Günther Heeg is director of the Centre of Competence for Theatre (CCT) and a professor of theatre studies at Leipzig University, Germany. He was Vice President of the International Brecht Society (IBS) for many years. Important recent publications: Das Transkulturelle Theater (2017), english Transcultural Theatre (2021), Recycling Brecht. Materialwert, Nachleben, Überleben (2018), Fremde spielen. Materialien zur Geschichte von Amateurtheater (Co-Author) (2020).