We try a poetic-political view of reality. Research as practice and method is the basis for cross-border and collective theatre in public space.

Stefan Nolte 

is an expert for research-based drama and site-specific city projects with contemporary witnesses, city actors and choirs. After studying directing at the Theater Academy in Hamburg, the theatre-creator has realized many independent projects, e.g. in Peenemünde, Bitterfeld, Zittau, Zurich and Berlin.

https://stefannolte.de/ 

Hendrik Scheel

 designed theatre spaces for various drama and opera productions after studying stage and costume design. He has been working in public space since 2010, facing reality as a stage. He develops scenographies for participatory and immersive projects in urban space, for museums and schools.

https://www.hendrikscheel.de/

Bernadette La Hengst

is a musician and performer with a penchant for socio-political issues and utopian ideas. Since 2004 she has realized countless participatory theatre-pieces as a musician, director and author. As an unconditional choir director, she founded numerous choirs in performative city and village projects.

www.lahengst.com

Paul Brodowsky

studied "Creative Writing and Cultural Journalism" in Hildesheim. His plays were premiered at the Berlin Schaubühne and the Munich Kammerspiele. Research based work. Numerous grants and awards. Professor for "Scenic Writing" at the UdK Berlin.

https://www.schaefersphilippen.de/kuenstler_in/paul-brodowsky

Ruth Feindel

studied cultural studies and aesthetic practice in Hildesheim, Paris and York. In addition to developing plays with authors, her work focuses on projects based on interviews and research. She has been a lecturer at Suhrkamp Theater Verlag since 2015. She regularly teaches scenic writing at the UdK Berlin.

Sara Dec

was born in Bavaria, is trilingual by nature and is a theatre maker and visual artist. Her artistic work is fuelled by her strong affinity with human communication and action processes and their susceptibility to disruption – and is therefore always created collaboratively. Previous works were shown at HochX Theatre and Live Art, Teatr im. Aleksandra Fredry in Gniezno (Poland) and at the Residenztheater in Munich. She has also worked as a community interpreter and has been the executive assistant to the director at the Berliner Festspiele Theatertreffen from 2023 to 2025. 

Photo: David Baltzer