Thom Luz

bernetta.net

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)

Add to Bookmarks

27 Sep 2018

Premiere

Man in the Holocene

by Thom Luz

Resident director Thom Luz directs Max Frisch's apparently simple story as a «chamber symphony on uncertain ground» for four actors and two musicians, from Beethoven’s pastoral «Awakening of Cheerful Feelings on Arrival in the Country» to Bartók’s almost inaudible «Microcosms» for piano.

Theater Basel • Basel, Switzerland

Past events

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

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

Thom Luz_Girl from the Fog Machine Factory_©Sandra Then

Biennale di Venezia

The Swiss pavilion has been awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the 16th Architecture Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia. Congratulations! The International Theatre Festival is also part of the Biennale and takes place from 20 July to 5 August 2018. It will feature the Swiss artists Simone Aughterlony and Thom Luz.

International network meeting at Operadagen Rotterdam

From 18 to 27 May 2018, Operadagen Rotterdam will present new forms of contemporary music theatre. Thom Luz and several other Swiss artists will participate in the festival.

Extra Ball in Paris

From 5 to 8 April 2018 the 10th Extra Ball Festival will take place at the Centre culturel suisse in Paris and the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers.

Theater Basel_Drei Schwestern ©Sandra Then

Berlin calling!

Switzerland is very prominently represented in this year’s Berlin Theatertreffen, with three outstanding productions out of the ten which the jury selected from 377 shows. «Drei Schwestern» by Theater Basel has the honour of opening the festival on 6 May. In the following two weeks of the festival, «Die Vernichtung» by Konzert Theater Bern and «Five Easy Pieces» by IIPM / Milo Rau and Campo Gent will be shown.

Home - Swiss Performing Arts Selection

Thom Luz

Man in the Holocene

Biennale di Venezia

Operadagen Rotterdam

Girl from the Fog Machine Factory

Leonce und Lena

Paradiso

Theatertreffen Berlin

Biennale di Venezia

International network meeting at Operadagen Rotterdam

Extra Ball in Paris

Berlin calling!

Théâtre de Vidy

Tabea Martin

Mats Staub

Thom Luz

Calendar

News

Biennale di Venezia

International network meeting at Operadagen Rotterdam

Extra Ball in Paris

Berlin calling!

More Companies