Residency of Marcus Peter Tesch

hosted by Dramatiker|innenfestival Graz

Participating countries:

  • Austria
  • Bulgaria
  • Germany
  • Music
  • Spoken Word
  • Theatre

Period

  • From 01-02-2026 to 31-10-2026
Generation #4

Website

Address

Graz

Project summary

DIRTY WATERS is an essayistic performance by playwright Marcus Peter Tesch, combining live podcast and an electronic music concert. Developed in collaboration with scientist Slava Savova and musician Roberto Maqueda, the project investigates bath houses in Bulgaria, Austria, and Germany as meeting places for marginalized communities and as a space for critical reflections on national identity and neo-colonial relations between Western and Eastern Europe. DIRTY WATERS seeks a polyphonic, multilingual, and transnational narrative, intertwining research, performance, and dialogue across the Dramatiker|innenfestival Graz, Fringify Festival Hamburg, and 180 Degrees Festival Sofia.
© Eike Walkenhorst

Artist

Marcus Peter Tesch

Biography: Marcus Peter Tesch writes texts for spoken theatre and collaboratively develops theatre performances. In his projects, he focuses on making queer perspectives and histories visible and critically examines classism. His works are shown in the independent scene as well as in state theatres, e. g. Schauspiel Frankfurt, Volkstheater Wien, Schauspielhaus Hamburg. He studied theatre science in Giessen and language arts in Vienna and was a scholarship holder at the Forum Text course in Graz. After completing his studies, he worked as a freelance dramaturg at the Berlin Schaubühne. He has received various prizes and scholarships, including a one-year scholarship from the German Literature Fund. He lives in Berlin and Vienna and is currently resident writer at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.
Contact: marcuspetertesch@gmail.com
Website: https://www.felix-bloch-erben.de/index.php5/aid/1527/Action/showAuthor/fbe/68c40dfe719589a3f8e946fc3ef58021/
Social media: https://www.instagram.com/_planet_zero/ https://www.schaubuehne.de/de/personen/marcus-peter-tesch.html https://www.deutschestheater.de/das-deutsche-theater/personen/marcus-peter-tesch
Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCyJGbtq-dc https://www.schaubuehne.de/de/produktionen/bucci-paranoia.html?ID_Vorstellung=5808 https://vimeo.com/1013482596?share=copy

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