www.rimini-protokoll.de

Stefan Kaegi is one of Europe’s most prominent contemporary theater makers. Since 2000 he has developed his documentary performances from within the framework of Rimini Protokoll: instead of working with professional actors, he chooses for instance Brazilian policemen ("Chácara Paraí- so," alkantara festival 2008), or amateur mode- lists ("Mnemopark," Culturgest 2007) to represent themselves. Each of his projects begins with a concrete situation in a specific place and is then developed through an intense research project with people who are directly involved and affected by that situation. In Kaegi’s work, we have access to the voices of ordinary people as they share with us their passions, lives and concerns.

Since 2003 Stefan Kaegi and Rimini Protokoll are Artists-in-Residence at HAU Theatre Berlin (www. hebbel-am-ufer.de).