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„Spleen. Charles Baudelaire: Poems in Prose“, foto/directed by Hendrik Mannes, 2006

Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel is a German freelance, touring puppet theatre company established in Stuttgart in 1997. In 2009 the company moved to Leipzig.

In 2003 Wilde & Vogel also co-founded the Lindenfels Westflügel Leipzig, where they organize events and work as artistic directors.

Company

Charlotte Wilde studied Music, English and History in Karlsruhe. She improvises, composes and plays music live for the productions of Wilde & Vogel and other theatres on violin, guitar and keys. She is also responsible for the management and production.

Michael Vogel studied puppetry in Prague at Milos Kirschner's Spejbl & Hurvínek theatre and then at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, where he also taught from 1998 to 2006. In 1999 Michael held a scholarship from the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg.

Tours

Since the start in 1997, Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel has been touring in more than 30 different countries in Europe, Africa, America and Asia, amongst others for the Goethe Institute. They have also performed at a number of festivals, including the International Puppet Theatre Festival in Erlangen, German; FIDENA in Bochum, Germany; UNIMA World Festival 2000 in Magdeburg, Germany; unidram Festival Potsdam; Biennale Internationale de la Marionnette in Paris, France; and Festival of Wonder in Silkeborg, Denmark.

Cooperations

The company has collaborated with a number of other performing arts companies, including the Akademia Teatralna from Białystok and Warsaw in Poland; Kompania Doomsday in Białystok, Poland; FIDENA in Bochum, Germany; Puppentheater der Stadt Halle in Halle, Germany; SCHAUBUDE in Berlin, Germany; and Theater des Lachens in Berlin. In Stuttgart they have an ongoing cooperation with FITZ! Zentrum für Figurentheater, and in Leipzig with Lindenfels Westflügel.

Workshops

Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel have also engaged in workshops, inter alia at the Akademia Teatralna Białystok / Warsaw; Stockholms Stadsteatern in Stockholm, Sweden; Trinity College / Hartford Connecticut; Turku Polytechnic & Arts Academy in Turku, Finland; Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania; and at the Biennale Internationale de la Marionnette in Paris.

Awards

The company has received 20 awards for its productions, amongst others at the International Solo Puppeteer's Festival in Lódz, Poland in 1998; at the International Puppet Festival of Adult Puppet Theatre in 2001 in Pécs, Hungary; at the XX. International Festival Bielsko-Biala, Poland in 2002 and 2008; at the 5. International Festival "Spectaculo Interesse" in 2003 in Ostrava, Czech Republic; the Theaterpreis der Stuttgarter Zeitung in 2007; the george tabori award 2013 Fonds Darstellende Künste; and the award at the International Theatre Festival in 2013 in Puebla, México Hector Azar.

Productions

Wilde & Vogel

  • Galerie Fred Songs Joachim Will, dir. by Anja Göpfert, 1991
  • Oh wie schön ist Panama Songs Joachim Will, dir. by Ensemble, 1994
  • [Exit. Eine Hamletfantasie dir. by Frank Soehnle, 1997
  • Nils Holgersson with Claudia Olma, dir. by Christiane Zanger, 1998
  • Toccata. Ein Nachtstück über Robert Schumann dir. by Frank Soehnle, 2000
  • Orpheus Underground with Johannes Frisch, Miriam Goldschmidt, Wolfgang Kroke, Fine Kwiatkowski, Claudia Olma, Jason Träder, Bénédicte Trouvé, dir. by Hendrik Mannes, 2001
  • Maria auf dem Seil with Ines Müller-Braunschweig, dir. by Christiane Zanger, 2002
  • King Lear – Work in Progress with Johannes Frisch, Miriam Goldschmidt, co-direction Claudia Olma, Michael Meschke, Hendrik Mannes, 2003–2006
  • The Hobbit – or there and back again with Florian Feisel, dir. by Christiane Zanger, 2004
  • Midsummer Night's Dream – reorganized with Christoph Bochdansky (A), dir. by Astrid Griesbach, 2004
  • Salomé with Kompania Doomsday (PL), dir. by Michael Vogel, 2005
  • Spleen. Charles Baudelaire: Poems in Prose dir. by Hendrik Mannes, 2006
  • Lear with Johannes Frisch, Frank Schneider, dir. by Hendrik Mannes, 2007
  • Mewa with Kompania Doomsday (PL), dir. by Hendrik Mannes, 2008
  • FAUST spielen with Christoph Bochdansky (A), dir. by Christiane Zanger, 2008
  • Krabat with Pawel Chomczyk, Florian Feisel, Dagmara Sowa, dir. by Christiane Zanger, 2010
  • Songs for Alice with Johannes Frisch, dir. by Hendrik Mannes, 2011
  • Głośniej! / Louder! with Teatr Hotel Malabar, Warszawa, directed by Michael Vogel, performed by: Marcin Bartnikowski and Marcin Bikowski, 2012
  • Makariens Archiv with AKHE Theatre/театр АХE/St. Petersburg, directed by Pawel Semtschenko, performed by: Stefan Wenzel and Alisa Olejnik, scenography: Michael Vogel, 2013

Productions at other theatres (puppetry, music or direction) (i.a.)

  • Lug und Trug – Drei Groschen und kein bißchen Oper, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, dir. by Frank Soehnle, 1995
  • Die große Wut des Philipp Hotz, Theater Waidspeicher Erfurt, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, dir. by Andreas Günther, 1996
  • Turandot, Staatsoper Stuttgart, dir. by Nicolas Brieger, 1997
  • Das Fest des Lamms Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, dir. by Donald Berkenhoff, 2002
  • Die Schöne und das Biest Puppentheater der Stadt Halle, dir. by Ralf Meyer, 2002
  • Leonard Theater der Jungen Welt Leipzig, dir. by Ines Müller-Braunschweig, 2003
  • Konen i Muddergroeften Nørregaards Teater Ebeltoft (DK), dir. by Michael Vogel, 2004
  • until doomsday – The Ballad of the Flying Dutchman Akademia Teatralna Warsaw/ Bialystok (PL), dir. by Michael Vogel, 2004
  • Bruckner – Genie der Töne by Jürgen Czwienk, ZDF/ 3sat, first broadcast at Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival, 2007
  • Der Freischütz Stefan Wenzel & Samira Lehmann, directed by Michael Vogel (Leipziger Bewegungskunstpreis 2013), 2013
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