Agata Tomšič is artistic director, dramaturg, actress, theater director and theorist, trained with various artists from the contemporary European scene (Socìetas, Schaubühne, Odin Teatret, Motus, Eva-Maria Bertschy, Living Theatre, Teatro Valdoca, Fanny & Alexander, Anagoor), she obtained her Master’s degree in Performing Arts at the University of Bologna with Prof. Marco De Marinis in 2014, continuing to publish her writings in books and journals (AkropolisLibri, “Culture Teatrali”, “Engramma”), translating and editing publications (Editoria&Spettacolo), curating and participating in international conferences. In 2010 she founded with Davide Sacco the theatre company ErosAntEros, producing engaged performances with major European theaters (Emilia Romagna Teatro ERT / Teatro Nazionale, Cankarjev Dom, Slovensko Mladinsko Gledalisce, TNL – Théâtre National du Luxembourg, Ravenna Festival, Campania Teatro Festival, Teatro della Toscana, TPE – Teatro Piemonte Europa, Teatro Stabile di Bolzano, Teatro della Tosse). Since 2018, she has been co-directing POLIS Theatre Festival in Ravenna with him, gradually expanding its reach onto the international stage. Since 2020, she has been an active member of EASTAP – the European Association for the Studies of Theatre and Performance (international conferences: Groningen 2026, London 2025, Sitges 2024, Aarhus 2023; Milan 2022, Bologna 2020). In 2023, she completed a Level II Master’s degree in Singing, Vocal Music and 20th-Century and Contemporary Musical Theatre at the “Giuseppe Verdi” State Conservatoire in Ravenna (under the tutelage of Alda Caiello, Mauro Montalbetti, Marco Baliani, Marco Di Bari, Antonio Greco, Andrea Cappelleri and Francesca Della Monica). After 14 years of working in tandem, in 2025 she embarked on a new artistic journey as a solo artist, focusing on powerful female figures and opening herself up to new collaborations. As she has increasingly established herself in artistic and managerial roles, her presence has grown at European level within European platforms and networks, forging international partnerships and alliances: ItaliaFestival; EFA – European Festival Association; Plat(e)form(e) – Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2026, 2025; JK Opole Theatre Showcase 2026; Mladinsko Theatre Showcase 2025, 2024; Kosovo Theater Showcase 2025, 2022; FiraB! Balearic Islands’ Performing Arts Professional Market 2025, 2024; Estonian contemporary performing arts 2025, Grec_Pro 2025, Portuguese Platform for Performing Arts 2025; Territori Festival – Bellinzona 2025, 2024; Free Republic of Vienna – Wiener Festwochen Programmers Weekend 2025; TheATRIUM 2025 Lithuanian Showcase – Klaipeda; National theatre of Greece showcase/ ETC annual conference 2025; dFERIA Donostia Kultura San Sebastian 2025; Crossing TNB Festival 2023; Festival d’Avignon 2023, 2022, 2018 (2023, 2022 con ETC European Theatre Convention; 2018 con ProHelvetia/ MiBACT); F.I.N.D. Festival Schaubühne Berlino 2015; Grotowski Institute Wroclaw 2015; Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium/ Odin Teatret 2014-2017). Since 2026 she has been a member of the ItaliaFestival Board.
In October 2026, she takes over the artistic direction of Mittelfest 2027–2029.
AWARDS
- Saint Joan of the Stockyards and Laibach nominated at Ubu Prize 2024 in the category of “Best Sound Project/Original Music”
- CONFINI in the shortlist of LËTZEBUERGER THEATERPRÄISSER in Luxembourg
- ErosAntEros wins the call to attend the European Theater Academy, promoted by the European Theater Convention, at the Festival d’Avignon in July 2023
- POLIS Teatro Festival wins the call by EFFEA – European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists with the project GAIA – a climate performance that evolves in relation with the places it meets
- ErosAntEros wins the call to attend the European Theater Academy, promoted by the European Theater Convention, at the Festival d’Avignon in July 2022
- LIBIA wins the residency program of CURA project in 2021
- For a new political-aesthetic theatre. Ten years of ErosAntEros through four dichotomies, essay wins the Second Prize in the Arts and Culture Competition “Istria Nobilissima” 2020
- We want everything! text wins the Second Prize in the Competition of Art and Culture “Istria Nobilissima” 2019
- We want everything! is finalist at the Festival Teatrale di Resistenza 2019 by Museo Cervi di Gattatico (RE)
- Disconcert for rights wins the national theater Teatro della Toscana call for residencies 2019
- Agata Tomšič wins the call by Festival d’Avignon and Pro Helvetia, promoted by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, to participate at the Avignon Seminar curated by Eva-Maria Bertschy (Milo Rau’s dramaturg) in 2018
- Dalla luce del mosaico all’immagine profetica wins the Valli del Natisone Through Landscape call for residencies 2017
- On the difficulty of telling the truth wins a special mention at the Theater Festival of Resistance 2017
- On the difficulty of telling the truth is finalist at the Ermo Colle prize 2017
- Dalla luce del mosaico all’immagine profetica is finalist at the Teatri del Sacro prize 2017
- Like fireflies‘ text wins the First Prize in the Competition of Art and Culture “Istria Nobilissima” 2016
- Like fireflies wins a residency at Genius loci prize by Teatro Akropolis, Genova 2015
- “Chi è? Da dove viene? Dove l’ho incontrata prima?” Studio della parabola mitologica di Ninfa attraverso secoli di sopravvivenze in filosofia, storia dell’arte e psicologia, the essay wins the First prize at the Competition of Art and Culture “Istria Nobilissima” 2015
- Like fireflies wins a residency at Trasparenze > Festival e Residenze prize by Teatro dei Venti, Modena 2013
- Nympha, mane! text is finalist in the XXX edition of Premio Firenze 2012
- Nympha, mane! text wins the Second Prize Competition of Art and Culture “Istria Nobilissima” 2012
- Nympha, mane! is finalist at the Tuttoteatro.com Dante Cappelletti Prize 2011
PUBLICATIONS
- A. Tomšič, L’Atlante della memoria come paradigma compositivo contemporaneo, in Creating for the stage and other spaces: questioning practices and theories, curated by Gerardo Guccini, Claudio Longhi e Daniele Vianello, Dipartimento delle Arti, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, 2021, pp. 160 – 171.
- I. De Toffoli, Confini, curated by A. Tomšič, Spoleto, Editoria & Spettacolo, 2021.
- Quale teatro per il domani?, curated by A. Tomšič, Spoleto, Editoria & Spettacolo, 2020.
- A. Tomšič, Seguire la propria missione »fino all’ultimo«: i teatranti tra i Giganti nell’era del Covid, in TEATRODOMANI. Prospettive della scena all’epoca del Covid-19, curated by Marco De Marinis, “Culture Teatrali”, n. 29, 2020, pp. 76-79.
- A. Tomšič, Per un nuovo teatro estetico-politico. ErosAntEros nell’incontro con Marco De Marinis, in La passione e il metodo: studiare teatro. 48 allievi per Marco De Marinis, Genova, AkropolisLibri, 2019, pp. 342-351.
- A. Tomšič, Citazione e montaggio, in Performance project. #Complici di una scena presente, curated by M. Schiavoni, Sigismundus editrice, 2016.
- D. Sacco – A. Tomšič in TERZO TEATRO: IERI, OGGI, DOMANI, “Culture Teatrali” n. 27, 2017.
- A. Tomšič, Il “modello atlantico” come metodo compositivo. Pratiche ed esempi dalla nuova scena italiana, in La terza avanguardia. Ortografie dell’ultima scena italiana, curated by S. Mei, “Culture Teatrali”, n. 24, 2015, pp. 187-199.
- A. Tomšič, Itinerari scenici e compositivi attraverso la Ninfa e l’Atlante di Warburg. Esperienze di ricerca del gruppo ErosAntEros, in Staging Mnemosyne, curated by D. Sacco- E. Verla Bovino, “Engramma” n. 130, ottobre-novembre 2015, http://engramma.it.
- A. Tomšič, “Chi è? Da dove viene? Dove l’ho incontrata prima?” – Studio della parabola mitologica di Ninfa attraverso secoli di sopravvivenze in filosofia, storia dell’arte e psicologia, in 48. concorso d’arte e di cultura Istria Nobilissima. Antologia delle opere premiate, Trieste, Unione Italiana – Fiume e Università Popolare di Trieste, 2015, pp. 89-107.
- A. Tomšič, Creazione e potere delle immagini: breve sprofondamento cronologico dall’antichità a oggi, in Teatro Akropolis – Testimonianze ricerca azioni vol. VI, curated by D. Beronio e C. Tafuri, Genova, AkropolisLibri, 2015, pp. 103-150.
- A. Tomšič, Nympha, mane!, in 45. Concorso d’arte e di cultura Istria Nobilissima. Antologia delle opere premiate, Trieste, Unione Italiana – Fiume e Università Popolare di Trieste, 2012, pp. 135-142.