We are looking for dedicated student assistants for the Next Level Festival for Games, Interactive Art and Digital Theater, who would like to support us as Helping Hands in various Dortmund cultural venues from November 10th to 17th, 2025. The festival combines artistic installations, interactive experiences, and discursive formats relating to digital culture and gaming.
The areas of responsibility are diverse: In the set-up phase (November 10–13), we need support with setting up exhibition spaces and setting up artistic installations, stages and venues. During the festival (November 13–16), we are looking for staff to help visitors use VR glasses or interactive works, give them instructions and be available as contacts for questions about the exhibitions. After the festival (November 16–17), we look forward to help with dismantling.

Ideally, you will be available for the entire period and have an interest in digital art, gaming or theater. Initial experience in event or cultural operations is an advantage, but not a must. A class B driving license is also desirable, but not a requirement. Reliability and a willingness to get involved are important to us. A confident handling of media technology, in particular in dealing with technical equipment such as VR setups, is part of the tasks.

The activity is appropriately remunerated (as a working student job). If you would like to actively help shape an exciting cultural festival, we look forward to receiving your short application by email – informally and with details of your availability and any previous knowledge in the field of technology, gaming and media – to with the subject “Helping Hands – Next
Level Festival 2025″.

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Tickets for the festival can only be purchased online through our website and the theater’s ticket shop. There are day tickets as well as festival passes.

Your ticket (both day and festival tickets) grants you access to all festival areas – for events with limited seating, additional registration is required. There are no additional costs. These events are marked in the program with the note “Registration required”.

A day ticket costs €10, reduced €5 – a festival pass for all 4 days is only €24.

Due to limited capacities, we rely on you to inform us if you cannot attend your registration (for workshops, sessions, theater shows). Please send a short email to:

The following locations are accessible without steps: The Academy for Theater and Digitality, the Dortmunder U, the Projektspeicher, the Digitale Werkbank, the Koproduktionslabor.

The Digitale Werkbank: There are a few meters of footpath between the parking lot and the location – more information here.

The Künstler*innenhaus Dortmund is not accessible without steps.

If you have any questions about the accessibility of individual offers (Blitzlicht, language or other), please write to us – we will try to answer as soon as possible: