01.07.2025: Inside Juggling is nominated for the Cologne Dance and Theater Award

Every year since 1990, the Cologne Dance and Theatre Awards have honoured the best productions from Cologne's dance and theatre scene. At the same time, they draw national attention to the diversity of this scene, which is unique in Germany. On average, 25 productions are nominated from around 120 productions. All professional dance, children's and youth theatre ensembles as well as all other independent theatre groups from Cologne that have performed their play at least three times in Cologne are eligible to apply. Productions by the city of Cologne's theatres are excluded, unless the city's theatres are acting purely as a venue or cooperation partner. Each of the now eight prizes has an expert jury, regulations and its own sponsors. The prizes are currently endowed with a total of 47,500 euros.

The Cologne Circus Prize will be awarded for the first time in 2025. It is endowed with €5,000, awarded by Atemzug e.V. and provided by the KunstSalon Foundation. Two productions from the diverse world of Cologne's contemporary circus were nominated by the jury (Angie Hiesl, Karina Syndicus and Jenny Patschovsky):

INSIDE JUGGLING. An experiment with clubs and camera. A production by Hippana.Maleta.  Co-production: studiobühnekoeln and T-Werk Potsdam. Director: Jonas Schiffauer. Performance: Liza van Brakel. In the TanzFaktur

CARROUSEL. The anniversary show of Cirque Bouffon. Production: Cirque Bouffon Director: Frédéric Zipperlin, Co-director: Helena Bittencourt

The 36th Cologne Dance and Theatre Awards ceremony will take place on 1 December at 7.30 pm in the KOMED Saal in the Mediapark.
More about the Cologne Dance and Theatre Awards here.

We are looking forward to it! Congratulations to all nominees!

20.06.2025: RUNNERS running to Fira de Tàrrega

RUNNERS is invited to Fira Tàrrega! FiraTàrrega is one of the most important marketplaces for theatre in public space and takes place from the 11th to the 14th of September 2025 with the thematic pretext of "connection", offering an eclectic and diverse programme with 54 shows, 37% of which are premieres, and featuring artists from 6 international origins.

31.03.2025: Jonas Schiffauer is a member of the jury for the 7th round of Zirkus ON.

Jonas Schiffauer from Hippana.Maleta is a jury member for the 7th edition of Zirkus ON. Jonas Schiffauer was a candidate in Zirkus ON himself in 2020/2021 and was then selected for the mentoring programme with RUNNERS. Zirkus ON is a model project that was set up in 2018 to professionalise the creative conditions for circus artists in Germany. In each edition, three projects selected by a jury are supported for two years. The Zirkus ON programme is supported by an alliance of 17 partners from all over Germany. The support provided by Zirkus ON laid the foundation for the professionalisation of Hippana.Maleta, its development into a label and then for Europe-wide touring since 2022... Now Jonas is looking forward to incorporating his experience into the decision-making and work process. The projects funded by Zirkus On 2025 / 2026 will be announced shortly.

19.08.2024: RUNNERS is playing at at.tension!

RUNNERS is playing at at.tension! at.tension is a two-yearly interdisciplinary theatre festival at a special location: the extensive 100 hectare site of the Kulturkosmos in Lärz offers a unique backdrop and extraordinary venues for a theatre festival: aircraft hangars, an old runway, various circus tents, as well as diverse park and open spaces. For four days and nights in late summer, the Kulturkosmos grounds will be buzzing with theatre, performance and music, an international programme of experimental circus, rousing street theatre, contemporary puppet theatre and much more. The 10th anniversary will be celebrated in 2024! RUNNERS will be performed 5 x in total from 6 - 8 September.

24.04.2024: RUNNERS starts the festival season at the BILDSTÖRUNG festival in Detmold

For RUNNERS, the open-air season begins at the BILDSTÖRUNG festival in Detmold on 18 and 19 May. The festival, which takes place every two years – usually at Whitsun – showcases traditional and experimental forms of theatre and dance, performance and contemporary circus, audio walks and participatory projects in public spaces, and is one of the pioneering festivals for this art form in Germany. Come and see RUNNERS at Spot 5 – Brunnenwiese – on Sat + Sun at 9:45 pm.