Philipp Basener

Philipp Basener born in Düsseldorf in 1988.
Early theatre experiences he had at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and with off groups, devising theatrical short films, video art and performances, which were shown at several theatre and film festivals.

From 2012 to 2016 he studied acting at Otto Falckenberg School of Performing Arts in Munich. During his studies he performed in numerous productions at the Münchner Kammerspiele. Together with director Ersan Mondtag and KAPITÆL ZWEI KOLEKTIF he created several interdisciplinary performances which took place in clubs and in urban spaces.
From 2016 to 2018 Philipp Basener was a ensemble member of Theater Bonn. During this time he founded the interdisciplinary queer party CIN CIN together with two other performing artists and a DJ-artist. CIN CIN connects queer club cluture with different art forms such as performing arts, drag, visual arts and music to build a space of love and diversity, to break boundaries of gender and searching for a new forms of partying and performing. In 2019 CIN CIN took place in Berlin, acting as the opening event of BURNING ISSUES at Berliner Theatertreffen.

Since 2018 Philipp Basener has been working freelance. At the moment he appears as a guest in 4 productions at Staatstheater Kassel. This year marked his first opera production, playing the main role of Voltaire in Bernstein's CANDIDE.
Philipp Basener lives in Cologne.