The theatre has drawn international attention since 1962 with innovative play productions in the Bremer Stil (Bremen style).

The theatre has drawn international attention since 1962, when Kurt Hübner [de] staged innovative productions known as the Bremer Stil (Bremen style).

[2][3] Several stage directors and actors shaped the period, and many became well known, such as directors Peter Stein, Peter Zadek, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hans Neuenfels and Johannes Schaaf, and actors Edith Clever, Jutta Lampe, Margit Carstensen, Bruno Ganz, and Rolf Becker.

[1] Moks is a theatre for children and youth, offering performances for school classes in the morning and young people and their families in the evening.

It is the venue for the group Junge Akteure (young actors), which was founded in 2005, based on the Moks, as the theatre school of Theater Bremen.

In 2007, the Theater Bremen was named Opernhaus des Jahres (Opera House of the Year) by Opernwelt, along with the Komische Oper Berlin.