Herbert Wochinz

Biography

Herbert Wochinz was an Austrian theatre director and intendant born in Villach on November 15, 1925. He studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna before moving to Paris, where he attended Étienne Decroux's Pantomimenschule and befriended notable artists. In Austria, Wochinz founded the Theater am Fleischmarkt and later the Komödienspiele Porcia, leading the latter until 1990, staging avant-garde works in purist productions.