Charlie Wyrsch

Charlie Wyrsch, born in 1996 in the Ruhr region, is a performer, actor and theatre maker working at the intersection of physical theatre, performance, text and theory. After completing a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Theatre Studies in Gießen, Charlie studied physical theatre at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. During stays abroad, they studied in Prague and at the Norwegian Theatre Academy in Fredrikstad. Charlie’s work as a freelance theatre maker and performer has been shown at festivals and venues on the independent theatre scene, including at Tanzhaus nrw, Maschinenhaus Essen, the Hundertpro Festival in Mühlheim, the SoloDuoFestival in Cologne, the ZeitZeug Festival in Bochum and the Hungry Eyes Festival in Giessen. Together with Meret König and Valentin Schwerdfeger, Charlie forms the physical theatre collective Sticky Fragments. To date, they have developed the pieces ‘Wenn wir Glück haben, dann löst es uns ganz auf’ (2021), ‘Choking on Stardust’ (2022), ‘Try to Catch a Falling Knife’ (2023), ‘Minor Glitch’ (2024) and ‘Power Strangers’ (2025). For Charlie’s Artist Diploma, ‘In the end I need a hug’ (2024), the Sticky Fragments were awarded the Folkwang Prize. In their work, Charlie is particularly interested in transdisciplinary practice, intersectional and queer feminism, the aesthetics of access, and the constant re-examination of theatre and society. As an actor, Charlie has made guest appearances at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (‘Orlando’, directed by André Kaczmarczyk), the Theater Dortmund (‘Bakchen – die verlorene Generation’, directed by Julia Wissert), and the Schauspiel Essen (‘Tabak’, directed by Lea Oltmanns) Since the 2025/26 season, Charlie has been a permanent member of the ensemble at the Junges Ensemble Stuttgart (JES).