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Founded by Charlotte Wilde and Michael Vogel in 1997.1
Private company
Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel
German Puppet Company
Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel is a German freelance, touring puppet theatre company established in Stuttgart in 1997. In 2009 the company moved to Leipzig. In 2003 Wilde & Vogel also co-founded the Lindenfels Westflügel Leipzig, where they organize events and work as artistic directors.2 It was founded by Michael Vogel and Charlotte Wilde.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1997Founded1
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Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel is a German freelance, touring puppet theatre company established in Stuttgart in 1997. In 2009 the company moved to Leipzig.2
Leadership
Who has led Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- FounderCharlotte Wilde1
- FounderMichael Vogel1
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Own productions
Galerie Fred, Songs Joachim Will, Direction: Anja Göpfert, 1991
The Trip to Panama, Janosch, Songs Joachim Will, Direction Ensemble, 1994
Exit. A Hamlet fantasy, Direction: Frank Soehnle, 1997
Nils Holgersson with Claudia Olma, Direction: Christiane Zanger, 1998
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Toccata. A nightpiece about Robert Schumann, Direction, Frank Soehnle, 2000
Orpheus Underground, with Johannes Frisch, Miriam Goldschmidt, Wolfgang Kroke, Fine Kwiatkowski, Claudia Olma, Jason Träder, Bénédicte Trouvé, Direction: Hendrik Mannes, 2001
Maria on the High Wire, Based on the novel by Lygia Bojunga, with Ines Müller-Braunschweig, Direction: Christiane Zanger, 2002
King Lear – Work in Progress with Johannes Frisch, Miriam Goldschmidt, Regie-Mitarbeit Claudia Olma, Michael Meschke, Hendrik Mannes, 2003–2006
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien with Florian Feisel, Direction: Christiane Zanger, 2004
Sommernachtstraum – reorganisiert with Christoph Bochdansky (A), Direction: Astrid Griesbach, 2004
until doomsday with Kompania Doomsday (PL), Akademia Teatralna Warszawa / Department of Puppetry Art Bialystok, Direction: Michael Vogel, 2004
Salomé with Kompania Doomsday (PL), Direction: Michael Vogel, 2005
Spleen. Charles Baudelaire Poems in prose, Direction: Hendrik Mannes, 2006
Lear, Willam Shakespeare with Johannes Frisch, Frank Schneider, Direction: Hendrik Mannes, 2007
Mewa mit Kompania Doomsday (PL), Direction: Hendrik Mannes, 2008
Faust spielen with Christoph Bochdansky (A), Direction: Christiane Zanger, 2008
Krabat, Otfried Preußler with Pawel Chomczyk, Florian Feisel, Dagmara Sowa, Direction: Christiane Zanger, 2010
Songs for Alice, Lewis Carroll, with Johannes Frisch, Direction: Hendrik Mannes, 2011
Głośniej! / Louder! with Teatr Hotel Malabar, Warszawa, Direction: Michael Vogel, Music: Charlotte Wilde, 2012
Makariens Archiv with AKHE Theatre/театр АХE/St. Petersburg, Direction: Pawel Semtschenko, with Stefan Wenzel, Alisa Olejnik, Puppets: Michael Vogel, 2013
Panopticon / Паноптикон with Gulliver Puppet Theatre Kurgan / Театр кукол "Гулливер" (R), 2014
REM with Białostocki Teatr Lalek, Lehmann+Wenzel, Grupa Coincidentia, Direction: Michael Vogel, 2014
Sibirien, Direction: Christiane Zanger, 2015
Session: Short Cuts. Kleist – Unwahrscheinliche Wahrhaftigkeiten with Miriam Goldschmidt, Direction: Mannes, Dramaturgy: Antonia Christel 2015
Die Empfindsamkeit der Giganten with Christoph Bochdansky, Direction: Gyula Molnár, 2016
Session: Songs from the Graveyard with Frank Schneider, Johannes Frisch, Konrad Schreiter, Fiona Ebner, 2016
Session: Short Cuts. "Die Familie Schroffenstein" H. v. Kleist with Anne Tismer, Direction: Mannes, Dramaturgy: Christel 2016
Session: Short Cuts. "Penthesilea" H. v. Kleist mit Marina Tenório, Direction: Mannes, Dramaturgy: Christel, 2017
Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley, Direction: Hendrik Mannes, Dramaturgy: Antonia Christel, with Winnie Luzie Burz, Jan Jedenak, Stefan Wenzel, Johannes Frisch, Ilka Schönbein, 2017
Session: Kukułka 1 & 2 Leipzig and Solniki44 with Lehmann+Wenzel, Grupa Coincidentia, Stefanie Oberhoff, 2017
N₂0₂Ar with Lehmann+Wenzel, 2017
Try to sit on the air, Lehmann+Wenzel, Members of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Choir, choir director: Gregor Meyer, Direction: Franziska Merkel, 2018
Dust – אבק with Golden Delicious [ISR/CH], Ari Teperberg, Inbal Yomtovian, Dramaturgy: Jonas Klinkenberg, Direction: Antonia Christl, Hendrik Mannes, 2018
KUKUŁKA - A Fictional Documentary Grupa Coincidentia [Białystok/Polen], Lehmann+Wenzel, Direction: Łukasz Kos, Dramaturgy: Fiona Ebner, 2019
Der Reigen, Choreographie: Rose Breuss, Christoph Bochdansky, Kai Chun Chuang, Damian Cortes Alberti, Marcela Lopez Morales, Music: Protect Laika, 2020
The Flowers of Evil, Charles Baudelaire, Direction Hendrik Mannes, Dramaturgy, co-direction Antonia Christl, 2021
Micro, Artistic consultant Joachim Fleischer, Musical consultant Johannes Frisch, 2021
I am not in a Room, Emily Dickinson, mit Kai Chun Chuang, Choreographia[Inter]Austriaca, Choreografie: Rose Breuss, 2022
overALL underALL, with Philipp Scholz, Text: Susa Schmeel, Directed by: Christiane Zanger, 2023
Animal Farm, A Musical in 10 chapters based on George Orwell, by and with: Florian Feisel, Alexandra Gosławska, Mechtild Nienaber, Samira Wenzel, Stefan Wenzel, Johannes Frisch, Aline Patschke, Philipp Scholz, Charlotte Wilde, Michael Vogel, Janne Weirup, 2025
Productions in collaboration (character creation and performance, music, direction) (selection)
Lug und Trug – Drei Groschen und kein bißchen Oper Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, Direction: Frank Soehnle, 1995
Die große Wut des Philipp Hotz, Max Frisch, Theater Waidspeicher Erfurt, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, Direction: Andreas Günther, 1996
Turandot, Giacomo Puccini, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Direction Nicolas Brieger, 1997
Bossa Nova, Theater Paradox Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Zeitung Theater Award 1998, Direction: Frank Soehnle, 1997
The Tempest, William Shakeseare, bat-Studiotheater Berlin, Puppets: Michael Vogel, Direction: Markus Joss, 2000
Das Fest des Lamms, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Direction: Donald Berkenhoff, 2002
Beauty and the Beast, Puppentheater der Stadt Halle, Puppets: Michael Vogel, Direction: Ralf Meyer, 2002
The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Landesbühne Esslingen, Music: Charlotte Wilde, Direction: Hubert Habig, 2002
Leonard, Theater der Jungen Welt Leipzig, Direction Ines Müller-Braunschweig, 2003
Konen i Muddergroeften, Nørregaards Teater Ebeltoft (DK), Direct:ion Michael Vogel, 2004
until doomsday – Die Ballade vom Fliegenden Holländer Akademia Teatralna Warschau/Bialystok (PL), Direction: Vogel, 2004
King Kong, Marotte Figurentheater Karlsruhe, Puppets: Michael Vogel, Direction: Friederike Krahl, 2006
Bruckner – Genie der Töne von Jürgen Czwienk, ZDF/3sat, Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival, 2007
Die vier Lichter des Hirten Simon, Music: Charlotte Wilde, Regie Angelika Jedelhauser, Zikade Theater, FITZ Stuttgart 2009
Der Freischütz with Stefan Wenzel & Samira Lehmann, HMDK Stuttgart, Direction: Michael Vogel (Leipziger Bewegungskunstpreis), 2013
Zaches, E. T. A. Hoffmann with Stefan Wenzel & Samira Lehmann, Studiengang Figurentheater HMDK Stuttgart, Direction: Michael Vogel, 2015
Grassi invites #3: Masken! Shebassa Maske 1 von 2, Grassimuseum für Völkerkunde Leipzig, M.Vogel, B.Vogel, J.Weirup, 2016
Ich freue mich von Christoph Bochdansky, Martin Ptak, Direction: Michael Vogel, 2017
Little Shop Of Horrors, Białystok Puppet Theatre, Dramaturgy: Janne Weirup, Direction: Michael Vogel, 2018
Die rote Zora, Lehmann und Wenzel + flunker produktionen, 2022
Sesam / ತಿಲ, with Ranga Shankara Bengaluru / India and Westflügel Leipzig, 2023
Superheroes, co-operation with Grupa Coincidentia (PL), 2024
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Timeline
- 1997Founded Founded1
Links
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