- artistic director/puppeteer

After completing my MA in Theatre Studies (Bochum, Berlin and London), I completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Advanced Theatre Practice (major in Puppetry) at the Central School of Speech and Drama (London, UK).
To support my work as a puppeteer, dramaturg and set designer, I participate regularly in professional development seminars - these are a valuable source of new ideas and also an opportunity to exchange ideas with colleagues.

Next to directing my own company I worked in theatres like Schauspielhaus Bochum and Theater Lübeck.

I was a committee member of UNIMA Germany and part of the editorial staff of the journal "Das andere Theater" (The other Theater) from 2003 until 2009, and I have been a member of LAFT Berlin since 2014. From 2015-19 I initiated and organised the local puppet theatre network IG Puppe.

Since 2019 I am board member of the German Association of Professional Puppet Theatres (VDP e.V.)

- puppet maker

My Kingdom for a Cookie, Two Monsters
Johnny Happy-Go-Lucky, The leaf that did not want to fall
Mr. Squirrel and the First Snow
... and puppets for the shows for adults

I was born in September 1965. After training and working for several years as a child care worker with adolescents, I studied architecture and worked in different fields of architecture.
Searching for a new field of activity I realised that puppet making was my true passion. Since then I have been creating puppets in my workshop in Berlin.
Please visit my site at
www.figuren-bau.de

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– director

The leaf that did not want to fall,
Mr. Squirrel and the First Snow,
Mir scheint da mancherlei nicht klar - Ringelnatz
Wolfsfrau-Projekt

MA in drama and theatre studies at Ruhr-University Bochum
Assistant director at Schauspielhaus Bochum and at Landestheater Tübingen
Freelance director and dramaturg/writer (Samuel Beckett "Nicht ich/Not I", Heinrich von Kleist "Familie Schroffenstein", Marlen Haushofer "Die Wand" and others)
Susanne directed two children's shows for puppen.etc so far.
www.henke-regie.de

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- director

Two Monsters
Salt - a tale
Johnny Happy-Go-Lucky
A Raggle Taggle Tale
Let's go, Little Fear!

Training as puppeteer.
Artistic Director of diverse puppet companies.
Performer since 1987 in a range of companies and directing positions. Since 1995 advertising merchant, event manager, animator and show master, script writer and production manager (film).
Freelance storyteller since 1998. Member of Europäische

Märchengesellschaft (European Fairy Tale Association), Berlin-Brandenburgischer Märchenkreis (Berlin-Brandenburg Fairy Tale Group), KunstundlebensArt and erzählkunst e.V. (Art and the Art of Living and Storytelling Art) Regular participant in large storytelling festivals in Germany and Austria.
Trainer for storytelling at Pädagogische Landesinstitut Brandenburg / Fürstenwalde aimed at primary school teachers.
www.jeronimo-maerchen.de

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- director

My Kingdom for a Cookie

Born 1955 in Berlin. MA in German and Theatre Studies (FU Berlin)
Co-founder of KOBALT Figurentheater, further training in courses at Freien Bildungsstätte für Figurentheater Kiel/Idstedt and École Supérieure in Charleville-Mézières.
Tours and talks lead her to Russia, the Ukraine, Italy, Sweden, France, Austria, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland.
After academic research publications on the history of puppet theatre she now works mainly as a puppeteer and director. She prepares papers for conferences and is a member of the editorial team of Das andere Theater the professional puppet theatre magazine of UNIMA Union Internationale de la Marionnette Germany.
www.kobalt-luebeck.de

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Von Dingen, die du eben noch nicht wusstest

Bärbel is leading Theater Brausepulver.
She performs solo as a performer with puppets.
Theater Brausepulver specialises in shows in English for school children.
Please see
www.theaterbrausepulver.de

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- dramaturgy

Salt - A Tale
Mir scheint da mancherlei nicht klar - Ringelnatz

MA in music and theatre studies (FU Berlin).
Training in piano, singing and leading a choir.
After several years employed in theatres in Austria and Germany she now works freelance as a dramaturg and choirmaster (since 2001)
She collaborates regularly with the Berliner Kammeroper and teaches at the Alice-Salomon-Hochschule Berlin (music department).
Katharina collaborates with puppen.etc on the dramaturgy of shows (Märchen vom Salz) and designed the first flyers for the company.

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- musician

My Kingdom for a Cookie, Two Monsters
The leaf that did not want to fall
Salt - a tale
Mr. Squirrel and the First Snow
Johnny Happy-Go-Lucky (with Sebastian David)

Born in 1974, I grew up in the Robert und Clara Schumann Haus, Leipzig.?Since 1996 I have untertaken many journeys throughout Asia and Europe to study a variety of traditional instruments and have performed with the percussion ensemble BAKA at national and international festivals.?Since 2001 I have studied and researched the mouth harp and similar instruments. Together with Clemens Voigt, we founded Dan Moi (www.danmi.de) - the largest distributor worldwide of mouth harps (over 380 models).
Next to concerts with among others the Little Tongue Vibration Orchestra I produce music for film and theatre in my own studio. Here the Label Dan Moi Records was founded.? Instruments studied: diverse mouth harps, Shakuhachi, Duduk, Kaval, Fujara, diverse drums, flutes and small percussion instruments.
www.danmoi.de

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- music

for the adult shows

Born in East Berlin, Felix Kroll is dedicated to breaking down the wall of prejudice surrounding his instrument. After almost 6 intensive years of classical music study bot at home and abroad (Bremen, Münster and Finnland), Felix devoted himself to this task through a range of projects. His varied and exciting style of play resonated both with successful groups such as "Die Grenzgänger" as well as avant-garde ensembles such as "RADAR". His repertiore spans a range from folk music to contempory pieces in a way that is unique and that reflects the broad spectrum of potential embodied in the accordion.
www.felix-kroll.de

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- music

for E.A.Poe Shadows

Born in Milan in 1974, Andrea studied piano and music theory at the Hochschule für Musik "Hector Villa Lobos" Milan (Italy). His passion for blues and rock music lead him to change to guitar and he refined his technique with various guitarists in workshops.
Andrea Galluccio worked as a professional musician in Milan (1991-1994), London (1994-1999), New York (2000) and Berlin (2000-2006) with various bands and theatres, live and in the studio environment....
and since 2006 he lives in Wuppertal where he engages in different projects and is part of the band ombelico.