Thomas Köck

Thomas Köck was born in 1986 in Steyr, Upper Austria. He was socialized through music and studied philosophy in Vienna as well as scenic writing and film at the Berlin University of the Arts. He worked at theatercombinat wien, was invited to Berlinale Talents with a documentary film project about Beirut, was in-house author at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, blogs with colleagues on nazisundgoldmund.net against the right and develops concertante readymades with Andreas Spechtl under the label ghostdance. He has received several awards for his theater texts, including the “Text & Sprache” literature prize from the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft in 2018 and the Mülheim Drama Prize in 2018 and 2019, most recently the Audience Award at the Mülheimer Theatertage NRW.