Annina Machaz

Guest 23/24

Annina Machaz, born and raised in Zurich. After successfully attaining the university entrance diploma at a high school specialized in the arts, she completed a bachelor and master`s degree in Drama and Scenic Arts Practice at the Academy of Performing Arts in Berne. During her studies, she received the sponsorship of Migros Kulturprozent as well as the Best Actors` Award for the part of Ophelia at the International ACT Festival Bilbao. Annina creates her own stage designs, papier-mâché figures and absurd texts. As a performer, she works and tours for various well-known artists: Ivo Dimchev, Ann Liv Young and Florentina Holzinger. She performed in well known Theatres like Volksbühne Berlin, Centre Pompidou Paris, Skirball New York, Festival of the Arts hosted by the Ruhr region and many others. She co-directed the fairy tale Gretel und Hänsel at the Theater Neumarkt Zürich. In 2021 she was awarded with the Landis & Gyr Prize to realize her own shortfilmproject. Together with Teresa Vittucci she produced and created SACRE! for and with Theater Hora. Besides her theatre work, Annina has also taken part in several film productions and has organized two exhibitions with her own art work (Paintings and sculpture).