We, the independent performing arts community of North Rhine-Westphalia, once again emphatically demand the complete preservation of the funding structure for independent theatre, independent theatre for children and young people and independent dance.

This includes the reversal of the massive cuts to top-level and excellence funding for theatre and children’s and youth theatre, the suspension of the international dance fair nrw for 2026, the cancellation of iDAS NRW and Cheers for Fears as well as the absence of the call for proposals for conceptual funding and also concerns transparency in other funding instruments such as institutional funding and export funding.