FACE IT! educational program

How does stage arbitration work? For arbitrators and interested parties

This introduction to the special nature of stage arbitration prepares arbitrators/assessors for their work. In addition to the legal basics, skills are taught to actively influence a settlement or the outcome of arbitration awards. This is an opportunity to stand up for your colleagues!

Speaker: Stephan Müller 

April 22, 3 - 5 p.m. (German)

Company and service agreements on working hours - what is behind them?

A company or service agreement on working hours determines when work is carried out, when breaks are due, how days off are regulated and how the weekly schedules are structured. These regulations are agreed between the parties to the agreement for each individual company. In this course, you will learn step by step how to turn your ideas into a concrete agreement - and how to implement it successfully.

Speaker: Adil Laraki

May 13 3 - 5 p.m. (German)
June 23 3 - 5 p.m. (German)

Negotiate fees

How do you negotiate your fee confidently and competently without going over the top? This course teaches practical strategies for achieving good results with confidence and success. 

Speakers: Stephan Müller 

May 14 3 - 5 p.m. (German)
May 15, 3 - 5 p.m. (English)

The machete for the parental allowance jungle

The pregnancy test is positive, but the thought of the paperwork makes you negative? Parental allowance, ElterngeldPlus, part-time parental leave - this course will guide you through the maze. We welcome questions sent in advance to weinreich@gdba.de.

Speaker: Franziska Weinreich

Date: 26.05.2025, 8:30 pm 

Curated by the AG "Familie am Theater" in cooperation with Bühnenmütter* e.V.

Talking to theater management and politicians

As private individuals, but also in our trade union function, we deal with people who are hierarchically superior to us: Management or theater directors. But we also want to deal with politicians confidently and inform them about our concerns. This course teaches a few clever tricks for strategic and direct interaction in a relaxed manner. 

Speaker: Raphael Westermeier 

June 2, 3 - 5 p.m. (German)
June 3, 3 - 5 p.m. (English)

What does this GDBA actually do?

Somehow a lot is happening at GDBA at the moment. But what exactly does it do and who is behind it? This information event is aimed at interested members and non-members

Speaker: Lauren Schubbe

ATTENTION: Changed date
June 16 3 - 5 p.m. (German)
June 17, 7 - 9 p.m. (English)

All about THEMIS Trust Center Against Sexual Harassment and Violence e.V. do?

The THEMIS Trust Centre Against Sexual Harassment and Violence e.V. offers confidential and free legal and psychological counseling for affected individuals, employers, witnesses, and anyone working in an advisory capacity in companies within the culture and media industry. Katrin Kirstein is active at THEMIS in both legal counseling and prevention work.

The event will take place online and will not be recorded to ensure a confidential atmosphere. Interpretation into English will be provided. Join us and bring your questions!

Speaker: Katrin Inga Kirstein

June 18 - 7 - 10 p.m. (English)

www.themis-vertrauensstelle.de

Understanding contracts

We've all been there: as soon as you get the job, you don't know whether you've been ripped off in the contract. This course uses simple language to sharpen your analytical skills so that you can understand contracts, approach targeted renegotiations and know your rights and obligations. 

Speakers: Stephan Müller

Dates to be announced. Pre-registration possible.

Non-renewal - everything you need to know

It happens in June and October: the invitations to the hearing are sent out and then? This course is aimed at interested parties, those affected and accompanying persons. 

Speaker: Nadine Wirths

Dates to be announced. Pre-registration possible.

How to get child benefit?

An overview of the most important social benefits for family life: What social benefits are there? What other state support is available for me and my family in addition to parental allowance? We take a look at what the individual benefits can do in addition to financial support: Social benefits act as an important factor towards equal opportunities and social mobility within society - they are nowhere near as bad as their reputation, let's put them to the test.

Speaker: Franziska Weinreich

Dates to be announced

Curated by the AG "Familie am Theater" in cooperation with Bühnenmütter* e.V.

A baby is coming - and now?

Do I have to say that I am pregnant? Can the theater ask about my family planning? What rights do I have under the Maternity Protection Act? Is childcare really a private matter? And how do I apply for parental allowance? In this event, we give parents-to-be a compact overview of your rights and obligations regarding pregnancy, parental leave and professional conditions. 

Speaker: Franziska Weinreich 

Dates to be announced

Curated by the AG "Familie am Theater" in cooperation with Bühnenmütter* e.V.

Pension and Riester - Understanding the Bayerische Versorgungskammer

Members of the stage have their own pension fund - the Versorgungskammer der Deutschen Bühnen (VDDB). This course is about how it works and what it does for us. 

Speaker and dates to be announced

Right to strike for NV Bühne employees

Who is allowed to strike, when do you get strike pay and what do you have to pay attention to? This course is aimed at interested NV Bühne employees. 

Speaker: Wolfgang Schwaninger

Dates to be announced. Pre-registration possible.

Conflicts at the theater - solutions below the "sue me" threshold 

Speaker: Wolfgang Schwaninger

Dates to be announced. Pre-registration possible.

What changing diapers, cleaning the toilet and being on stage have to do with the economy

The daily balancing act between private care work and paid work presents many people with enormous challenges. They often have the feeling that it is their own failure and that they have to find a solution on their own. However, the reasons for the excessive demands are structural. They lie in the economic system and the devalued role that care work plays in it, just like art and culture. Only those who recognize how central their own care work is for culture and the economy can demand changes from politicians and stand up for equality. The economy is much more than the figures in the business section of newspapers suggest - it concerns us all! Because the economy also means cleaning the toilet, changing diapers, standing on stage, washing costumes ... get involved in an encouraging, economic change of perspective!

Speaker: Feline Tecklenburg

was on March 17, 8.30 p.m.

Curated by the AG "Familie am Theater" in cooperation with Bühnenmütter* e.V.

Needs-based childcare - What is possible and how do I get what I need?

"I want to work as if I didn't have children - and I want to have children as if I didn't work." Anna von Haebler is an actress and usually works where she doesn't live. That's why she knows all about a trick that is far too unknown: childcare on demand. This course is about what that is and how to get it.  

Speakers: Anna von Haebler, Franziska Weinreich 

March 24, 20:30-22:00

Curated by the AG "Familie am Theater" in cooperation with Bühnenmütter* e.V.

NV Stage Basics  

The standard stage collective agreement is the core of our labor law. In 2.5-hour courses for the curious, we will introduce you to the rules and regulations. We also look far beyond the horizon to general employment law.  

Speaker: Stephan Müller 

March 24 3 - 5 p.m. (German)
March 26, 3 - 5 p.m. (English)

Introduction to the new collective agreement Guest

Good news for all guests on German stages: The new TV guest brings clear rules for cancellation fees and vacation entitlements. This course explains in simple language what the TV guest can do.

Speaker: Wolfgang Schwaninger

April 8, 3 - 4:30 p.m. (German)
April 10, 3 - 4:30 p.m. (English)

That was my idea - copyright par force

Stage professionals are creatively active: Pieces of music, texts, choreographies, stage sets, etc. constitute works within the meaning of copyright law. In this course, we explain the basic concepts of copyright law: Types of work, copyright vs. ancillary copyright, editing rights, rights of use, copyright contract law, employee:employee copyright law and much more.   

Speaker: Hinrich Lange 

April 10, 3 - 4 p.m. (German)
June 12, 3 - 4 p.m. (German)

Fair sharing instead of exhaustion - paths to equal care

Care work is essential - it keeps families, communities and society together. But who takes on this work and how fairly is it distributed? In many cases, the main responsibility for children, relatives and the household remains with one person, often without conscious agreement.

Why does this happen? What structures contribute to this, and what preferences and patterns perpetuate unequal distributions? And above all: how can care be organized more fairly in everyday life, and what can we all do to contribute to this?

Speaker: Jo Lücke

April 14, 8:30 - 10:00 p.m.

Curated by the AG "Familie am Theater" in cooperation with Bühnenmütter* e.V.