Theater Bonn

Name

Theater Bonn

Legal name

Theater Bonn (Bundesstadt Bonn)

Website

https://theater-bonn.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Theater & Performing Arts Venue Operations (Playhouses, Opera Houses) (MPAGALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Classical & Contemporary Theatre (Plays/Drama) (MPAGABAH), Concert Halls & Music Venue Operations (Symphony Halls, Recital Venues) (MPAGALAC), Theater, Musicals & Performing Arts (THAJAFAB), Theater & Performing Arts Ticketing (HSACALAC), Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB)

Keywords

• Performing arts productions
• Opera performances
• Theatrical drama
• Dance performances
• Live entertainment

Headquarters

HQ city

Bonn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Individual tickets sold to performances across Opera, Theatre, Dance, and guest series. Revenue increased by 30% over plan in the 2024/25 season (from €3.9M to €5.2M Umsatzerlöse).
2. Subscriptions / Abonnements: Season subscription packages offering discounted multi-performance access across the season.
3. Public Cultural Funding: Theater Bonn is a municipal theater of Bundesstadt Bonn, receiving public funding. It also receives project funding from Kulturstiftung des Bundes for programs such as 'Übermorgen' (through 2027) and 'INSIDE OUT – PORTAL AUF ACHSE'.
4. Donations and Friends & Supporters: The 'Friends & Supporters' (Freunde & Förderer) program accepts donations and supporter memberships. The 12th Opera Gala for Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung generated charitable donations.
5. Vouchers and Merchandise: Gift vouchers (Gutscheine) and official Theater Bonn merchandise sold via the theater's shop.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Theater Bonn is a municipal multi-venue performing arts institution that produces and presents opera, theatre (Schauspiel), and dance productions across three stages (Opernhaus, Schauspielhaus in Bad Godesberg, and Werkstattbühne). It also operates international guest series including 'Highlights des Internationalen Tanzes' and 'QUATSCH KEINE OPER!', children's theatre via PORTAL Vermittlung, and concerts by the resident Beethoven Orchester Bonn. The institution sells individual tickets, season subscriptions (Abonnements), gift vouchers, and guided tours to general audiences, families, schools, and corporate/educational groups.

Product overview

Theater Bonn operates as a multi-venue performing arts institution offering a unified portfolio of opera, theatre (Schauspiel), and dance productions across three main stages (Opernhaus, Schauspielhaus, and Werkstattbühne). The institution combines core performance offerings with supporting programs including the Quatsch keine Oper! entertainment series, PORTAL educational initiatives for young audiences, the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, and cooperative programming with Junges Theater Bonn. Additional services encompass publications (Theaterzeitung, Monatsleporello, Spielzeithefte), ticket sales, guided tours, restaurant services, and the FOKUS '33 research project on forgotten operas. The theater operates on a multi-brand model where individual programs maintain distinct identities while sharing institutional resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Opera Productions (Oper)

Quantifiable outcome

• 200,000+ spectators and 83% overall capacity utilization in 2024/25 season — most successful season in over 15 years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Beethoven Orchester BonnflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 June 2023The Beethoven Orchester Bonn is resident orchestra at Theater Bonn's Opernhaus and a founding member of the 'teilen.verbinden.wachsen.bonn' cultural consortium. It co-produces with Theater Bonn and participates in the 'INSIDE OUT – PORTAL AUF ACHSE' mobile outreach project funded by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
• Junges Theater Bonn (JTB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn August 2023, Theater Bonn and Junges Theater Bonn signed a formal cooperation agreement (Kooperationsvertrag) in the presence of Mayor Katja Dörner, Generalintendant Dr. Bernhard Helmich, and JTB Intendant Moritz Seibert. Their first joint production was the musical 'Spring Awakening'.
• Junge Opern Rhein-RuhrcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA regional alliance of major opera houses in the Rhine-Ruhr area: Theater Bonn, Oper Dortmund, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, and Aalto Musiktheater Essen. The coalition issued a joint public appeal for democracy and rule of law ('Our children have a right to a future in democracy and the rule of law!').
• Brotfabrik (Bonn)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the 'teilen.verbinden.wachsen.bonn' cultural consortium. The Brotfabrik is a Bonn-based independent cultural venue contributing to the cross-institutional collaborative initiative.
• Theater MarabuminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTheater Marabu cooperated with Theater Bonn on 'Summ & Brumm im Altenheim', a production touring to kindergartens and nursing homes, bringing together children and seniors for intergenerational theatrical encounters.
• OperaVisioncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPan-European opera streaming platform that broadcast Theater Bonn's production of Franz Schreker's 'Der singende Teufel' (FOKUS'33 series) from 17 February to 17 August 2024, reaching audiences across Europe and globally for free.
• Deutschlandfunk KulturminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGerman public radio station that produced live recordings of Theater Bonn productions, such as Alberto Franchetti's 'Asrael', extending reach to radio audiences nationwide.
• Körber-StiftungminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBonn-based foundation that co-organized the 'Tage des Exils' (Days of Exile Bonn) in cooperation with Bundesstadt Bonn, with Theater Bonn as a venue and collaborator.
• Oper Dortmund, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Aalto Musiktheater EssencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner opera houses in the 'Junge Opern Rhein-Ruhr' regional alliance. Together with Theater Bonn, these four major houses advocate for democracy and the rule of law in a joint public appeal, demonstrating shared cultural and civic values.
• Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Ukraine)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkrainian national opera and ballet theatre performed Carl Orff's 'Carmina Burana' at Theater Bonn on 1 & 2 April 2025, as a gesture of cultural solidarity and international artistic exchange.
• WWF Greece, Orangerie Theater, Alte Feuerwache, Comedia Theater (Cologne)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organizations in the guest production 'Der Nabel der Welt' presented at the Werkstattbühne, in cooperation with the Deutsch-Griechisches Theater Köln.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Opéra National de Paris: The Opéra National de Paris operates the Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille with opera and ballet programming, a resident orchestra, and a large subscription/public funding model. It is structurally comparable to Theater Bonn's multi-venue opera + ballet institution but at vastly greater scale and international brand recognition.
• Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera): The Wiener Staatsoper is one of the world's leading opera houses with a repertory model, resident orchestra, and large subscription base. It is comparable to Theater Bonn's Opernhaus as an opera venue with classical and contemporary programming, but operates at vastly greater scale and budget.
• Staatstheater Stuttgart: Staatstheater Stuttgart is a large state-funded three-sparten theater (opera, ballet, Schauspiel) operating multiple venues. It is a broader incumbent in the same German municipal/state theater category but with a substantially larger budget and audience base than Theater Bonn.
• Komische Oper Berlin: Komische Oper Berlin is one of Berlin's three opera houses and a publicly funded opera company with a distinct repertoire focus. It is comparable as a German municipal opera company but operates at a larger scale and in a much bigger metropolitan market than Theater Bonn.

Direct peers

• Oper Köln: Oper Köln is a municipal opera house in nearby Cologne operating multiple venues (including the StaatenHaus and Opernhaus) with opera, ballet, and Schauspiel programming. It is the closest geographic and structural peer to Theater Bonn: similar headcount scale, similar genre mix across opera/drama/dance, and a directly comparable public-funding model in the same Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.
• Nationaltheater Mannheim: Nationaltheater Mannheim is a German municipal four-sparten theater (opera, ballet, Schauspiel, children's theater) comparable in scale and breadth to Theater Bonn. It operates multiple venues under a single municipal organization with a similar mix of in-house productions and international guest programming.
• Oper Dortmund: Oper Dortmund is a partner in the Junge Opern Rhein-Ruhr alliance alongside Theater Bonn. It operates an opera house and separate Schauspielhaus and offers opera, musical, ballet, and drama across multiple stages under a municipal operator, making it a direct structural peer.
• Aalto Musiktheater Essen: Aalto Musiktheater Essen is the third member of the Junge Opern Rhein-Ruhr alliance with Theater Bonn. It is a municipal opera and musical theater with a comparable multi-venue operating model and similar public-funding structure in the Rhine-Ruhr area.
• Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf/Duisburg): Deutsche Oper am Rhein is the fourth Junge Opern Rhein-Ruhr alliance member and a directly comparable municipal opera that operates across two cities with opera and ballet programming. Its structure — a publicly funded opera company jointly operated by two municipalities — closely mirrors Theater Bonn's model.

Emerging players

• Theater Marabu: Theater Marabu is a Bonn-based independent theater that partners with Theater Bonn on the intergenerational 'Summ & Brumm im Altenheim' production. As a smaller free-theater collaborator in the 'teilen.verbinden.wachsen.bonn' consortium, it represents an adjacent emerging player rather than a direct competitor but participates in the same local ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Theater.Bonn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/theater-bonn-opernhaus
• Instagraminstagram.com/theaterbonn/?hl=de
• Xx.com/Theater_Bonn

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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