Since the 2020 International Forum could not take place, it was decided to invite the same selected artists again in 2021.
Golschan Ahmad Haschemi – cultural scholar, theatre maker, author – Hanover, Germany
ADUKE Aladekomo – multi-disciplinary artist, singer/songwriter, instrumentalist – Lagos, Nigeria
Marie Alvarez – author, director, teacher – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chipo Precious Basopo – director, writer, arts educator – Harare, Zimbabwe
Rodrigo Batista – theatre maker, educator – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Yara Bou Nassar – performer, theatre maker – Beirut, Lebanon
Shrunga B.V – actor, puppeteer – Bangalore, India
Jen Carss – children’s theatre maker, actor – Leeds, England
Hend Elbalouty – choreographer, performer, author – Cologne, Germany
Marten Flegel – performer, theatre maker, dramaturg – Leipzig, Germany
Lola Fonsèque – theatre maker, curator – Munich, Germany
Anne Haug – actor, author – Basel, Switzerland
Mariana Hausdorf Andrade – director, author – Santiago, Chile
Nutsa (Nino) Iashvili – performer – Tbilisi, Georgia
Anja Kerschkewicz – theatre maker, curator – Hamburg, Germany
Eleonore Kocty – director, actor – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Igor Koruga – choreographer, performer, dramaturg – Belgrade, Serbia
Fatima A. Maan – author, director, dramaturg – Lahore, Pakistan
Mbene Mbunga Mwambene – theatre maker – Bern, Switzerland
Thorben Meißner – dramaturg – Jena, Germany
Milena Michalek – director, author – Vienna, Austria
Ameen Mokdad – composer, actor, musician – Baghdad, Iraq
Hannah Müller – actor – Berlin, Germany
Jasmina Musić – actor, performer, author – Bosnia and Herzegovina / Cologne, Germany
Matthias Nebel – stage designer – Berlin, Germany
Ana Luz Ormazábal – artistic director, theatre maker – Santiago, Chile
Pathipon (Miss Oat) – theatre artist – Bangkok, Thailand
Sina Saberi – choreographer, performer – Tehran, Iran
Myrto Sarma – theatrologist, costume designer, visual artist – Athens, Greece
Lukas Schädler – dramaturg – Senftenberg, Germany
Jaemin Shin – curator, producer – Seoul, South Korea
Maria Ursprung – author, director – Bern, Switzerland
Urvi Vora – performer – New Delhi, India
Jian Yi – performer – Glasgow, Scotland