Michael McCrae

Michael Neil McCrae (b. 1985) works as a producer, director, and performer. He has lived in Dresden since 2015.

Prior to that, he studied Applied Theater Studies in Giessen. He has been collaborating with the performance collective theatralen subversion since 2013. Since 2016, he has served as the group’s artistic director alongside Romy Weyrauch. Since then, the collective has produced various works in the fields of performance, dance, multimedia, and digital art under its label. Together with his colleagues, he developed, among other projects, the widely acclaimed art and documentary project “Archive of the Living Dead” (idea, concept, text) and the hybrid 360° music theater project “Living Minus Dead” (idea, concept, direction, performance). Under his own name, he developed the performance “THE GREAT GRAND OTHER” together with Dina Zaitev and Matthias Schönijahn; it premiered in May 2023 at HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts, was invited to the 12th Saxon Theater Festival in 2024, and toured throughout Germany until 2025. Most recently, under his artistic direction, the performance “EIN MANN / EIN WORT” was created in co-production with HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts. There, he is now producing—once again in collaboration with Juliet Meding—the performance “Ich bin Batman,” which will premiere in January 2027.

Further Information: https://www.michaelmccrae.de, http://theatralesubversion.de