Dagmar Walser

Dagmar Walser

Born in Liechtenstein in 1966, Walser studied German literature and art history at the University of Basel in Switzerland and the University of Hamburg in Germany. After graduation she worked in both the journalism and theater worlds (as an editor for the Basel city magazine ProgrammZeitung, as a dramaturge for Liechtenstein’s Theater am Kirchplatz, Schaan, etc.). Since 1999, Walser has worked on program production for the Swiss radio station SRF2Kultur and as a theater critic. She has co-written two books on the theater of German-speaking Switzerland (with Barbara Engelhardt) published by Theater der Zeit. Since 2007, she served as a member of the Artistic Board of the international theatre festival Zürcher Theater Spektakel.