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The Berlin Performing Arts Festival is organized by LAFT – Landesverband freie darstellende Künste Berlin e. V. in cooperation with the performance venues HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Sophiensæle, Ballhaus Ost and Theaterdiscounter.

The Berlin Performing Arts Festival is funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe. 

PAF&friends is an initiative of the association of regional performing arts festivals, consisting of the Berlin Performing Arts Festival, 6 Tage frei (Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg), Hauptsache Frei (Hamburg), RODEO (Munich), FAVORITE (Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia) and is realized in collaboration with Ballhaus Ost Berlin.

The guest performance from Munich has been possible by the Cultural Administration of the State Capital of Munich. The guest performances from Hamburg have made possible by the Ilse and Dr. Horst Rusch Foundation. The guest performance from North Rhine-Westphalia has been possible by the NRW State Office of the Independent Performing Arts and the NWR Ministry for Culture and Science. The schedule of ancillary programming of PAF&friends has been made possible by the Berlin Performing Arts Festival in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost. The Berlin Performing Arts Festival is organized by LAFT – Landsverband freie Darstellende Künste and is funded by the State of Berlin, Senate Department for Culture and Europe.