Michl Zirk

Catholic theologian (no priest!), translator (Spanish), doctor’s degree in Spanish literature.
Lives near Nuremberg (Germany). During a lot of years work as dramatic adviser in theatre. Storyteller since 1998.
He tells stories of all types
- fairy-tales
- magic-tales
- sufi-tales
- zen-tales
- Greek Myths
- short stories as well as
- stories from the bible or the “decamerone”.

He tells in the story-telling tradition, without a fixed text, but with gesture and mimic art.
He tells as well for children as for adults.
Since 1998 he organizes storytelling projects and festivals.

He runs the “ErzählBühne” in Nuremberg, which is the first center of the art of storytelling in Germany.

He was invited to festivals abroad:

Festival europeo de narración oral, Guadalajara 2001
Festival Internacional del Cuento, Los Silos (TFE) 2002 and 2007