The German Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel was founded in 1997 by the puppeteer Michael Vogel (graduate of Department for Puppetry Stuttgart) and the musician Charlotte Wilde as a professional freelance touring company based in Stuttgart, since 2009 in Leipzig. In 2003 Wilde & Vogel co-founded the Lindenfels Westflügel Leipzig, where they organize events and work as artistic directors.
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 Milos Kirschner's Spejbl & Hurvínek theatre and then at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, where he also taught from 1998 to 2006. In 1999 Michael held a scholarship from the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg.
to more than 30 different countries in Europe, Africa, America and Asia, amongst others for the Goethe Institute, Festivals amongst others International Puppet Theatre Festival Erlangen, FIDENA Bochum, UNIMA World Festival 2000 Magdeburg, unidram Festival Potsdam, Biennale Internationale de la Marionnette Paris (F), Festival of Wonder, Silkeborg (DK).
amongst others with Akademia Teatralna Białystok / Warsaw, Kompania Doomsday Białystok, FIDENA Bochum, Puppentheater der Stadt Halle, SCHAUBUDE Berlin, Theater des Lachens Berlin, in Stuttgart continuous cooperation with FITZ! Zentrum für Figurentheater, in Leipzig with Lindenfels Westflügel.
Workshops amongst others at Akademia Teatralna Białystok / Warsaw, Stockholms Stadsteatern, Trinity College / Hartford Connecticut, Turku Polytechnic & Arts Academy, Muhlenberg College / Allentown Pennsylvania, Biennale Internationale de la Marionnette Paris.
20 awards for productions, amongst others International Solo Puppeteer's Festival Lódz/ Poland 1998, International Puppet Festival of Adult Puppet Theatre 2001 Pécs/ Hungary, XX. International Festival Bielsko-Biala/ Poland 2002 and 2008, 5. International Festival "Spectaculo Interesse" 2003, Ostrava, Czech Republic, Theaterpreis der Stuttgarter Zeitung 2007, george tabori award 2013, Fonds Darstellende Künste, International Theatre Festival 2013 Puebla, México Hector Azar.
Wilde & Vogel:
Galerie Fred Songs Joachim Will, dir. by Anja Göpfert, 1991
Oh wie schön ist Panama Songs Joachim Will, dir. by Ensemble, 1994
[Exit. Eine Hamletfantasie dir. by Frank Soehnle, 1997
Nils Holgersson with Claudia Olma, dir. by Christiane Zanger, 1998
Toccata. Ein Nachtstück über Robert Schumann dir. by Frank Soehnle, 2000
Orpheus Underground with Johannes Frisch, Miriam Goldschmidt, Wolfgang Kroke, Fine Kwiatkowski, Claudia Olma, Jason Träder, Bénédicte Trouvé, dir. by Hendrik Mannes, 2001
Maria auf dem Seil with Ines Müller-Braunschweig, dir. by Christiane Zanger, 2002
King Lear – Work in Progress with Johannes Frisch, Miriam Goldschmidt, co-direction Claudia Olma, Michael Meschke, Hendrik Mannes, 2003–2006
The Hobbit – or there and back again with Florian Feisel, dir. by Christiane Zanger, 2004
Midsummer Night's Dream – reorganized with Christoph Bochdansky (A), dir. by Astrid Griesbach, 2004
Salomé with Kompania Doomsday (PL), dir. by Michael Vogel, 2005
Spleen. Charles Baudelaire: Poems in Prose dir. by Hendrik Mannes, 2006
Lear with Johannes Frisch, Frank Schneider, dir. by Hendrik Mannes, 2007
Mewa with Kompania Doomsday (PL), dir. by Hendrik Mannes, 2008
FAUST spielen with Christoph Bochdansky (A), dir. by Christiane Zanger, 2008
Krabat with Pawel Chomczyk, Florian Feisel, Dagmara Sowa, dir. by Christiane Zanger, 2010
Songs for Alice with Johannes Frisch, dir. by Hendrik Mannes, 2011
Głośniej! / Louder! with Teatr Hotel Malabar, Warszawa, directed by Michael Vogel, performed by: Marcin Bartnikowski and Marcin Bikowski, 2012
Makariens Archiv with AKHE Theatre/театр АХE/St. Petersburg, directed by Pawel Semtschenko, performed by: Stefan Wenzel and Alisa Olejnik, scenography: Michael Vogel, 2013
Other Theatres (Puppetry, Music or Direction) amongst others:
Lug und Trug – Drei Groschen und kein bißchen Oper Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, dir. by Frank Soehnle, 1995
Die große Wut des Philipp Hotz Theater Waidspeicher Erfurt, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, dir. by Andreas Günther, 1996
Turandot Staatsoper Stuttgart, dir. by Nicolas Brieger, 1997
Das Fest des Lamms Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, dir. by Donald Berkenhoff, 2002
Die Schöne und das Biest Puppentheater der Stadt Halle, dir. by Ralf Meyer, 2002
Leonard Theater der Jungen Welt Leipzig, dir. by Ines Müller-Braunschweig, 2003
Konen i Muddergroeften Nørregaards Teater Ebeltoft (DK), dir. by Michael Vogel, 2004
until doomsday – The Ballad of the Flying Dutchman Akademia Teatralna Warsaw/ Bialystok (PL), dir. by Michael Vogel, 2004
Bruckner – Genie der Töne by Jürgen Czwienk, ZDF/ 3sat, first broadcast at Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival, 2007
Der Freischütz Stefan Wenzel & Samira Lehmann, directed by Michael Vogel (Leipziger Bewegungskunstpreis 2013), 2013
