Eva-Maria Bertschy

works as a freelance dramaturg, curator and writer at the intersection of theatre and political activism in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy and D.R. Congo. She is the artistic director of Studio Rizoma, a production structure for transnational political and artistic projects in Palermo. With the Swiss director Milo Rau / International Institute of Political Murder, she has conceived and realised numerous productions, international theatre and documentary film projects, political interventions, congresses and other discursive formats. She also works regularly with the Berlin director Ersan Mondtag. She founded GROUP50:50 in 2021 with musician Elia Rediger, Congolese choreographer Dorine Mokha and curator Patrick Mudekereza. Her projects have won numerous awards, been invited to the most important international theatre festivals such as the Berlin Theatertreffen, the Festival d'Avignon and the Kunstenfestivaldesarts and have been shown in more than 20 countries.