Martin Wigger

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Martin Wigger (born April 22, 1964 ) is a German and Swiss dramaturge, curator and theater director. He lives and works in Zurich and Berlin.

Life

Wigger studied classical studies at the Universities of Marburg , Berlin and Hamburg , dramaturgy at the Hochschule der Künste (HdK) Berlin and theology at the University of Zurich .

After working as a dramaturge at the Landestheater Tübingen (LTT) and the Staatsschauspiel Dresden , he co-directed the “Neubau”, a premiere and world premiere theater in the Small House at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden (from 2005), with Markus Heinzelmann at the Jena Theater (from 2007) Tomas Schweigen the drama at Theater Basel (from 2012). Since 2015 he has been director of the cultural center Helferei in Zurich.

Martin Wigger is represented by the Hilde Stark agency in Berlin.

dramaturgy

In his theatrical work, Martin Wigger places a special focus on author and project theater, and he is also concerned with questions about new forms and structures of theater, especially through direct collaboration with people or teams who are looking for current artistic and political debates. The authors include Margareth Obexer (Der Zwilling), Rebekka Kricheldorf (New Happiness with a Dead Model) and Gabriel Vetter (Der Park). Fixed work contexts have arisen with the directors Amélie Niermeyer , Barbara Weber , Ulrike Quade, Markus Heinzelmann , Elias Perrig and Tomas Schweigen .

Since 2019 he has been on the board of the intercultural festival About us in Zurich.

Curation

Wigger has been heading and curating the Kulturhaus Helferei in Zurich since autumn 2015 (over 500 events per year in the genres of theater, performance, dance, music, literature, film, etc.). The focus is on cooperation and networking with the entire city of Zurich, but also with many international partners and institutions. Working partners include Andreas Liebmann , Martin Schick , Harald Schmidt , Dominik Locher, and Volker Hesse .

Teaching activity

Wigger regularly teaches in the theater department at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB) and in the dramaturgy department at the Felix-Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater in Leipzig.

In addition to many other contributions in theater magazines, he will publish the volume “Who am I when I play” in 2020 together with Frank Schubert in Theater der Zeit .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Wigger takes over the new building and manages it until summer 2009. Accessed on April 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Interview with Martin Wigger and Tomas Schweigen. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Playtime presentation. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  4. ↑ A bank is more likely to be saved than a culture. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  5. ↑ With a lot of energy into the new season. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  6. ^ Head of Kulturhaus Helferei. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  7. ^ Agency Hilde Stark | Agency for film, theater, TV. Retrieved on March 26, 2019 (German).
  8. ↑ Interview with Martin Wigger. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Martin Wigger. The theater man in the Kulturhaus Helferei. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Lecturer at the Bern University of the Arts. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Lecturer at the Leipzig University of Music and Theater. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  12. ^ Martin Wigger - List of authors - Verlag Theater der Zeit. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Wigger, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dramaturge and theater manager
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1964