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Familie Flöz

Privately owned off theatre company based in Berlin, Germany1

Familie Flöz is a German-based theatre company that uses humour, masks, improvisation, mime and physical comedy to create family-friendly shows. The company was begun in 1994 by Hajo Schüler and Markus Michalkowski, acting and mime students at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen in the Ruhr Area of Germany, and fellow Michael Vogel joined soon thereafter. Their first production, a comic piece on life on a construction site, premiered at the university in 1994.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Familie Flöz, 2022
Photo: Ghjuvanny, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Familie Flöz is a German-based theatre company that uses humour, masks, improvisation, mime and physical comedy to create family-friendly shows. The company was begun in 1994 by Hajo Schüler and Markus Michalkowski, acting and mime students at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen in the Ruhr Area of Germany, and fellow Michael Vogel joined soon thereafter. Their first production, a comic piece on life on a construction site, premiered at the university in 1994. A few years later, the Familie Flöz performed at the Cologne Comedy Festival and the Kulturbörse Freiburg.2

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