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.
Troupe Charlotte Wilde studied Music, English and History in Karlsruhe. She improvises, composes and plays music live for the productions of Wilde & Vogel and other theatres on violin, guitar and keys. She is also responsible for the management and production.
Michael Vogel studied puppetry in Prague at the Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre and then at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, where he also taught from 1998 to 2006. In 1999 Michael held a scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation.
Awards The company has received 20 awards for its productions, amongst others at the International Solo Puppeteer's Festival in Łódź, Poland in 1998; at the International Puppet Festival of Adult Puppet Theatre in 2001 in Pécs, Hungary; at the XX. International Festival Bielsko-Biała, Poland in 2002 and 2008; at the 5. International Festival "Spectaculo Interesse" in 2003 in Ostrava, Czech Republic; the Theaterpreis der Stuttgarter Zeitung in 2007; the George Tabori Award 2013 Fonds Darstellende Künste; and the award at the International Theatre Festival in 2013 in Puebla, Mexico.
Productions
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 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
External links www.figurentheater-wildevogel official website www.westfluegel.de Partner at Leipzig