“Never repeat.”

Roscha A. Säidow, born and raised in Berlin, is a multidisciplinary artist. After studying Theater Directing at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin and winning the Vontobel-Prize for her Production „Heroes“ (Palmetshofer) in 2011 in Hamburg, the artist has worked at State Theaters in Germany (e.g. Schauspiel Frankfurt, Theater Dortmund, Theater Mannheim, and Schauspiel Leipzig). With her profound specialization in modern puppet theatre and the interest in inter-disciplinary approaches her projects are a kaleidoscope of forms.

Säidow is founding member of the independent Puppet Theater Company Retrofuturisten, whose works were shown at national and international Festivals. Co-productions with the Goethe-Institute and foreign Artist Groups brought Säidow to Indonesia, Jordan and South-Africa.

While being guest of the Playwrights Fellowship at Schauspiel Frankfurt from 2015 to 2016 her play “I would like to be as charming as Adriano Celentano” got premiered. At the following Artist in Residence at the Magdeburg Puppet Theater from 2017 to 2019 Säidow researched about new forms in modern puppet theater. In 2019 the Opera “The True Story of King Kong” (composition: Jeffrey Ching, libretto: Roscha A. Säidow) was created as a Co-Production between the Magdeburg Puppet Theater and the Magdeburg Opera. 

Additional to her staging work Säidow writes and composes „Singspiele“, such as "M - A City hunts a murderer“ (premiered in 2016 and inspired by the cinematic masterpiece of Fritz Lang). This show was a guest at various national Theaterfestivals and at the Berliner Ensemble.

Besides theatre, Säidow works in the field of Sound Art and Video Production and is songwriter for different music projects.

Roscha A. Säidow writes prose, her stories are published under several pseudonyms in literature magazines. She gets invited to Writer’s Residences such as Villa Sarkia in Finland and Freiraum Stipendium in Zurich. In Zurich she started the work on her long-term project “Zürcher Olymp”, a fictional mythology about the Gods of Üetliberg. In Sagas, installations, videos and performances the Gods manifest themselves into the Identity of Zurich. 

Roscha A. Säidow holds a Guest Professorship at the Academy of Dramatic Arts “Ernst Busch” in Berlin at the department Contemporary Puppetry. Since 2023 Säidow is Jury Member of the Senate of Berlin for the Performing Art Founding Programme.


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Stage Works / Art Works

2024
PODCAST TOUR WITH “HÄNDE HOCH”
Second Season out in Octobre 2024

GUEST PROFESSORSHIP
Academy for Dramatic Arts Ernst Busch Berlin

ARTIST RESIDENCY in RAUMARS / FINLAND

WRITERS WORKSHOPS
For Children and Adults in Germany and Finland

DIRECTING THE WORLD PREMIERE of DEFEKT - Opera by Mithacan Öcal
in Collaboration with the Munich Biennale and the State Theatre Kassel

PART OF OPENING CEREMONY FOR EUROPEAN CITY OF CULTURE IN BODÖ (NORWAY)
in Collaboration with Phase7
Building of seven 5-7m long Fish Puppets in Collaboration with the Nordland Theatre in Mo I Rana
Training and Performing with the Puppets

2023
GUEST PROFESSORSHIP
Academy for Dramatic Arts Ernst Busch Berlin

JURY MEMBER
For Performing Arts Found of Senate of Berlin
2023-2026

ARTIST RESIDENCY in TUO TUO / Finland

ARTIST RESIDENCY IN ART ICELAND / Isafjördur (Iceland)

PART OF OPENING CEREMONY FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS BERLIN
in Collaboration with Phase7
Pegasus-Puppet Animation

PODCAST HÄNDE HOCH
People Behind Puppets
Production, First Season, 10 Episodes

FOREST WAVES
Soundart Audiowalk and Album release
Label True Aether, Joutsa, Finland

ZÜRCHER OLYMP
Release Audiowalk and immersive Reading
Jurablick, Zurich

2022
A COCKROACH’S TARANTELLA / ZOLLE by Du Yun
Musictheatre / Opera with International Contemporary Ensemble
NYUC, New York

FERVENT FOR LIFE
New Music Experimental Film with Du Yun

FOREST WAVES
Soundart Audiowalk and Album release
Label True Aether, Joutsa, Finland

2021

A COCKROACH’S TARANTELLA / ZOLLE by Du Yun
Music Theatre, European Premiere
Theater Lucerne / Opera, Switzerland

2020

WALDEN
Puppet - Performance Film and Seminar
Academy for Dramatic Arts Ernst Busch

2019

THE HEART OF THE FOREST
Performance, Ritus, Mythology, Film Premiere
Concept / Art Work / Film / Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
la capsula Art Space, Zurich


THE TRUE STORY OF KING KONG
Opera by Jeffrey Ching, Libretto: Roscha A. Säidow
Director: Roscha A. Säidow
Worldpremiere Opera Magdburg

WIR (by Jewegeni Samjatin)
Director: Roscha A. Säidow
Theater Mannheim

2018

MOZART AND  SALIERI
Music / Text / Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Puppet Theater Magdeburg

PUSS IN BOOTS
Music / Text / Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Puppet Theater Magdeburg

2017

HIGH UP A RAVEN  (by Roscha A.Säidow)
Directing, Text, Video Work: Roscha A. Säidow
Contemporary Art Centre Amman
Retrofuturisten in Kooperation with Goethe Institut Amman and Local Artists

MILLION MILES 
Directing, Music: Roscha A. Säidow
Retrofuturisten - Production

THE CONFERENCE OF THE ANIMALS (by Kästner / Säidow)
Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
A Production by Schauspiel Leipzig, with Retrofuturisten

MEET ME IN MOSKAU
Music / Text / Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Puppet Theater Magdeburg


2016

M - EINE STADT SUCHT EINEN MÖRDER (by Säidow, Lang)
Music / Text / Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Puppentheater Magdeburg, Guest Shows at Berliner Ensemble and Theatre Potsdam and at nationalen Festivals

ICH HÄTTE GERN DEN CHARME VON ADRIANO CELENTANO (by  R.A.Säidow)
Music / Text / Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Schauspiel Frankfurt

2015
MR LOVE IS IN TOWN! (von R. A. Säidow)
Music / Text / Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Theater Chemnitz 

MOBY DICK vs A.H.A.B. (by R.A. Säidow)
Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Schauspiel Dortmund || Retrofuturisten

SENLIMA
Cooperation Retrofuturisten / Papermoon Puppet Theatre / Goethe Insitut Indonesia / HfS „Ernst Busch“ / Retrofuturisten
Toured Indonesia, Italy and Germany
Music / Directing: Roscha A. Säidow

2014
FORTUNA CALLING (by Säidow)
Music / Text / Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Neuköllner Oper  || Retrofuturisten

CRY BABY CRY 
Music / Story / Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Schaubude Berlin || Retrofuturisten

MENSCH MASCHINE (by Konstantin Küspert)
Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
tjg Dresden

2013
ENDSTATION SEHNSUCHT (by T. Williams)
Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Landestheater Marburg 

DIE ALTRUISTEN (by Nicky Silver)
Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Maxim Gorki Theater 

PRINZ PRIMEL IS MISSING!
Music / Text / Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Retrofuturisten

ver_SCHLIMM_bessern (by : R. A. Säidow)
Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Schaubude Berlin || Retrofuturisten

2012
NICHTS. (by Janne Teller)
Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Theater an der Parkaue

ICH BEREUE NICHTS! (by R.A.Säidow)
Director / Playwright: Roscha A. Säidow
Landestheater Marburg

FRERK, DU ZWERG! (by Finn-Ole Heinrich)
Music Theatre
Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
Neuköllner Oper and Retrofuturisten

CITY OF FEAR (by R. A. Säidow)
Director: Roscha A. Säidow
bat Studiotheater || Retrofuturisten

GENANNT GOSPODIN (by Philipp Löhle)
Director: Roscha A. Säidow
Schauspiel Frankfurt 

2011
HELDEN (by Ewald Palmetshofer)
Director: Roscha A. Säidow
bat Studiotheater || Regie: Säidow
- -> Vontobel Award of Acting Academy Festival 2012

PROMETHEUS! (by R.A.Säidow)
Directing: Roscha A. Säidow
bat Studiotheater  || Retrofuturisten

DON KARLOS (by Friedrich Schiller)
Dircecting: Roscha A. Säidow
Landestheater Marburg