Thom
Luz Direction

Thom Luz was born in Zurich and studied at the Zurich University of the Arts. He has staged productions in the independent theatre scene and at municipal theatres in Switzerland, Germany and France. In 2014, he was voted Young Director of the Year by the trade magazine Theater heute. From 2015 to 2020, he was in-house director at Theater Basel. His productions have been invited to the Heidelberger Stückemarkt, the Autorentheatertage at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Kontakt International Theatre Festival Toruń, the Maillon Strasbourg and the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers Paris. ‹Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln› 2015 at Schauspiel Hannover, ‹Traurige Zauberer› 2017 at Staatstheater Mainz and ‹Girl from the Fog Machine Factory› 2019 at Gessnerallee Zürich were invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen. His productions ‹When I Die›, ‹Unusual Weather Phenomena Project› and ‹Girl From The Fog Machine Factory› have toured the world and have been seen in Berlin, Reykjavik, Buenos Aires, Marseille, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Amsterdam, Nanterre, Lausanne and Zurich. At the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, he staged Max Frisch's ‹Der Mensch erscheint im Holozän› and Thomas Bernhard's ‹Alte Meister›. Thom Luz has been resident director at the Residenztheater in Munich since 2019. In the same year, he was awarded the Swiss Theatre Prize. Following productions such as ‹Lieder ohne Worte›, ‹4½ Jahreszeiten› and ‹Tourist Trap› in Basel/Zurich, Thom Luz is now directing ‹Don Quichotte› at Theater Basel.