Impulse Theater Festival

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The International Impulse Theater Festival (until 2011 Theater Festival Impulse) presents productions of the independent theatre scene of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Festival was founded in 1990 by Dietmar N. Schmidt and directed by him until 2006. It shows remarkable productions of the independent theatre in the German-speaking world (2007 to 2013 biennial) and since its foundation in 1990 has become an important platform for independent, experimental theatre.

The Impulse Theater Festival has been held in several cities in North Rhine-Westphalia since its establishment, currently in Düsseldorf, Cologne and Mülheim an der Ruhr.^[1] Since 2015, the festival, which has been held biennially from 2009 to 2013, takes place annually. The main program will now be presented in one of the partner cities, while the other two will be present as satellites with special contexts.^[2] The organizer is the NRW Culture Secretariat. Since 2013, Florian Malzacher has been the artistic director.