3rd International Open-Air Summer
Storytelling Festival
September 11–13, 2026:
A festival against silence and division
Performances in English and in German
Bildquelle: Mindaugas CerneckasSongs of the Partisan Women - in English, French, Lithuanian, Ukrainian
with French storyteller Ariane Pawin, Ukrainian singer Oksana Ohorodnyk-Zhuravel and Lithuanian storyteller Milda Varnauskaitė
um 19:00 Uhr bis 21:00
Darinka Ramirez: Hummingbird’s Wings (told in English, German & Spanish)
Stories that travel the world
um 19:30 Uhr bis 22:00
Bildquelle: Thomas KöstlerIvo Hewing: On Hope (told in German)
Stories about people fighting for their rights, their families and their values
um 19:30 Uhr bis 22:00
Bildquelle: Sven TjabenStory - Secret Santa
with surprise guests, stories, singing, mulled wine and pastries
um 19:30 Uhr bis 22:00
Carolin Mazloumian: A Leap Down the Rabbit Hole (told in German)
or: A Brave New World
um 19:30 Uhr bis 22:00
Geoffrey van der Ven: What’s the Difference (in English)
an evening of connection, recognition, and discomfort
um 19:30 Uhr bis 22:00
Britta Wilmsmeier: Forrest Down (told in German)
Mythology meets the present day
um 19:30 Uhr bis 22:00
And what else do we have to offer?
Registration open: New basic course in free storytelling starting September 27, 2025
Expanding your storytelling skills, learning about stories from around the world, and ultimately being able to tell a story of your choice freely, vividly, and excitingly to an audience—these are the goals of the basic course offered by Erzählkunst e. V.
Over 10 weekends in 10 months, the course teaches the basic skills of free storytelling.
This course starts once a year.
More information here
Download flyer here
Bildquelle: Grafik: © U. Breinl1. Workshop on Speech With Beate Krützkamp
Topic: Fairy tales and myths, language and your own voice, spaces and characterizations in gestural storytelling.
What?
The focus continues to be on how we can use language consciously to give structure and imagery to what we say. Your requests are welcome!
Beate Krützkamp is a voice and speech coach. She teaches at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Michael Chekhov Institute, among others – and now also with us again! Read more
When?
Fri, Oct. 24, 2025 / Jan. 16 / Feb. 23, 2026, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each day
Where?
Berlin-Kreuzberg
How much?
127.50 euros for members
The workshop will take place with a minimum of 8 registrations and a maximum of 12 participants.
We ask that you make a binding registration.
Registration: werkstatt@erzaehlkunst.com
Tom Van Mieghem, Foto: Privat
2: Workshop with Tom van Mieghem (Belgium) in November 2025
in 38364 Schöningen, organized by Dorothea Nennewitz in collaboration with Erzählkunst e. V.
Topic: Using stories and storytelling to bring locked-ins out into the open
Applied storytelling
In everyone’s life, there are things we would rather not talk about. Sometimes these things are so difficult that we even try to forget them, consciously or unconsciously. In this workshop, I will introduce a story-inspired way of working with these issues.
We will discover the storybridge technique and experiment with it.
When?
Friday, November 28, from 2 to 6 p.m.
The course is already fully booked!
Grafik: Die Vielen
BERLIN IS CULTURE meets EUROPE OF THE MANY
NO NORMALIZATION OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST POLITICS IN
DEMOCRATIC PARLIAMENTS!
Now more than ever, it is important that we do not remain silent, that we continue to take to the streets as a broad society and stand up to ensure that history does not repeat itself!
“Art creates a space for changing the world.” This is the first sentence of the joint declaration by DIE VIELEN. DIE VIELEN call for more discussions and demonstrations to promote a pluralistic, democratic world. Let us take a firm stand against right-wing extremism! It is high time.
Poll results show that right-wing extremist politics, with their nationalist and hate-driven agenda, are gaining more and more votes in the federal government and several states. Right-wing extremists want to eliminate democracy. Not with us! NEVER AGAIN should theaters, opera houses, orchestras, museums, literary and cultural centers, cinemas, and media outlets place their work at the service of anti-democrats and fascists. It is time to stand up against contempt for humanity and the destruction of our democratic culture!
Storytellers Connect!
Networking is everything – Berlin – Almtal (A) – Glasgow (UK) – Rome (IT)
Storytelling brings people together, creates experiences, and builds a network from mouth to ear across all borders. We look beyond our horizons and wander into the distance, as stories once did, to bring home our impressions, new connections, and great storytellers.
In June 2025, Erzählkunst e. V. was once again represented at the two European network meetings:
From June 17-19, 2025, we were in Rome. There, storytellers from all over Europe met for the annual conference of FEST, the Federation of European StoryTellers: FEST Conference – FEST Network (fest-network.eu). This year’s focus was on connections to Arab countries and storytelling communities.
Preview: In June 2026, we will be heading to Stockholm!
And soon after, from June 25-29, 2025, there was a large German-speaking storytellers’ meeting organized by the VEE in Bad Kreuznach, this time as a congress together with the European Fairy Tale Society (EMG) and the Swiss Fairy Tale Society (SMG).
There, German-speaking storytellers from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany were networking at the VEE storytelling meeting: Storytelling meeting – VEE (erzaehlerverband.org).
Preview: From April 20-23, 2026, the Storytellers’ Association will meet in Leipzig – we’ll be there!