«We don’t want inclusion, nor participation, nor integration, what we want is SELF emancipation» (from Schwarzkopf BRD, JugendtheaterBüro Berlin). The paper, based on experiences from the work of JugendtheaterBüro (Youth Theatre Office) and the alliance «KulTür auf!» describes the limits of current tendencies of access and participation in institutions. It also reports on the work of constructing in Berlin Moabit, with young people from Berlin, an alternative, self-organized theatre – the Theatre X.