Visual Creation

„Wind“ World Sailing Games, 2006wind.html

Not only geographically, but also in matters of contents (this theatre) is constantly crossing borders, pointing out connections and  building bridges…

Kronen Zeitung, 22.6.2005

Skywalker Museumsquartier Wien 2005skywalker.html

Karin Schäfer

Karin Schäfer studied visual theatre at the Instituto del Teatro in Barcelona with the legendary old master Harry V. Tozer. She founded her first company in Spain and worked at different theatres and together with well-known puppet masters.
In 1993 she moved back to Austria and founded a new company. Today she ranks herselfe among the few masters of this genre.


The “Karin Schäfer Figuren Theater”, while basing its work on the classical techniques of puppetry, has always transcended artistic disciplines with its integration of visual arts, music, dance and the new media. It was from these sources that Karin Schäfer developed her own special art form of „Visual Theatre“ over the last few years.


On Tour

All the productions the theatre has developed to date are available for tour performances at home and abroad. Up to now, Karin Schäfer and her company have been invited to guest performances and festivals in more than 30 countries on four continents.


Among many different distinctions for her work, she won the 1st Prize at the International Festival of Solo Puppeteers and was awarded with the "Premio Villanueva" for the best foreign performance of the year in Cuba.


She is also director of the International Festival of Visual Theatre “PannOpticum” in Neusiedl am See, Austria. Currently, she is working on a new visual theatre production about Zheng He, the famous Chinese explorer of the 15th Century.

Pictures at an exhibition Konzerthaus Wien, 2005pictures_at_an_exhibition.html

Karin Schäfer and her team were invited so far to tours and festivals in Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Andorra, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, The Check Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia / Montenegro, Turkey, Russia, Byelorussia, Lithuania, Egypt, Korea, Pakistan, Kenya, Mexico and Cuba.

TV Spot Maxdata Notebook, Berlin, 2004maxdata_commercial_videoclip.html
Kenia International Festival Nairobi, 2004twice_upon_a_time.html

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„… crossing frontiers at the interfaces of theatre, music, visual arts, performance and dance… “

Wind and beyond Philharmonie Luxemburg, 2004maxdata_commercial_videoclip.html