Janne Weirup

She works as a freelance playwright, producer, manager and festival organiser in Hamburg and Leipzig (Germany). After theatre studies in Leipzig, she was part of Figurentheaterzentrum Lindenfels Westflügel Leipzig in the area of artistic production management (until 2018). Together with the Węgajty Theatre she took part in numerous expeditions between 2011 and 2013 and was an actress in the production Fire, Crisis, Central Station. As a playwright, she works with independent ensembles, focusing primarily on contemporary puppet theatre. Since 2013 she has been part of the artistic direction and production management of the theatre festivals "at.tension" and "be.tween", and is also part of the production team of the music and arts festival Fusion. As an independent production manager, she worked at Internationale Kulturfabrik Kampnagel in Hamburg.

fot. Sylvia Drevin