Thomas Frank

After studying theater studies and communication and media studies in Leipzig and Glasgow, Thomas Frank was assistant artistic director, dramaturge and curator at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main from 2000 to 2004 and program dramaturge at Sophiensaele Berlin from 2005 to 2007. In 2007, together with Haiko Pfost, he founded brut Wien as an international co-production house for interdisciplinary performing arts, which he managed as artistic and managing director until 2015. Since the 2016/17 season, he has been artistic director of the Residenz venue at Schauspiel Leipzig. He has been a lecturer at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Drama since 2018. Thomas Frank is curating the “Performa Borealis” festival for the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 in Estonia.