Jonathan Mertz, born 1986 in Stuttgart, studied Art and Stage design with Raimund Bauer at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts and at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Since studying, he has worked closely with director Christopher Rüping and has worked with him, among others, in Hamburg, Stuttgart, Berlin, Munich and now Zurich. Their joint work has been invited to the Berliner Theatertreffen several times as well as to various international festivals.
Important works: Das Fest, Trommeln in der Nacht, Panikherz, Dionysos Stadt, Einfach das Ende der Welt