funding
The performance awards are granted upon application for theater offerings that are organized and performed by individual artists or mobile independent groups in the form of individual events or series of events for children and young people in underserved urban areas in Mitte.
In order to realize the above-mentioned aims, the Department of Art, Culture and History in the BA Mitte will award various grants in 2025:
1. performance premiums for individual events and series in previously underserved urban spaces in Mitte (cf. objective a) -> more informations
2. project funding for venues in the field of performing arts for young audiences in Mitte (venue funding) -> more informations
3. project funding in underserved urban areas in Mitte (Moabit and Gesundbrunnen) -> more informations
Please find informations about funded projects in 2024 in our press release.
Address
Bezirksamt Mitte
Fachbereich Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte
Mathilde-Jacob-Platz 1
10551 Berlin
The application deadline for 2025 is 15 January 2025 for projects starting from March 2025 at the earliest.
Applications must be submitted using the online form, which will be activated from 15 October 2024. In addition to the online application, all documents including the completed online form must be sent by post.
There will be an online info session to inform interested applicants about the application process for the KiA Program in Berlin-Mitte. The event takes place in German, questions may be asked in English. The session takes place on 2 December 2024, 10am.
You can sign up for the info session here: https://pretix.eu/Stadtkultur-Mitte/kia2025/
Forms (only in German language)