RSS Generator 2.1.1 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://www.yesticket.org/events/de/fliegende-funken-festival Events / Workshops: FLIEGENDE FUNKEN IMPROFESTIVAL 2026 - AGAINST THE DRIFT de-DE FLIEGENDE FUNKEN IMPROFESTIVAL 2026 - AGAINST THE DRIFT, 2026 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:50:01 +0200 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:50:01 +0200 120 https://www.yesticket.org/uploads/org_fff-2026-logo-yesticket.jpg_small.jpg https://www.yesticket.org/events/de/fliegende-funken-festival 144 108 FLIEGENDE FUNKEN IMPROFESTIVAL 2026 - AGAINST THE DRIFT Resistance: Saying Yes to the Tension, Saying Yes to Reality “Yes, and” for Adults Improvisation is theatre, and audiences come with expectations: they want to recognise themselves, their struggles, and their relationships on stage. In real life, people resist change. They hesitate, deny, delay, and try to remain balanced even when transformation is inevitable. That resistance—when played truthfully—is where tension lives, and where scenes gain weight, meaning, and emotional impact. Resistance is an intensive workshop focused on developing the skills that allow performers to say yes to tension rather than bypass it. Participants learn how to stretch moments of uncertainty, reluctance, and internal conflict instead of resolving them too quickly. By resisting certain opportunities and allowing them to mature, actors create higher stakes and more satisfying breakthroughs. The work sharpens ensemble awareness, narrative sense, and audience sensitivity, reframing “Yes, and” as an agreement with what is obvious: feelings, impulses, circumstance, and truth. The workshop includes physical and musical warm-ups to explore the bodily experience of tension, alongside focused scene work with clear, constructive feedback. https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/andrew-hefler-resistance-saying-yes-to-the-tension-sayin-17-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/andrew-hefler-resistance-saying-yes-to-the-tension-sayin-17-09-26 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100 Viele kennen dieses Format, es ist ein Klassiker, der hier aber mal wieder neu gelesen und gespielt werden will, abgebürstet und ins Licht der Gegenwart getaucht. Wie könnte man Theatersport 2026 spielen? Neue Teams, neue Herausforderungen, neuer Wettkampf. Die Grundstruktur bleibt gleich, zwei Teams treten gegeneinander an, improvisieren was das Zeug hält und überzeugen das Publikum von ihren Qualitäten. Denn das Publikum ist nach wie vor King und Queen und entscheidet, wer am Ende des Abends als Sieger von der Bühne geht. Gemeinsames Abdriften und Zusammenzucken. Ungesehenes sehen. Das Leben spüren, das immer noch live gelebt werden will. Noch immer gilt: Theatersport sucht das Risiko und bringt Dinge auf die Bühne, die eigentlich unspielbar sind. Die Spielenden testen aus, was man alles anders machen könnte und machen das dann. https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/theatersport-deutsch-english-17-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/theatersport-deutsch-english-17-09-26 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Part 1: The Fight for Normalcy It is often the case that impro actors feel immense pressure to be interesting or funny or weird to make scenes watchable. This is rarely a good approach. Too often in improvised work actors get nervous or overexcited and take things way outside and get downright wacky. This, while liberating, exhilarating or otherwise has the ability to confuse or frustrate viewers and other players ultimately trivializing or leaving the scenes meaningless or worse yet senseless. This course explores and exercises our skill set as actors to dare to be normal, balanced and functional in scenes setting them up for far greater risk and reward while giving the viewer real likeable, believable characters to pull for. Part 2: Taboos, Misbehaviour and Challenging Themes on Stage Do you feel like improvised shows often rehash the same types of scenes over and over again? Do you ever leave them after either playing or as an audience member without the real ability to remember what it is you saw or why you saw it? This is in the cards. It’s part of working unscripted. There is a strong argument to be made for very light entertainment. Still, the stage is a dangerous place. It should not lack consequence. It should be dangerous to the characters. This is theater’s unique, great power. The audience buys a ticket to see others struggle with things that they see and experience too. Theater has a great chance to reflect versions of realities and fantasies that the viewers know, understand and are tickled to see others suffer. This course is about making risky choices. It is a course that wants to turn up the temperature on risk and relationships. There will be numerous exercises examining the skills on how to get piquant or pressing topics out in the open and examined. It will look to define technique that can put controversial or troubling content on stage while handling it sensitively and poignantly. https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/andrew-hefler-masterclass-part-1-the-fight-for-normalcy-18-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/andrew-hefler-masterclass-part-1-the-fight-for-normalcy-18-09-26 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100 WIR SURFEN AUF DER FEEDBACKSCHLEIFE! Improtheater lebt von Kontakt und Austausch, sowohl zwischen den Spielenden als auch zwischen Bühne und Zuschauenden. Die berühmte Feedbackschleife zwischen Publikum und Darstellenden ist ein Wunder und eine Möglichkeit, von der das literarische Theater nur träumen kann. Gleichzeitig ist sie aber auch die Quelle schlimmer Deformationen, wie schon unsere Gründerfiguren immer und immer wieder betont haben: Viola Spolin beklagte den „Exhibitionismus“ der Schauspielenden und Paul Sills, so wird berichtet, riss sie von der Bühne, wenn sie versuchten, witzig zu sein. Keith Johnstone warnte davor, sich in einen „sabbernden Komiker“ zu verwandeln, wenn man vom Gelächter der Zuschauenden abhängig wird. Kein Zweifel: Die Feedbackschleife kann uns auch böse unter sich begraben. Wie schützen wir uns davor, uns langfristig in ja-sagende, immer nur am billigsten Zuschauergeschmack orientierte Animationsmaschinen zu werden? Welche inneren, künstlerischen Werte müssen wir entwickeln? Gibt es ein „künstlerisches Gewissen“ und wie kann man es stärken? Haben die Spielenden eine Würde und wo wird sie durch Vorgaben des Publikums angegriffen (und warum)? Wann und wie darf ich, sollte ich, muss ich NEIN sagen? In diesem Workshop lernen die Spielenden, dass sie ihren inneren Kompass nicht verlieren müssen, um auf der Improbühne im engen Kontakt mit den Zuschauenden zu sein. Die Übungen vermitteln ein Gespür dafür, wie wir rauskommen aus dem Sog ins Seichte, ohne das Publikum zu verlieren. https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/nicole-erichsen-gunter-loesel-wir-surfen-auf-der-feedbacks-18-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/nicole-erichsen-gunter-loesel-wir-surfen-auf-der-feedbacks-18-09-26 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100 Introduction to Musical Improv: Finding Your Voice In this supportive and joyful workshop, we’ll establish a shared musical vocabulary while exploring common song structures, tropes, and techniques that help us build tuneful improvised songs. This workshop is open to improvisers of all backgrounds and experience levels. Whether you’re an experienced musical improviser or someone interested in beginning to explore character work through song, this session offers an opportunity to strengthen your musical instincts and gain confidence collaborating with a musician. No singing experience is necessary. Together we’ll learn to quiet our inner critic, support one another, and craft duets and group numbers—eventually building toward a fully improvised musical montage. https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/rachel-bouton-chris-frerichs-introduction-to-musical-impr-18-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/rachel-bouton-chris-frerichs-introduction-to-musical-impr-18-09-26 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100 Aus wenigen Eindrücken entstehen Geschichten über Menschen – lange bevor wir sie wirklich kennen. Wir ordnen ein, vergleichen und bewerten. ONE OF US macht diesen Reflex zum Ausgangspunkt eines improvisierten Theaterexperiments. Wahre persönliche Besonderheiten, spontane Assoziationen und die Fantasie des Publikums lassen Gewissheiten brüchig werden und Erwartungen ins Wanken geraten. Was passt zu wem? Was erscheint uns glaubwürdig – und warum? ONE OF US spielt mit Vermutungen statt Gewissheiten, mit Schubladen, Vorurteilen und ersten Eindrücken. Denn oft verraten unsere Spekulationen mehr über uns selbst als über die Menschen, die wir betrachten. Vielleicht erkennen wir andere. Vielleicht erkennen wir vor allem uns selbst. Ein Theaterexperiment über Identität, Projektionen und die Vielfalt menschlicher Geschichten. https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/one-of-us-deutsch-18-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/one-of-us-deutsch-18-09-26 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Set in a luxury resort, Hotel Superior examines the fragile social contract between the pampered nouveau riche and the servant class tasked with indulging them. Desire, entitlement, beauty, and power collide as hierarchies quietly unravel beneath polished surfaces and impeccable service. Entirely improvised, the play makes distinctive use of stage and audience, culminating in a final collective decision: which character’s stay at the hotel will take a fatal turn. Blending dark satire, social observation, and theatrical risk, Hotel Superior offers a sharp, unsettling, and darkly comic reflection on privilege and consequence. Each performance is unique, creating a memorable experience for audience and performers alike. The audience is not external to this system but materially inscribed within it. Prior to performance, spectators determine the hotel’s location online, situating the fiction within a collectively authored geography. Inside the theatre, a stratified audience structure assigns differing experiential conditions across three tiers — Luxury Class, Elegance Class, and a VIP pair — subtly reframing perception, proximity, and access. https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/hotel-superior-english-18-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/hotel-superior-english-18-09-26 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Intermediate Musical Improv: Story and Song In this two-part, full-day workshop, we’ll root into our own taste, identity, and experience to discover new paths toward authentic stories, lived-in characters, and compelling improvised songs. Open to improvisers of all experience levels, but newer musical improvisers are strongly encouraged to attend Introduction to Musical Improv: Finding Your Voice before joining this session. Part 1 — SONG A great song has the power to bring you to tears or get you on your feet. In this session, we’ll tap into our own musical tastes to identify what makes a song truly work. We’ll play with dynamics, melody, rhythm, rhyme, and texture in improvised music, to create music that sounds like something we would put on repeat in our headphones. Part 2 — STORY Everyone has a story to tell, including our improvised characters. We’ll draw from our lived experiences and personal identities to develop characters with histories, philosophies, and honest desires. By pairing truthful storytelling with musical authenticity, we’ll discover how songs https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/rachel-bouton-chris-frerichs-intermediate-musical-improv-19-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/rachel-bouton-chris-frerichs-intermediate-musical-improv-19-09-26 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100 THE ART OF COLLABORATION — ORGANIC MONTAGE This workshop will focus on organic play as an ensemble. More being… less thinking! Hone your ability to simplify the game of a scene and blow it out to the Nth degree. All exercises are set to identify premise, celebrate a central game, and attack it as an ensemble. The organic montage is abstract, amorphous and ever changing, stirring themes, games, stories and character into a thick soup of truth and humor. This form demands group ownership, bold choices, physicality, split second agreement and attack. https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/christian-capozzoli-the-art-of-collaboration-organic-mont-19-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/christian-capozzoli-the-art-of-collaboration-organic-mont-19-09-26 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100 The audience members are guests at the last rehearsal of a fully improvised musical comedy before its big premiere. With suggestions from the audience and a blank script the actors will take you on a journey of song, dance, acting, and of course humor! The ensemble performers, masters in storytelling, accompanied by live musicians will leave an unforgettable impression with intriguing scenes, memorable melodies, and plenty of laughter! https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/the-last-rehearsal-english-19-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/the-last-rehearsal-english-19-09-26 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Katzen wissen immer, was sie wollen: Kuscheln! Abstand! Sex! Futter! Jagen! Da wird nicht lange diskutiert, da gibt es keine Unklarheiten, da braucht es keine Zwischentöne. Wäre es nicht besser, wenn wir das auch könnten? CATPRINT FOREVER geht dieser Fantasie nach, indem alle Schauspielenden sich in halbe Katzen verwandeln. Jeder und jede trägt ein Kleidungsstück mit Catprint und von Zeit zu Zeit bricht die Katzenhaftigkeit hervor – in einem Tatzenhieb, einem Anschnurren oder auch in einem furiosen Lied. CATPRINT FOREVER versammelt singstarke Improvisateur:innen aus ganz Deutschland zu einem pittoresken und animalischen Musical. Die deutsche Antwort auf „Cats“. https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/catprint-forever-das-lass-die-katze-raus-musical-deutsch-19-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/catprint-forever-das-lass-die-katze-raus-musical-deutsch-19-09-26 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 AERODYNAMICS OF YES Get familiar with the Aerodynamics of Yes the fundamentals of 4TRACK created by Christian Capozzoli. This is a course designed to help performers build upon prior improv training. It sets out to create a bedrock foundation for you as a self reliant, team-playing, fun-chasing improviser. This is for improvisers that want a refreshing new slant on the way they play. Learn to advance and expand your ideas and weave them into rewarding scenes and narratives, with pronounced games. https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/christian-capozzoli-aerodynamics-of-yes-3-hours-eng-20-09-26 info@fliegendefunken.de (Nicole Erichsen) https://www.yesticket.org/event/de/christian-capozzoli-aerodynamics-of-yes-3-hours-eng-20-09-26 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100