The Participants 2023

International Forum

Lina Akif – actor, performance artist – Ljubliana, Slovenia

Joshua Alabi – creative consultant, writer, director, producer – Lagos, Nigeria

Lama Amine – movement director, performer, director – Beirut, Lebanon

Nina Bade – dramaturg – Bochum, Germany

Janine Bürkli – producer, dramaturg – Lucerne, Switzerland

Luke Casserly – multidisciplinary performance maker – Dublin, Ireland

Tyler Cunningham – performance maker, writer, dramaturg – Stuttgart, Germany

James Harvey Estrada – theatre maker, media practitioner, writer, artist-educator – Binangonan Rizal, Philippines

Caroline Froelich – producer – Zurich, Switzerland

Marietheres Jesse – freelance theatre maker, performer, theatre educator – Berlin, Germany

Iliyana Kancheva – stage designer, visual artist – Sofia, Bulgaria

Nina Karimy – actor, performer, author, dramaturg – Dortmund, Germany

Akanchha Karki – director, actor – Kathmandu, Nepal

Kristóf Kelemen – director, playwright, dramaturg, theatre maker – Budapest, Hungary

Giuliana Kiersz – playwright, poet, librettist, artist – Berlin, Germany

Laura Kutkaitė – director, author – Vilnius, Lithuania

Tubi Malcharzik – performer, dramaturg, DJ – Hanover, Germany

Maryna Mikhalchuk – director, dramaturg – Stuttgart, Germany

Frederik Müller – multidisciplinary artist – Leipzig, Germany

Maike Müller – dramaturg – Vienna, Austria

Victoria Myronyuk – performer – Wińsko, Poland / Kolomvia, Ukraine

Mercy Dorcas Otieno – actor – Bochum, Germany

Jenny Pérez Chibuque – visual and multimedia artist – Bogotá, Colombia

Eneas Nikolai Prawdzic – dramaturg – Zurich, Switzerland

Cintia Rangel – performer, choreographer – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Munich, Germany

Bingo Regis – actor, playwright – Kigali, Rwanda

Teresa Lucia Rosenkrantz – theatre maker, theatre educator – Hamburg, Germany

Parvin Saljoughi – maker, performer – Brussels, Belgium

Nadir Sönmez – actor, writer, director – İstanbul, Turkey

Katharina Wisotzki – dramaturg, festival maker, social justice & diversity trainer – Hanover, Germany

Hoda Zahedi – dramaturg – Tehran, Iran

Andrei Zavalei – theatre producer, cultural manager, artist, LGBTQ+ activist – Berlin, Germany

We would like to say a big THANK YOU to all people who made an effort to apply to this year’s International Forum. We have found the applications very interesting, however we could only choose a limited amount of participants. Nevertheless, we would like to take this occasion and wish you all the best and good luck with all your projects!