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For thousands of years, theatre stages have been the home of stories about people (and other living beings) and their worlds. Theatre and the performing arts can permeate the present, the past and the future. They can build bridges across time, zoom out or zoom in: on hopes and dreams, on wonders and abysses alike, on the surfaces of societies. Theatre, as a contemporary art form, has always observed the invention of new technologies with curiosity and a critical eye – and asked itself whether these inventions might be of interest for use on its stages. Very often, the answer was ‘yes’. For theatre has always been created by storytellers with diverse expertise.
The joint Master’s programme in ‘Theatre and Digitality’ offered by Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts and the Academy for Theatre and Digitality combines theatre, art and computer science, incorporating performers, stories, stages and technology in equal measure. It encompasses research and development in the field of digitally and technologically supported theatre and the performing arts. With its curriculum bridging technology and performance, the programme aims to equip students with a broad spectrum of theoretical, practical and application-oriented, professionally qualifying skills at the interface between digital technologies and narratives on analogue, virtual and hybrid stages (including topics such as human-machine interfaces or the use of machine learning).
The Master’s degree in ‘Theatre and Digitality’ is aimed at students with both artistic and technical backgrounds.
The Master’s programme in ‘Theatre and Digitality’ (MA THEAD) is an interdisciplinary, three-semester, English-taught programme at the Faculty of Design, which will commence for the second time in the summer semester of 2026. Graduates will be awarded a Master of Arts degree.
The Master’s programme in ‘Theatre and Digitality’ is a joint initiative between Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Faculty of Design, Faculty of Computer Science) and the Academy for Theatre and Digitality, designed to train students in the interplay between digital technologies and narratives in analogue, virtual and hybrid spaces. The courses will take place in the respective faculties and at the Academy for Theatre and Digitality. The Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts is responsible for the curriculum and for the quality assurance of the programme.
The deadline for the artistic aptitude test was 26 November 2025. The next application round is expected to begin in autumn 2026.
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