As artistic director of the Academy for Theatre and Digitality, Marcus Lobbes is in high demand locally, nationally, and internationally for lectures and panel discussions; he is particularly committed to building and fostering wide networks for the performing arts, as well as to communicating artistic research—in dialogue with the latest technologies—to theatre and educational institutions, policymakers, and audiences.

He is active on numerous committees, boards of trustees, and juries; for example, he has served as vice president of the German Academy of Performing Arts since 2024 and as a member of the board of trustees for the Performing Arts Fund.

Since 1995, he has worked as a director, set designer, and playwright in musical and spoken theater. His focus is on uncompromisingly contemporary adaptations of classics, as well as numerous world premieres and first performances at many renowned theatres across Germany in over 80 productions to date, including at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, the Frankfurt Opera, the Hamburg Opera, the National Theater Mannheim, the state theatres in Kassel, Mainz, Saarbrücken, Darmstadt, and Braunschweig; the Schauspiel Dortmund; the Theater Freiburg; and the Wuppertaler Bühnen. His artistic style is defined by innovative, collaborative working methods with ensembles and close ties to contemporary playwrights and composers.

In addition to numerous invitations and awards, his approach is also finding its way into the training of emerging talent: Since 2014, he has been invited as a guest lecturer and speaker to the Academy of Performing Arts in Ludwigsburg, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the University of Rostock, Mainz University of Applied Sciences, the Zurich University of the Arts, the University of the Arts Berlin (UDK), the Robert Schumann University of Music in Düsseldorf, and, since 2016, annually to the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.