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Sebastian Pircher

born 1976 in Düsseldorf, has been working as a video designer, video artist and actor for various theatres since 1999.

Born in Düsseldorf in 1976, Sebastian Pircher studied film and television studies, American studies and general and comparative literature at the Ruhr University in Bochum. Since 1999 he has worked as a video designer for various theatres, including Schauspiel Köln, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Volksbühne Berlin, Thalia Theater Hamburg, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Theater Basel, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Burgtheater Wien and Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris. He has collaborated with Katie Mitchell and Antú Romero Nunes, among others, for whom he has repeatedly appeared on stage as an actor. As a video artist, Sebastian Pircher was invited to the Theatertreffen in 2011 with "Tod eines Handlungsreisenden" (directed by Stefan Pucher) and in 2019 with "Persona" (directed by Anna Bergmann). In addition to his work as a video artist, Sebastian Pircher is also active as an actor and director together with the video collective impulskontrolle.