René Pollesch
Born in Friedberg, Hessen, in 1962. From 2001 to 2007, Pollesch served as the artistic director of the Prater at the Berliner Volksbühne. In 2000 Pollesch was awarded the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis twice, in 2001 for “www-slums” and in 2006 for “Cappuccetto Rosso.” He directed his own plays at numerous theaters, including the Schauspiel Frankfurt,the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, the Burgtheater Vienna, and the Berliner Volksbühne. He assumed the position of Artistic Director at the Volksbühne Berlin in 2021 but passed away suddenly on February 26, 2024.

Ayaka Ono Akira Nakazawa Spacenotblank
Founded in 2012 as a performing arts collective of Ayaka Ono & Akira Nakazawa which makes dance, theatre and new mechanisms of performing arts. By integrating the established concepts of the performing arts with new mechanisms of their own research and development, they explore the state of the performing arts in the contemporary world and continue to experiment with creating diverse values. With communication arising from the unique environment and relationships at the root of their creation, they are actively engaged in both continuous collaboration with creation members and collaboration with different artists. https://spacenotblank.com/

Sachiko Hara
Born 1964, Kanagawa. The only Japanese actress exclusively working in public theatres in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Graduated from Sophia University with a degree in German. While still at school, she began acting in theater with the Theatre Company Tourou and later joined Romantica. In 1999 she made her stage debut in Germany in “Narayama,” directed by Kazuko Watanabe, and in 2001 moved to Germany, where she became a theater’s ensemble at the Burgtheater in Vienna in 2004, and has been an ensemble for 20 years in Hanover, Cologne, Hamburg and Zurich. She is currently engaged as an ensemble with the Schauspielhaus Hamburg, and is also involved in a wide range of activities between Japan and Germany, including Hiroshima A-bomb folklore activities, performance, butoh, directing, translation and lecturing.