“Our performances aim to bring together people who would otherwise be on different sides and to create a sense of unity and community.”

The independent theatre company Wunderbaum was founded in 2001. The collective has collaborated with major theatre houses in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, and between 2018 and 2022 artistically directed Theaterhaus Jena, where they also created the highly successful production Die Hundekot-Attacke (The Dog Poop Attack). Since 2010, they have had their permanent base at Theater Rotterdam.
The ensemble comprises of actors Maartje Remmers, Marleen Scholten, Matijs Jansen, Walter Bart and Wine Dierickx and stage designer Maarten van Otterdijk, who equally share both creative and production duties. For more than 20 years, Wunderbaum has been creating internationally acclaimed productions, in which humour, music and societal engagement come together masterly. They look for ideas for their productions in unknown stories or stories that do not receive enough attention as well as urgent topics of our time. They often draw on personal experiences that reflect their political positions, but at the same time confront them with different opinions and perspectives, creating a space for much-needed dialogue. Also typical is their work with non-actors and people outside the theatre world, such as refugees from Syria, teenagers from detention centres or the elderly.
They have won numerous awards, including the Theo d’Or (2016), the Premio Drammaturgico Nazionale Antonio Conti (2020), the Martin Linzer Theaterpreis (2022), and the 3sat-Preis (2024).