Michael Disanka is an actor, director and writer. After studying at the Institut National des Arts in Kinshasa, he founded the Collectif d'Artd'Art together with Christiana Tabaro. In 2012, he met the Congolese playwright DieudonnéNiangouna and worked with him on theatre productions that were presented at Connexion Kin 2012-2013, Mantsina sur scène 2012 (Brazzaville), and Theaterformen 2013 (Hanover), among others. He has also been working on his own texts for several years, especially in the project "Diseurs de textes", a performance reading project. The texts "31 May 2012" and "La Poupoupète" were staged by DieudonnéNiangouna in 2012. In 2021 he became a member of the Group50:50.

Ruth Kemna studied Viola and Applied Theatre in Hannover, London and Salzburg. She is a violist, performer and theatre maker. Her artistic work deals with contemporary music, the bodies of musicians and instruments and the socially critical roles they can play. She has performed at numerous international festivals such as the Ruhrtriennale, Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus, Davos Festival, Heidelberger Frühling, Fusion. She was principal violist of the Hamburger Camerata and had a temporary contract with the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, played with Klangforum Wien, Studio MusikFabrik Köln, Orchester im Treppenhaus, Ensemble Modern. As a solo musician and performer she accompanies the biggest gymnastics show in Europe, the Feuerwerk der Turnkunst. In 2020 she was part of the post-colonial mining oratorio "Hercules de Lubumbashi" in DR Congo. She has toured through countries in Europe, South America, China, DR Congo and South Africa. She is currently living in Palermo to develop new performances dealing with the border between the African and European continents in the Mediterranean.

Born in Lubumbashi in 1995, Joseph K. Kasau Wa Mambwe is a visual artist, filmmaker and author based in Lubumbashi. He holds a degree in Information and Communication Sciences from the University of Lubumbashi, specialising in Performing Arts (Audiovisual, Cinema and Theatre). His passion for art started very early in Lubumbashi's cinemas, and was nourished by multiple visual influences that later formalised in his artistic practice, which is situated at the intersection of cinema, video art, photography, creative writing. In his work he adresses the complexity of memory and identity in a postcolonial urban context. He also works as a fixer, assistant director, editorial assistant and communication officer for African and Western structures and collectives.

Dorine Mokha was born in 1989 in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo and was a dancer, choreographer and author. In addition to his artistic activities, Mokha earned degrees in literature and law. He worked at Studios Kabako, among others, where he dealt with contemporary dance, script and direction. He participated in the festival Theaterformen in Hanover and received a scholarship from the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart in 2014. "Hercules of Lubumbashi" was the second collaboration between Mokha and Rediger after their 2017 play "Oh Boyoma". Dorine Mokha passed away on 8 January 2022 in his hometown of Lubumbashi.