Bio

Annika Scharm (1987) grew up in Mauritania, Namibia and Germany and studied Applied Theatre (BA) in Brisbane, Australia. In 2012 she graduated from the University of Hamburg with an MA in Performance Studies and has since been working as a freelance performer and theatre maker. She is an active member of the Probebühne im Gängeviertel, enabling this rehearsal space and initiating and performing in the recurring format SONNTAGSSALON. In her solo performances BALZTÄNZE and A MURDER OF CROWS she explored animal- human relationships and hybrid characters (Kampnagel 2015 and 2016). Her new performance work MIEZEN: COPYCATS will be presented at Kampnagel in 2019. Most recently she has collaborated and performed with POOL, Yolanda Gutiérrez, Liz Rech, Schwabingrad Ballett, Katharina Swoboda and Jérôme Bel amongst others.

Photo: Franziska Brodhun