FRIENDS IN PUBLIC is a group of international artists. As a dialogue between theatre, music, media and everyday life we analyse, describe and work with social reality from the perspective of local communities.
For this purpose interdisciplinary ensembles within the collective are formed to work collaboratively on concept direction and realisation of each project. Based on research and narrative interviews we dig into social political topics to create multimedia works with live theatre, video and sound. We aim for a critical dialogue between local communities, artists and politics.
Tülin Pektas, born in Nicosia, Cyprus. After completing an apprenticeship in ceramics and studying fine arts, she was trained as an actress at the Schauspielhaus Salzburg. There she took part in numerous productions before becoming permanent member of several theatres in Germany and Austria.
Since 2021 she has been a freelance-actress at various theatres in German-speaking countries, meanwhile producing documentary theatre projects with Kultur_Land_Kollektiv.
Georg Brenner was born in Dernbach, Germany. Having studied musicology and English linguistics at the University of Cologne, he founded the electronic/noise rock duo Urlaub in Polen, he still plays in.
Between 2001 and 2020 he released various records with numerous musicians. Likewise he composes music for theatre plays and performances since 2013 and was musical director of the theatre festival in Wangen i.A. between 2018-23
Sakari Laurila, from Helsinki is a theatre and filmmaker. His first band was called Metal Deth, at the age of 10. Music has saved his life in several occasions. He has made documentaries and short films and writes for both films and theatre. He is also performing in theatre and performance projects, as well as producing his own projects of political contemporary theatre.
Katharina Heissenhuber was born in Landshut / Germany. She studied classical singing, vocal pedagogy and acting at the Zurich University of the Arts. Sociopolitical issues and development of new forms of theatre are just as important to her as experimenting with the element of music in theatre and vice versa. She is an hybrid artist working in Switzerland and Germany.
CONTACT
EMAIL: kontakt (at) tuelinpektas.com