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An offer from the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training

Your profession: Theatre educator (m/f)

Professional activities

Theatre educators prepare pedagogical programmes for working with children, young people and adults and implement these. They instruct children, young people and adults in drama productions, and impart knowledge about the theatre as an institution and about drama.

Fields of work

Theatre educators are employed

  • in playhouses, theatres and other cultural institutions
  • in municipal cultural departments and offices
  • in adult education institutions
  • in social organisations, for example in facilities for young people and the elderly
  • in correctional facilities and in social reintegration facilities
  • in health protection and rehabilitation clinics


The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).