Richard L. Kramár

Richard L. Kramár (legal name: Richie Lux Kramár) (*1995, Bratislava) is a poet, director, dramaturg, kabarettier, and librettist. He studied Directing and Dramaturgy of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at DAMU in Prague, Theatre Practices at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Dramatic Arts at JAMU in Brno. Between 2014 and 2016, he co-founded and co-led (with Terézia Klasová) the independent cultural space Divadlo na ôsmom poschodí in Bratislava. Theatre projects he has contributed to have been selected for the příští vlna/next wave festival three times (2016, 2022, 2023). He is also a co-founder of several art collectives and conceptual clusters. Kramár has published four poetry collections: Štuchanie do medúz (Spolek přátel Psího vína, 2017), Úchopový inštinkt (BRAK, 2021), BORDERLINE (with Kino Peklo, Adolescent, 2022), and Sukces saisóny – atto i. & atto ii. (Adolescent, 2025). During the 2022/23 season, he worked as a full-time prompter at the State Opera in Prague, where he now continues as an external collaborator. Since 2024, he has been part of the editor-in-chief duo (with Terézia Klasová) of Psí víno, a digital curatorial platform for contemporary poetry, where he focuses primarily on translating English-language queer poetry and editorial work.