Born in 1953, Dietmar Voigt first studied philosophy and 10 years later acting, directing and theater pedagogy in Leipzig. Since 1984, he has been involved in over 240 theater, film and radio productions as a freelance theater maker. Among other things, he was artistic director at the children's and youth theater TheatriumLeipzig and founder of kleine.welt.bühne.leipzig. In 2017, he received his first city theater engagement at Theater Senftenberg.