YesTicket

YesTicket is a German online ticketing platform dedicated to culture, theatre and improvisational theatre. It was founded in 2019 by Fabian Ahrendts and Mirko 'Macro' Fichtner, two improvisers who met through the German improv community. Fabian has been active in improv theatre since 2006 and is a founding member of 4gewinnt Improtheater Braunschweig; Mirko has been improvising since 2009, is one of the organizers of the Berlin Impro Marathon and writes for Impro-News.de. With the help of the Facebook improv community, they started YesTicket to support improv groups and to win a broader audience for the art of improvisation — and, more broadly, for all kinds of cultural creation. Their stated mission is: 'Get more people excited about cultural events.' The platform lets organizers — from small amateur theatre ensembles and village stages to dance clubs and music promoters — open an organizer account, publish events and sell tickets securely online. The homepage lists a long and diverse roster of partners, including 4gewinnt Improtheater, Die Gorillas – Improvisation Berlin, AMS!-Theater, BühnenRausch, Braunschweiger TSC e.V., AWO Kulturhaus Babelsberg, Dschungel Mannheim and many more. YesTicket handles the technical side of ticketing: a stable sales system, secure data storage, immediate payouts to the organizer's account, vouchers, reservation tools and catering or capacity planning. The company positions itself as 'more than a tool' — made by theatre makers for theatre makers — and publishes success stories from groups such as the Kammerspiele Magdeburg, the PettenDorftheater and Bonbaden, highlighting outcomes like doubling a young audience in three years or selling nearly 1,000 tickets in 48 hours without stress. YesTicket is operated by YesMomentum GmbH, a company established to guarantee the secure and stable operation of the platform for the coming decades. The founders describe YesMomentum as carrying responsibility for the millions in revenue processed for theatre groups and associations. Fabian Ahrendts, who holds a Master's degree in computer science from the Technische Universität Braunschweig and received an Outstanding Graduate Award from the Gesellschaft für Informatik in 2006, is responsible for the backend, database and secure data storage. Mirko 'Macro' Fichtner, a designer and front-end web developer with experience on community websites such as Moviepilot and large-scale shops through his work with OTTO, is responsible for design and user experience. YesTicket's market is primarily Germany, where it serves amateur and semi-professional theatre, dance and cultural organizations. Its bilingual German/English interface and event pages support both local and international audiences. The brand's identity is closely tied to the German improvisational theatre scene, but its offering extends to all cultural events, including concerts, dance events, readings and festivals. By focusing on reliability at the critical moment of ticket-sale launch, immediate cash flow for volunteer-run organizations and tools that reduce administrative overhead, YesTicket has carved out a niche distinct from large commercial ticketing giants.

YesTicket was founded in 2019 by Fabian Ahrendts and Mirko 'Macro' Fichtner, two improvisers who had been active in the German improv theatre scene for years — Fabian since 2006 and Mirko since 2009. The idea grew out of the Facebook improv community, where the founders saw that many small groups and amateur theatres struggled with cumbersome, manual or unreliable ticket processes. They started YesTicket to support improv groups and to win over a broader audience for the art of improvisation, and from the beginning they framed the mission more widely: to get more people excited about cultural events in general. Fabian Ahrendts brought a technical background to the project. He holds a Master's degree in computer science from the Carl-Friedrich-Gauß department at the Technische Universität Braunschweig and received an Outstanding Graduate Award from the Gesellschaft für Informatik in 2006. He is a founding member of 4gewinnt Improtheater Braunschweig and took responsibility for YesTicket's backend, database and secure data storage. Mirko 'Macro' Fichtner, a designer and front-end web developer, had worked on community websites such as Moviepilot — described as the largest German film site — and on large-scale shops through his work with OTTO. He is one of the organizers of the Berlin Impro Marathon and writes for Impro-News.de, and at YesTicket he leads design and user experience. The platform grew steadily within the German amateur and semi-professional theatre scene. Its homepage lists dozens of partner organizers, ranging from improv ensembles like Die Gorillas – Improvisation Berlin, AMS!-Theater and 4gewinnt Improtheater to dance clubs such as Braunschweiger TSC e.V., cultural centres like AWO Kulturhaus Babelsberg and venues like Dschungel Mannheim. YesTicket also became a partner of leading amateur theatre associations, positioning itself as an infrastructure provider for volunteer-run organizations. As the platform's transaction volume grew, the founders decided to place its operation on a more formal corporate footing. They established YesMomentum GmbH, described as a strong foundation intended to guarantee secure and stable operation for the coming decades. According to the founders, YesMomentum today carries responsibility for the millions in revenue processed for theatre groups and associations. The company continues to publish success stories from its users — for example, the Kammerspiele Magdeburg, which modernized a 'completely absurd' ticket process and doubled its young audience in three years; the PettenDorftheater, which sold almost 1,000 tickets in two days without stress while money landed immediately in the association's account; and Bonbaden, which manages 7,000 spectators, 11,000 sausages and weather-dependent catering with precise planning tools. These stories illustrate YesTicket's core value proposition: reliability at the critical moment of ticket-sale launch, immediate cash flow for organizers, and reduced administrative overhead.

• 2026

  YesMomentum GmbH established to secure the long-term, stable operation of the platform.

• 2019

  YesTicket founded by Fabian Ahrendts and Mirko 'Macro' Fichtner with the help of the Facebook improv community.

A ticketing platform made by theatre makers for theatre makers, focused on stability, simplicity and audience growth for cultural organizers.

• Online ticket sales

  Secure ticket sales for cultural events with immediate payouts to organizers.

• Vouchers

  Voucher issuance and redemption for events.

• Reservation tools

  Reservation management for organizers.

• Event pages

  Public event pages with calendar and grid views, ticket alerts and organizer contact details.

• Catering and capacity planning

  Tools for precise catering and capacity planning based on ticket data.

1. 1YesTicket - culture, theater and improvisational theater. Order tickets securelyyesticket.org
2. 2About YesTicket.orgyesticket.org
3. 3Erfolgsgeschichten: Von Theatern für Theater - YesTicket.orgyesticket.org
4. 4Braunschweiger TSC e.V. from Braunschweig Tickets and vouchers for Sonstiges orderyesticket.org
5. 5Wikidata Q139987224wikidata.org