Daniel Wetzel

Daniel Wetzel

Daniel Wetzel (*1969) has studied Applied Theatre Sciences in Giessen and since the year 2000 collaborates with Helgard Haug and Stefan Kaegi, under the label Rimini Protokoll. They work in the area of theatre and related forms, a team of author-directors in constellations of two or three and solo as well. At the focus of their work is the continuous development of the tools of the theater to allow for unusual perspectives on our reality. They have received several awards including the Solver Lion of the Venice Theater Biennale, the German National Theater Award Der Faust, the Excellence Award of the Japan Media Arts Festival. 

Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi, and Daniel Wetzel have been working as a team since 2000. They work in the area of theater, a team of author-directors. Their work in the realm of theater, sound and radio plays, film, installation emerge in constellations of two or three and solo as well. Since 2002, all their works have been written collectively under the label Rimini Protokoll. At the focus of their work is the continuous development of the tools of the theater to allow for unusual perspectives on our reality.