44th Open Stage with Zirkus Chnopf

Robin Blickle

Robin Blickle lives in Winterthur and currently works in the office at FUNK (environmental education organization) in Zurich in fundraising and course management. Since September 2026, Robin has also been completing artFAQ’s “Rundlauf” for production management in the independent Swiss theater scene.

After completing a bachelor’s degree in theater pedagogy in Lingen (Ems) in Germany and at the ZHdK, Robin started his professional career with an assistant director position in Münster (DE). In 2023 and 2024, Robin took on responsibility for application procedures, fundraising, finance, environmental sustainability and awareness raising as a team member at Circolino Pipistrello, in addition to the ongoing operation of animation, play and moderation on stage. During his studies, Robin was part of the “kollektiv.für.sorge” in Germany, which developed a forum theater piece on the care emergency and performed it in several cities, understood improvisational theater and dealt with theater and activism. The internship at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin and the organization and curation of the online discourse festival “unboxing:masculinities*” were formative.

Nadine Hochstrasser

Nadine Hochstrasser is a freelance theater maker and works in a variety of roles in the Swiss theater scene. She takes on roles such as production manager, performer, speaker, director and theater and circus educator.

After gaining a wide range of stage experience in acting, dancing and singing during her childhood and teenagers, Nadine decided to pursue a career in the arts after completing her apprenticeship. She started theSAMTS StageArt Musical & Theater School in September 2016 and successfully graduated in January 2020. In the same year, she also completed a one-year training course as a speaker at the Speech Academy Switzerland.
During her training, she was involved in the Zurich theater association Jungthaeter. The collaboration “Tabula Rasa” directed by Damiàn Dlaboha with Fetter Vetter & Oma Hommage and the Jungtheater was one of her most formative theater experiences. She became a member and later president of the Junges Theater Winterthur, where she discovered herself as a director in addition to various acting projects. Thanks to her acrobatic skills, she began teaching acrobatics at various circus schools shortly after graduating from drama school. While working at Fahrwerk.ö! , she found her love for life in a circus wagon and then worked for two years at Circolino Pipistrello , touring all over Switzerland.

She is currently production manager at Das Theaterkolleg, is responsible for fundraising at FAHR.WERK.ö! and takes on staging and organizational tasks there. She is currently on stage in productions at Theater Jetzt under the direction of Oliver Kühn.