Tobias Werner

Born in Hamburg, he studied musicology, economics and cultural management in Weimar, Jena and Paris. After working as an assistant to the management at the German National Theatre in Weimar, he took up a post as an officer in the commercial management of federal cultural events in Berlin (KBB) GmbH, an association comprising the Berliner Festspiele with the Martin-Gropius-Bau, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the Berlin International Film Festival.

In the 2008–09 season, he moved to Cologne, where he initially worked as an adviser to the managing director at the City of Cologne Theatres and subsequently took on the role of operations director at the Cologne Opera.

During the 2013–14 season, Tobias Werner became Administrative Director and authorised signatory of the Städtische Theater Chemnitz; at the same time, he served as Managing Director of the Saxony Regional Association of the German Theatre Association.

Since the 2016–17 season, Tobias Werner has been Managing Director of the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen. In this role, he places particular emphasis on the theatre’s digital transformation and on the conscious and sustainable use of resources. For the 2025–26 season, he will also take on the role of General Director on an interim basis.

Among other roles, Tobias Werner is co-chair of the German Stage Association’s Committee for Business Management and Technology, as well as a member of the Collective Bargaining Committee.