Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel
Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel were both born in 1969 and graduated from the Gießen Institute for Applied Theatre Studies. They joined forces with Stefan Kaegi in 2002, since when have worked together in various constellations under the "Rimini-Protokoll" label, attracting attention with their sharp-witted interventions in the public sphere and documentary plays. Almost without exception, their performers are 'everyday experts', who are brought into dramatic contexts as ready-made actors with their own biographies. Reality is not depicted or artistically dramatised, but imported onto the stage - an approach that is as consistent as it is captivatingly simple.
In 2006, Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel were, among other things, invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen and the Autorentheatertage at the Thalia Theater Hamburg with Wallenstein - eine dokumentarische Inszenierung / Wallenstein - A Documentary Staging. In 2007, their project Karl Marx: Das Kapital, Erster Band / Karl Marx: Capital, Volume 1 received the Dramatists' Award and the Audience Award at the Mülheim Theatertage and in 2008 they received the European Theatre Prize - New Realities in the Theatre category.
