Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel is a German freelance, touring puppet theatre company established in Stuttgart in 1997. In 2009 the company moved to Leipzig. In 2003 Wilde & Vogel also co-founded the Lindenfels Westflügel Leipzig, where they organize events and work as artistic directors. Company Charlotte Wilde studied Music, English and History in Karlsruhe. She improvises, composes and plays music live for the productions of Wilde & Vogel and other theatres on violin, guitar and keys. She is also responsible for the management and production. Michael Vogel studied puppetry in Prague at Milos Kirschner's Spejbl & Hurvínek theatre and then at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, where he also taught from 1998 to 2006. In 1999 Michael held a scholarship from the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg. Tours Since the start in 1997, Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel has been touring in more than 30 different countries in Europe, Africa, America and Asia, amongst others for the Goethe Institute. They have also performed at a number of festivals, including the International Puppet Theatre Festival in Erlangen, German; FIDENA in Bochum, Germany; UNIMA World Festival 2000 in Magdeburg, Germany; unidram Festival Potsdam; Biennale Internationale de la Marionnette in Paris, France; and Festival of Wonder in Silkeborg, Denmark. Cooperations The company has collaborated with a number of other performing arts companies, including the Akademia Teatralna from Białystok and Warsaw in Poland; Kompania Doomsday in Białystok, Poland; FIDENA in Bochum, Germany; Puppentheater der Stadt Halle in Halle, Germany; SCHAUBUDE in Berlin, Germany; and Theater des Lachens in Berlin. In Stuttgart they have an ongoing cooperation with FITZ! Zentrum für Figurentheater, and in Leipzig with Lindenfels Westflügel. Workshops Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel have also engaged in workshops at the Akademia Teatralna Białystok / Warsaw; Stockholms Stadsteatern in Stockholm, Sweden; Trinity College / Hartford Connecticut; Turku Polytechnic & Arts Academy in Turku, Finland; Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania; Figurentheater-Kolleg Bochum and at the Biennale Internationale de la Marionnette in Paris. Awards The company has received 20 awards for its productions, amongst others at the International Solo Puppeteer's Festival in Lódz, Poland in 1998; at the International Puppet Festival of Adult Puppet Theatre in 2001 in Pécs, Hungary; at the XX. International Festival Bielsko-Biala, Poland in 2002 and 2008; at the 5. International Festival "Spectaculo Interesse" in 2003 in Ostrava, Czech Republic; the Theaterpreis der Stuttgarter Zeitung in 2007; the George Tabori Award 2013 Fonds Darstellende Künste;