Teatro Nacional D. Maria II: Artistic Director (Portugal)

Teatro Nacional D. Maria II is launching an international call in order to choose the Artistic Director for the 2024-2027 period, considering the end of the mandate of the Theatre’s current Artistic Director on 31 December 2023.

According to the recent amendments to its Statute brought about by the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, the mandate of the new Artistic Director of Teatro Nacional D. Maria II will have a duration of 4 years, subject to the possibility of two renewals for equal periods, and its nomination by the Minister for Culture will now be preceded by an international recruitment process.

The monthly salary of the artistic director is defined by decree of the Ministers of Culture and Finance, and is composed of: (a) monthly base salary equivalent to level 89 of the unified wage scale for Portuguese public administration, which currently amounts to €5,225.35; (b) representation expenses, paid monthly (12x/year), equivalent to 6% of the monthly base salary, which currently amounts to €313.52. The artistic director is also entitled to holiday and Christmas allowances, as well as meal, subsistence, and transport allowances, under the terms applicable to other TNDM II’s workers.