NO LIMITS 2026 Disability & Performing Arts Festival
In its twelfth edition, NO LIMITS presents a diverse program featuring works by artists who identify as disabled, blind, chronically ill, Deaf, having learning disabilities or neurodivergent. For the first time, Germany’s largest and most important festival for Disability & Performing Arts is curated exclusively by disabled experts. Amidst post-apocalyptic survival strategies from Switzerland and a reimagining of Dante’s Divine Comedy from Belgium, a reckoning with myths from Brazil, and visually striking theatre from Poland, strong aesthetic signatures with a clear message become apparent.
In collaboration with HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Theater Thikwa, Ballhaus Ost, and Theater an der Parkaue, NO LIMITS presents international theater, dance, and performance groups, alongside workshops, parties, and interactive dialogue formats. In 2026, particular emphasis is placed on disabled artistic authorship as well as the accessibility of venues and performances.
The festival is funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion and Aktion Mensch.
SCHEDULE
Stimprovisation
Aby Watson (Scotland)
Workshop
Saturday, November 14 | 14:00–18:00 | Theater Thikwa Studio

Mark of a Woman
Chisato Minamimura (UK)
Performance | German Premiere
Saturday, November 14 | 19:30–20:30 | Theater Thikwa
Sunday, November 15 | 19:30–20:30 | Theater Thikwa

Dancing Is Stimming and Stimming Is Dancing
Aby Watson (Scotland)
Lecture-Performance
Sunday, November 15 | 17:30–18:30 | Theater Thikwa Studio

Occupying the Void
Yurdance (Spain/Portugal)
Dance Workshop
Monday, November 16 | 10:00–14:00 | Theater Thikwa Studio


The Sound of Void
Yurdance (Spain/Portugal)
Dance, Performance | German Premiere
Tuesday, November 17 | 18:00–18:25 | Theater Thikwa

Und Tschüss!
Theater Thikwa & Turbo Pascal (Germany)
Theater
Friday, November 20 | 19:30–20:40 | Theater Thikwa
Saturday, November 21 | 18:00–19:10 | Theater Thikwa

Von Sprüngen und Klasse [On Leaps and Class]
Steven Solbrig (Germany)
Performance
Saturday, November 21 | 16:30–17:00 | Theater Thikwa Studio
