PULS & PEILUNG – Festival of Berlin Puppetry Students

Before PULS & PEILUNG, student performances took place at Schaubude Berlin as individual events spread throughout the year—diploma premieres typically at the end of the summer semester. Schaubude and the Contemporary Puppetry program at HfS Ernst Busch have collaborated for decades, and student productions were regularly featured on the venue's schedule.

With PULS & PEILUNG starting in 2026, these works will receive their own festival framework for the first time. The precursor formats in 2025 provided the thematic impetus: numerous workshop performances and diploma pieces in 2025 demonstrated that Berlin's puppetry training program has enough material for a full-fledged festival.