We were very pleased by the positive response from the Independent Dance and Theatre Scene of Stuttgart to the initial presentation of the Decentralized Venue Model. Therefore, we would like the further coordination process with the Solidarity Community of Stuttgart Theatres and other partner institutions that have contacted us to be accompanied by a focus group from the Independent Scene. We are looking for five individuals who are artistically and/or organizationally active in the Independent Dance and Theatre Scene Stuttgart and wish to contribute their perspectives to the further development process.

At the “We are the Stuttgart Sign!” rally on June 6, 2026, on Stuttgart’s market square, organized by the Stuttgart Alliance for Culture, Education, and Social Affairs, a large number of people showed that culture, education, and social affairs are not a dispensable luxury, but the foundation of a vibrant urban society. During the rally, Jule Lotte Bröcker, freelance puppeteer and physical comedian, spoke for Stuttgart’s culture.

On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, two online events organized by FTTS will take place, either at 11:00 AM or at 4:00 PM. We will provide early information about the current status of the planned decentralized venue concept as a cooperation with numerous Stuttgart theaters. Join us! The aim is to inform you about the model before the application deadline for project funding from the Dance and Theater Department in October 2026, so that you can take this into account when searching for venues and submitting applications.

On June 6 at 4 PM at the Stuttgart Marketplace, the rally “WE ARE THE STUTTGART SIGN – 99 Theses for the City of the Day After Tomorrow” will take place. We urgently rely on your support for mobilization! Save the date, share the action, come in large numbers, and take a stand for culture, education, and social affairs in Stuttgart.

We are pleased to be able to support projects from Stuttgart’s independent dance and theater scene, even though the funds are limited.

When funding is cut, resistance grows – but so does solidarity. When spaces become tighter, voices grow louder. With THE ART OF PROTEST, 3 TAGE FREI opens its condensed edition with a polyphonic revue of artistic interventions, speeches and discursive moments.

[!! The Open Call is closed. !!] Call for applications by Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene Stuttgart gUG (FTTS) within the framework of 3 TAGE FREI by Theater RAMPE, the Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende Baden-Württemberg e.V. (LaFT BW e.V.) in cooperation with the FTTS

The current decisions regarding the 2026/27 biennial budget entail significant cuts for the independent dance and theater scene in Stuttgart and FTTS. Here we inform you about the most important changes, transitional solutions, and next steps for FTTS.