Upcoming stage formats: what you can expect

• Open stages with an improv focus: Evenings where spontaneous scenes, short formats, and audience impulses take center stage. Expect changing hosts, short slots, and a rotating line-up.
• Performative backstage settings: Productions with flexible room layouts and proximity to the audience. Here, language, body, light, and sound are used as equal levels.
• Hybrid evenings Music × Performance: Live improvisation, loop and vocal layers, visual elements, and scenic miniatures in one set – ideal if you want to discover something new.
• Reading as action: Texts are further developed into compact performances with sound, projection, and movement.

Individual dates are usually published several weeks in advance and often take place on Thursday to Saturday evenings. Short-notice additional shows are possible.

Workshops & courses starting soon

• Improv taster days for adults: A compact day format with warm-ups, status and spontaneity exercises, and first scenes. Suitable with no prior knowledge.
• Two-day workshop Vocal Improv (Circlesongs): Multi-part grooves and soundscapes in a circle, with an optional short sharing session in the evening.
• Intensive modules "Tools for the stage": Focus on character work, story beats, listening & agreement ("Yes, and..."), timing, and endings.

Spots are usually limited; early registration is recommended. For many offerings, comfortable clothing, water, and a notebook are sufficient.

Urban space performances: open-air moments ahead

With rising temperatures, walk-acts, acrobatics, and improvised scenes outdoors are expected. Venues are typically squares on the island, waterfront areas, and courtyards. Formats are short, mobile, and family-friendly – ideal for spontaneous cultural stops while strolling.

How to secure tickets and spots

1. Check early: Many dates go online just a few weeks in advance and sell out quickly – especially workshops.
2. Newsletter & social: Sign up with local stages, cultural centers, and clubs for announcements. Push notifications help with additional shows.
3. Use waiting lists: For courses, it's worth signing up; available spots are often given out at short notice.
4. Ask on site: Evening box office or info desks often offer last-minute options.

Tips for your visit

• Best place to stand/sit: For performative settings, a seat with an unobstructed view of the stage without a platform is worthwhile – arrive early!
• Participation welcome: In improv, the audience can call out a word, a place, or a feeling. If you don't want to, you don't have to – everything is voluntary.
• Accessibility: Check in advance for accessibility, seating options, and restroom situation at the venue; for open-air formats, also check the ground conditions.
• Quiet please: For vocal and sound performances, quiet entrances and exits are respectful – please mute devices.

For artists: How to get on the next stage

• Watch open calls: Short-form performances, mixed-media slots, and improv sets are regularly advertised.
• Have tech sheets ready: Short description (max. 1 page), required technology, duration, and setup time increase your chances for short-notice slots.
• Seek collaborations: Music, dance, literature, and visual arts are often mixed – interdisciplinary proposals are welcome.

Calendar & notifications

Current announcements appear continuously in the schedules of Lindau's stages, cultural centers, and clubs as well as in city cultural calendars. Activate newsletters and calendar subscriptions to not miss any publication.