Community Guidelines

STAGED! is a performing arts community based in Düsseldorf with a mix of curious beginners, experienced performers, and everyone in between. What brings us together is the belief that creative spaces only work when they are safe, open, and willing to take risks together.

1. Be kind, on stage and off

Workshops, chats, and live sessions are no place for harassment, slurs, or personal attacks. That includes anything aimed at someone's race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion or disability. Racism, sexism, homophobia and such will not be tolerated and will result in a ban.

Disagreements are fine. Just argue with ideas, not with people and always be respectful.

2. Consent is the whole game

Acting work can be physical and emotional. Always check in before any contact, intimate scene work, or improvised scene that involves touch, and stop the moment a scene partner asks you to. "No" doesn't need a reason. "I'm not sure" counts as no.

The same goes for recordings and photos. Never share footage of another member, on or off our platform, without explicit permission.

3. Show up for the room

When you sign up for a class or session, someone else doesn't. Try to arrive on time and let your session organizer know if something's keeping you away. Repeated no-shows or cancellations at the last minute may cost you your spot.

4. Make space for other voices

Some of us are seasoned performers, some are doing this for the very first time. Both belong. Resist the urge to dominate exercises, trust your scene partners to find their thing and always remember that we are judgement-free zone.

5. What happens if these are broken

Most slip-ups we handle with a quiet conversation. Repeated or serious breaches regarding anything around harassment, consent, or safety, can mean removal from a session and eventually end of your membership.

6. Reach us

Questions, concerns, or something you want to report quietly: drop us a line through the contact form on the homepage. We answer in plain language, usually within a couple of days.

These guidelines are a living document. We'll update them when our community grows or shifts; we'll never sneak in big changes without telling you.