30^th Leukerbad International Literary Festival

German Voices

German voices will present some of the foreign-language readings—either by reading the translations of the texts or alternating with the author reading the text in the original language. The sound of the text’s original language will, in any event, be featured.

Depending on the line-up, there may be (partial) simultaneous interpretation of the conversations and panel discussions. Please check the detailed program for information.

Ulrike Arnold worked as an actress at various theatres including the Bavarian State Opera, the Munich Kammerspiele and the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus, and was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Bavarian State Theatre and the Nuremberg State Theatre. She has appeared in numerous film and television productions. For her leading role in Alexander Riedel’s feature film Morgen das Leben, she received the 2010 German Film Promotion Award for Best Actress. Since 2018, she has worked primarily as a director, including at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Schauspielhaus Graz and Deutsches Theater Göttingen. She received the 2014 Monica Bleibtreu Prize for her production of Unter dem Milchwald; for her direction of Minna von Barnhelm at the Schauspielhaus Graz, she was nominated for the Austrian Nestroy Prize in2025. She is a lecturer in character and scene work.

Lukas Kubik studied acting at the ZHdK in Zurich and has since worked as a freelance performer in German speaking countries. In addition to engagements and guest appearances at municipal theatres (Münchner Kammerspiele, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Theater Basel, Theater Neumarkt, Luzerner Theater, etc.), he is involved in productions on the independent scene (Gessnerallee, Kaserne Basel, Roxy Birsfelden, Theater Chur, etc.) and often works within collectively organised structures such as the Graubünden theatre collective “Nucleus”. He also appears in film and television productions and works as a voice-over artist. He is a member of the Association of Professional Voice-over Artists of Switzerland. Since 2022, he has been taking on increasing responsibilities in an artistic leadership role.

Regula Imboden is an actress and voice artist. She was born in Sion and lives in Zurich. Having appeared in numerous films, television productions and theatre productions in Switzerland and Germany, and as a voice-over artist for SRF and Republik, she founded imbodenproduction in 2009 and has been realising her own theatre projects. regulaimboden.ch

Carmen Grau, born and raised in southern Germany, studied in Rome and Mainz, graduating with a degree in interpreting for Italian, English and French. Since 1996, she has worked as a freelance conference interpreter, mainly in Germany and Switzerland. Since 1997, she has taught consecutive and simultaneous interpreting at the University of Mainz / FTSK Germersheim. For many years, she headed the Association for Literature and Music in Germersheim and regularly interprets at book fairs and literary festivals around the world, including in Leukerbad since 2017.