Theater der Welt was founded in 1981 by the German Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). It takes place as a triennial festival, each time in a different city or region in Germany with a different artistic directorship running for a period of about two and a half weeks. It presents ground-breaking performances and developments in theatre from all over the world. The 2023 edition will be – for the first time – organised as a joint project by an international production house for contemporary performing arts (Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main), an innovative Museum for Art and Design (Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main) and a municipal repertory theatre with a permanent actors’ ensemble (Schauspiel Frankfurt, Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt am Main). The Offenbach Council Office for Cultural Management (Amt für Kulturmanagement der Stadt Offenbach) will join the three organisers as an associated partner.
The organisers are now searching for a Programme Directorship for the 2023 edition of Theater der Welt (Theatre of the World), to be held in the cities of Frankfurt am Main and Offenbach am Main in Germany from 29 June to 16 July 2023.
The organisers are looking for applications from individuals as well as for joint
applications from teams of two and groups, both formally established and informal.
Applicants should have:
- Extended experience in programming and organising international festivals or comparable events in the field of the performing arts.
- The capability to lead an independent festival team.
- Extended experience in managing programme budgets responsibly and independently
- The specific interest to work in the urban area of Frankfurt and Offenbach, shifting perspectives of the organiser’s institutions, partners, and networks.
- The skills and talent to compose, present and represent a unique festival programme featuring strong curatorial positions.
The working languages of the festival are English and German, and the Programme Director(s) should be able to proficiently communicate in at least one of
these languages.
With the intent to shift perspectives and change practices in the field of international performing arts curation, the organisers explicitly encourage applications from abroad and overseas. The organisers of Theater der Welt 2023 also believe in the innovative power of cooperative practices and the enrichment of different perspectives, and therefore explicitly encourage team applications.
The organisers expect the Programme Director(s) to temporarily move the focus of their social and professional life to the Frankfurt-Offenbach region for the two-year period of preparing and implementing the festival.
The organisers intend to assign or employ the Programme Director(s) for the time period June 2021 to August 2023 and will offer them a sector-related pay in Germany that reflects their responsibility.
