Lulu Obermayer is a theatre maker, director, writer, performer and producer. Working across contemporary performance, theatre, music theatre and historical research, she creates original stage works that bring together music, opera, theatre history, archival research, documentary material, fiction and autobiography. Her works interweave different temporalities, modes of storytelling and realities, transforming historical material into contemporary theatrical situations.
Characterised by a reduced yet highly visual theatrical language, Obermayer's work unfolds through precise gestures and carefully composed atmospheres. Moving between micro- and macro-perspectives, she uses the personal as a gateway into broader historical, political and social questions. Historical research, music, documentary material, fiction and autobiography are woven into a single dramaturgical structure.
Her work frequently centres on historical and fictional figures and communities whose voices and perspectives have remained marginal within the cultural canon. By shifting perspective and authorship, Obermayer opens new ways of reading inherited histories.
