柏林 —— 马戏节目出租与落地条件Circus Act for Hire in Berlin — Theatres, Variete and Arenas

买家结构：剧院、综艺剧场与展会Who buys: theatres, variete houses and trade-fair organisers

Berlin buys entertainment through three channels. The theatre and variete sector — a long tradition of variety stages and guest programming, where a visiting act is judged on craft and sits inside an existing evening. The corporate and conference market, driven by the trade-fair calendar and a large headquarters economy, which buys short, high-impact slots. And the arena and festival circuit, which buys headline or supporting programming around large events.

Audiences here are informed. A programme that reads as a generic spectacle will be reviewed as one. The formats that travel best to Berlin are the ones with a genuine technical discipline behind them.

德国用工制度：90 天规则与马戏例外The German rule: 90 days, and the circus exception

This is the single most important paragraph for anyone planning a German engagement, and it is routinely misunderstood.

• The general rule. Under the Employment Ordinance, non-EU artists who keep their ordinary residence abroad can perform in Germany for up to 90 days within a twelve-month period in certain contexts — festival and cultural-event appearances, guest performances, and one-day shows for up to 15 days a year — without the activity being treated as employment requiring a separate work authorisation.
• The exception that matters. Those exemptions do not apply to people engaged by a German establishment in the performing arts — including a circus troupe. Performances and rehearsals, paid or unpaid, then require a residence title permitting employment, and the Federal Employment Agency is involved through its international placement service.
• EU and EEA nationals are on a different footing entirely and should confirm their own position; the rule above is written for third-country nationals.

We therefore identify, at proposal stage, who the contracting party is — a festival or cultural event on the one side, a German circus or producing house on the other — because that single fact decides the paperwork route. Requirements are set by the competent authority and the embassy in each case.

场地与节目匹配Which act suits which venue

档期：一座围绕冬天运转的城市Season: a city built around winter

• October to February — peak programming. The trade-fair calendar, the pre-Christmas market season, the autumn light-festival window and the year-end corporate period all compress into this stretch. Venues book early.
• December — the tightest fortnight. Company events, city programming and holiday crowds compete for the same halls and the same crew.
• May to September — festival season. Open-air and large-site work becomes practical, but the city calendar is dense and arena availability thins.
• Summer heat and winter cold. Both matter. Rigged outdoor acts are comfortable in a Berlin summer, and indoor formats carry the year comfortably.

需要您提供什么What we need from your side

• The contracting party, named. Whether the engagement is with a festival or event on the one hand, or a German producing house or circus on the other, decides the paperwork route.
• The venue and its clear height, or a section drawing.
• Whether the booking is a single evening, a run, or a series of one-day appearances, with the dates.
• The audience profile — public, corporate, mixed — and the language policy for any spoken element. Our headline acts carry no dialogue at all.

Send those and we will come back with a format recommendation and a technical plan, free of charge and before any contract discussion.

常见问题Frequently asked questions

取得联系Start the conversation

Email mengtangshow@outlook.com with your venue type, the format you have in mind and your target dates, or reach us on WhatsApp at +86 189 6899 9691 (GMT+8). Site surveys are free of charge and come before any contract is discussed.