ZEIT FÜR ZIRKUS 
   ZEIT ZUM REDEN

The Germany-wide festival for contemporary circus.

November 14 - 16, 2025

ZEIT FÜR ZIRKUS presents contemporary circus live on stage and brings it to life at the international La Nuit du Cirque. La Nuit Du CirqueOver the course of a weekend and across the country, there will be a diverse program of performances, workshops, exhibitions, parties, online formats, and much more!

ZEIT ZUM REDEN is this year's discourse program, which organizes discussions, encounters, and exchanges in collaboration with seven national venues.

To the Programme 2025 

Discourse Programme 2025

The discourse program ZEIT ZUM REDEN (TIME TO TALK) organizes discussions, encounters, and exchanges in collaboration with seven national venues. On equal footing with the audience and the circus scene, pressing issues surrounding the art form and its practitioners are discussed in the context of our times. 

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Venues ZEIT FÜR ZIRKUS 2025

Berlin Chamäleon Berlin  / Circus Schatzinsel / Fabrik-Theater Moabit / Internationales Kulturcentrum Ufa- Fabrik / Katapult / Pfefferberg Theater / Q-SPACE Bochum OPEN SPACE / Prinz Regent Theater Bochum  Bremen bremer shakespeare company Darmstadt Kulturzentrum Bessunger Knabenschule Dortmund Fritz-Henßler-Haus Dresden Societaetstheater Dresden  Essen Kunstwiese UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein Filderstadt FILharmonie Filderstadt Hamburg Circus Abrax Kadabrax Herne Flottman-Hallen Karlsruhe Kulturzentrum Tollhaus  Kelbra CircusMühle Kelbra Kiel Audimax CAU Kiel Cologne CCCC – Kreationszentrum Zeitgenössischer Zirkus Köln  / Haus der Architektur /  KKT – Kölner Künstler:innen Theater / Kulturbunker Mülheim / Latibul – Theater- und Zirkuspädagogisches Zentrum /Tanzfaktur / U-Bahn Haltestelle Heumarkt Leipzig IceLab LeipzigLOFFT – DAS THEATER / Ost-Passage Theater Munich Ganswoanders / Pasinger Fabrik / Pepe Dome Teatron Neuenburg am Rhein Cirque Intense Zelt Witten Saalbau Witten Zeitz Capitol Theater Sonstiges: Digital Bundesverband Zeitgenössischer Zirkus e.V. (BUZZ)

 

Organisation +
Team

Organised by
Bundesverband Zeitgenössischer Zirkus e.V. (Federal Association of Contemporary Circus in Germany)

In cooperation with
Territoires de Cirque

Project Management 
Marina Rieger und Jenny Patschovsky

Cross Media Communication communication
Kathrin Wagner

PR 
k3 berlin – Kontor für Kultur und Kommunikation

Graphic Design 
Malte Garrecht

Webdesign IT
Ulrich Krause

 

ZEIT FÜR ZIRKUS Cologne is funded by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne.

ZEIT ZUM REDEN ZEIT ZUM REDEN is supported by theFonds Darstellende Künste from funds provided by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

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Photo Wolf by Circa – Chamaeleon Berlin, Photo Andy Phillipson