Star of the Year 2018 of Neue Westfälische Zeitung for outstanding cultural dedication and valuable artistic and theatre educational performance for Dietlind Budde and Harald Otto Schmid.

"Close to the skin"receives the 1st prize of Youth.Culture.Prize NRW 2018. "It really is about" was placed under the top 30.

Star of the Year 2017 of Neue Westfälische Zeitung for outstandig performances by Joana Damberg and Mohammad Osman in "Storys of the Rear House - Anne Frank was not alone".

3. prize for "Storys of the Rear House -Anne Frank was not alone" as part of the "15th Night Journey" of the Independent Theatres Bielefeld

Placement among the best 10 projects in the countrywide competition "Come outside!The Youth Art School Effect" 2017 with
"I came alone – Children´s Transports"

International Papageno Award 2017: Golden Papageno in the category "Best Production" for "I came alone – Children's Transports" Goldener Vogel (Golden Bird) for "I came alone – Children´s Transports" and "Palpitations – A Time of Wonder and Wounds"

Placement among the best 10 projects in the countrywide competition "Come outside! The Youth Art School Effect" 2016 with "I do have something here".

2. Prize for "I came alone – Children´s Transports" as part of the "14th Night Journey" of the Independent Theatres Bielefeld.

Project prize "Children´s and Young Persons' Culture Bundesland NRW 2015" for "Palpitations – A Time of Wonder and Wounds"

Placement among the best 10 projects in the countrywide competition "Come outside! The Youth Art School Effect" 2015 with "Palpitations – A Time of Wonder and Wounds"

1. prize for "Herzrasen - Zeit der Wunde(r)" (Palpitations) during the 13th "Night Journey" of the Bielefeld Independent Theatres" 2015

Int. Papageno Award 2015 - Golden Papageno in the category "Best Production" for "Us - made in Bielefeld" Goldener Vogel (Golden Bird) for "Since anyone can come"

Star of the Week awarded by the Neue Westfälische on 21st/22nd March, 2015 for theatre projects with refugees.

"Regine-Hildebrandt-Award" of the Foundation Solidarity with Unemployment and Poverty/Regional Sponsoring Award 2015 for the AlarmTheatre.

Award "On the way to the children’s and youth culture land NRW 2014" for "Da kann ja jeder kommen" (There could be just coming anybody)

September 2014: "Da kann ja jeder kommen" (There could be just coming anybody) receives the 1st prize of Youth.Culture.Prize NRW.

1. prize for "Da kann ja jeder kommen" (There could be anyone coming) during the 12th "Night Travel" of the Bielefeld Independent Theatres 2014.

International Papageno Award - Goldener Vogel (Golden Bird) 2014 for the play "Please, turn over!"

November 2013: Awarded by the regional ministry of NRW with the – this year given for the first time – prize "On the way to the children's and youth culture land NRW" for the productions "How far do you go?" and "Please, turn over!"


3. prize at the 11th "Night Journey" (Nachtreise) of the Bielefeld Independent Theatres 2013 with the production "Please turn over!"

Star of the Week of the paper "Neue Westfälische" on 03/05/2013 for "Please turn over!"

3. prize of the Youth Culture Award 2012 for the production "BlackWhite"

1. prize at the 10th "Night Travel" of the "Bielefeld Independent Theatres" 2012 with the production "BlackWhite"

1. prize at the 8th "Night Travel" 2010 with the production "I came alone – CHILDRENS’S TRANSPORTS"

3. prize at the 7th "Night Travel" 2009 with the production "BONNIE & CLYDE"

1. prize at the 6th "Night Travel" 2008 with the production "JASNA'S LETTERS"


1. prize at the 5th "Night Travel" 2007 with the production "LOSS/DECREASE" (Schwund)


June 2010: Awarded by the initiative for Education "Children to Mount Olympus" of the cultural foundation of the German states in the category "Exemplary cooperation projects between culture and school" – for the production "I came alone – CHILDREN'S TRANSPORTS"

March 2006: Nomination for the Festival "Theaterzwang 2006" with the production "NELLIE GOODBYE"

May 2003: During the 24th theatre meeting of the Youth 2003 the jury judged the performance "CREEPS" of the "Young Stage" as exemplary and outstanding