Who are we
Criptonite
In our projects we center the work of disabled artists, provide opportunities for disabled people who want to get into the arts and use access as an aesthetic. Our shows tell stories about slow animals, talk about Switzerland’s history with eugenics and use pleasure as a form of resistance.
Edwin Ramirez
Edwin Ramirez (they/them) is a performance artist and stand up comic based in Zurich. As part of their stand up career they performed on all the big comedy stages in the German speaking part of Switzerland and on Swiss national television. They were part of the ensemble for “Star Magnolia” and also worked on “Monster vs Society” both at Theater Neumarkt. In 2021 they joined the performance collective The New Urgency at Gessnerallee after perfroming “Hier! Tickets für die Revolution”. Together with Nina they founded Criptonite starting in 2020. In 2020, they co-founded Criptonite with Nina Mühlemann, a crip-queer theatre project that centres the work of disabled artists. Criptonite's most recent work, "Pleasure", premiered in Munich in October 2022.
Edwins pleasures include: Science Fiction and Fantasy stories, sharing memes and bad puns and playing Magic the Gathering.
Nina Mühlemann
Nina Mühlemann (they/she) lives in Zurich and is an artist and theatre and disability scholar. In 2018 they completed their PhD at King's College London in Disability Studies and Performance Studies. Currently, Nina is working in the research project "Aesthetics of the Im-Mobile" at the University of the Arts Berne, researching the im-/mobile dance and theatre practices of disabled artists. From 2018-2019 they were artistic co-director of Future Clinic for Critical Care, a socio-cultural animated theatre practice project. In 2020, they co-founded Criptonite with Edwin Ramirez, a crip-queer theatre project that centres the work of disabled artists. Criptonite's most recent work, "Pleasure", premiered in Munich in October 2022.
Some of Nina’s pleasures include astrology memes, real and imaginary dogs, nail polish, roasting garlic and being a massive access nerd.