Thom Luz

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Thom Luz is a freelance director. His productions have been seen in several festivals and theatres throughout Europe. In 2014 he was voted Young Director of the Year by Theater Heute magazine. In 2015 and 2017 his work has been selected by the Berliner Theatertreffen as one of the ten most remarkable productions of the season.
(Photo by Tabea Hüberli)

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03 May -
19 May 2019

Festival

Theatertreffen Berlin 2019

Each May, the Theatertreffen selects ten remarkable productions from major German-speaking theatres and presents them during the festival in Berlin. The 2019 selection includes «Girl from the Fog Machine Factory» by Thom Luz, «Tartuffe» by Theater Basel and «Hotel Strindberg» by Burgtheater Wien/Theater Basel.

Haus der Berliner Festspiele • Berlin, Germany

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08 May -
19 May 2019

Festival

Auawirleben 2019

The festival Auawirleben presents theatre, dance, performance art and participatory projects which directly relate to social life in today's world. Featuring projects by Thom Luz, Ontroerend Goed, Nowy Teatr, Ant Hampton and many others.

Schlachthaus Theater Bern • Bern, Switzerland

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29 May -
20 Jun 2019

Premiere

Radiorequiem / Request programme

by Thom Luz

Resident director Thom Luz will create a requiem walk to the radio building and its ghosts, full of forgotten songs, outdated news broadcasts and superfluous radio staff, who are now working on one last radio play. This will also provide the soundtrack for Luz’s version of «Request Programme» by Franz Xaver Kroetz.

Theater Basel • Basel, Switzerland

Past events

27 Sep -
07 Oct 2018

Premiere

Man in the Holocene

Resident director Thom Luz sets off in the company of Max Frisch in search of humanity’s great enigmas. He directs Max Frisch's apparently simple story as a «chamber symphony on uncertain ground» for four actors and two musicians, with music from Beethoven to Bartók’s almost inaudible «Microcosms» for piano.

Theater Basel • Basel, Switzerland

20 Jul -
05 Aug 2018

Festival

Biennale di Venezia

Under the motto Actor/Performer, the Venice Biennale will look at the variety of disciplines that characterise today’s performing arts: dance, theatre, puppetry, performance, music theatre and others. On this year’s programme are two Swiss artists: Simone Aughterlony and Thom Luz.

Biennale di Venezia • Venice, Italy

18 May -
27 May 2018

Festival

Operadagen Rotterdam

The Operadagen Rotterdam present new forms of contemporary music theatre. This year, Thom Luz will participate in the festival and the network meeting Operation Music Theatre will include several other Swiss artists.

Operadagen • Rotterdam, The Netherlands

17 May -
27 May 2018

Premiere

Girl from the Fog Machine Factory

Thom Luz’s new musical theatre production deals with storytelling and the most fleeting, elusive aspects of being human. If something changes constantly, how can we hold onto it?

Gessnerallee Zurich • Zurich, Switzerland

26 Oct 2017

Premiere

Leonce und Lena

Thom Luz, director-in-residence at Theater Basel, uses the dreamy final scene in Büchner’s ambiguous play as the starting point of a new piece of music theatre and paves his own way through its desperate, yet cheerful, world.

Theater Basel • Basel, Switzerland

27 May -
28 May 2017

Premiere

Paradiso

Hell is a piece of functional architecture invented by humans, so perhaps we should break it up into its individual parts and put them together again. An experimental version of paradise drawn from the raw material, musical remains and props of the production ‘Inferno’ that premiered in January.

Theater Basel • Basel, Switzerland

06 May -
21 May 2017

Festival

Theatertreffen Berlin 2017

The ten most outstanding German-language theater productions of the previous year are shown in Berlin each May. This time round, Theater Basel, Konzert Theater Bern, Thom Luz and Milo Rau / IIPM – who will also receive the 3sat prize for «Five Easy Pieces» – will be among the invited artists.

Haus der Berliner Festspiele • Berlin, Germany

Swiss Theatre Awards

The Swiss Theatre Awards 2019 have been announced by the Federal Office of Culture.

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Berlin in May? Theatertreffen!

Berlin is at its best in May: that’s when the renowned Berliner Theatertreffen showcases its selection of the ten most outstanding German-language productions of the past year. This year, the festival features three Swiss shows.