The Team
Valérie Niederoest
AdministrationValérie Niederoest studied political science before becoming involved in the Swiss cultural scene. She first immersed herself in the world of post-rock, not only via her youth band Toboggan but also by working on programming for Romandie. Since then, she has divided her time between her passion and her vocation.
Before becoming an administrator at Cie Moost, she oversaw the programming and administration at Théâtre de Sévelin 36. Meanwhile, her musical productions have taken on a more experimental folk tone via her band Meril Wubslin, in which she sings and plays guitar, and where the layers of consciousness are explored through intoxicating rhythms and repetitions. Inspired by queer and eco-feminist thought, she advocates for a collaborative approach rooted in active listening in her professional relationships. She co-manages salve prod+tech and works with numerous performing artists in the French-speaking region of Switzerland. As the company’s affable guardian, she leaves a precious energy in her wake.
Marc Oosterhoff
Artistic DirectorMarc Oosterhoff loves exploring limits, delving into the in-between, and unveiling that which lies in the gaps between sincerity and absurdity, between laughter and tears, between feathers and the knifes edge. Born in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, he studied theater in Ticino and dance in Lausanne. He practiced Kung Fu in China, learned magic in France, and practiced parkour wherever his sneakers took him.
His first solo piece, Take Care of Yourself, explores the theme of physical risk. The Promises of Uncertainty tests chance and balance. Preparing for a miracle plays with the rules of theater, alone in a closed space, steeped in magic and a touch of the absurd.
Throughout his body of work, Marc Oosterhoff has also collaborated with other circus artists, such as Cédric Gagneur for Palette(s), Owen Winship for Lab Rats, and Camille Denkinger and Latifeh Hadji for Natures Mortes. In 2022, he led a group of international acrobats in the creation of À l’Échelle.
In 2021, Marc was the recipient of the Emerging Artist Award from the Vaudoise Foundation for Culture. Then, in 2023, the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation and the Swiss Federal Office of Culture presented him with the June Johnson Newcomer Prize, promoting emerging talent in the performing arts. Marc Oosterhoff is committed to translating his artistic vision into a theatrical language which is accessible to everyone.
Isabelle Campiche
Booking & ProductionIsabelle Campiche loves math, but conducted her studies at a Hospitality Management school. Isabelle Campiche also loves theatrical improv and karaoke (and this time, there’s no “but”). For well over a decade, she has been treading the boards alongside her fellow members of the AVLI (Improvisation League of Vaud). She also never passes up the opportunity to grab a microphone and put her own spin on one of her favorite hit songs. She found her place in the Swiss cultural scene thanks to these two passions.
She first worked at the Théâtre de Vidy, where she was involved in several productions by the Rimini Protokoll collective, such as Utopolis Lausanne and Paysages partagés (Barneaud & Kaegi). She then worked for performing arts and film festivals such as far° in Nyon and VIFFF in Vevey. In 2022, she participated in a continuing education program in Dramaturgy and Text Performance and subsequently earned a CAS (Certificate in Advanced Studies). It was during that year that she took on the role of booking manager for Cie Moost, serving as the liaison with theaters and organising tours. She admits, without mincing words, that Excel spreadsheets are her best allies and that she appreciates order and things done right. A way to honour her unwavering connection to the world of the stage.
Latifeh Hadji
Artistic CollaboratorA car packed to the brim. A dog in the front seat. Boundless energy. And a few plants. Of Iranian-Swiss descent, Latifeh Hadji has always managed to juggle her creative and living spaces, leading a life that takes her back and forth between Switzerland and France.
Before devoting herself to the performing arts, she first studied literature, and then environmental engineering in Switzerland. But in 2010, she answered a calling that had been silenced for too long. She moved to France, to begin her transition to equestrian acrobatics at the Moulin de Pierre, Valérie Fratellini’s Center for Equestrian Arts and Circus. She then co-founded and co-directed the Panik! company, active in circus and equestrian theater under the big top. She subsequently devoted herself to the Hangar Saboté (in Sarzeau, Brittany), where creativity and the oneiric coexist in a collective spirit.
Between 2017 and 2025, the Moost Company benefited from her expertise and her creative vision, imbued with a unique circus sensibility all her own. Thus, Latifeh Hadji’s touch enriched several of the company’s projects, including Natures Mortes, a “sitting room circus”, created in 2020 with Marc Oosterhoff and Camille Denkinger.
Latifeh Hadji, has been a part of the programming team for the Le Castrum Festival in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, since 2021. In 202, she founded Cie La Chacale to pursue her own artistic projects. In 2026, she worked with Camille Boitel and Sève Bernard as part of Cie de l’immédiat.
Between Switzerland and France, she is never far from the stage or a big top.
Leo García
Technical DirectorBorn in Lausanne, Leo García was immersed in the world of theater from a very young age. After earning a high school diploma in literature in France, he began his career as a stage technician in Switzerland. Starting in 2006, both l’Arsenic and l’Octogone, benefited from his emerging talents. However, it was primarily at the Grange de Dorigny that he honed his skills in stage technology. In 2011, drawing on a variety of experiences in control rooms in Geneva and throughout the canton of Vaud, he created his first lighting design. Since then, Leo Garcia has put his skills to work for various artists in Switzerland, including Christian Geoffroy Schlittler, Rodolphe Ittig, Jean Daniel Piguet, Eve Marie Savelli, Floriane Mésenge, Mélina Martin, Ludovic Chazaud, Oscar Gómez Mata, Bastien Semenzato, and Cédric Djé Djé.
While he continues to create lighting designs in both France and Switzerland, he has taken on the role of technical director of the Festival de la Cité as well as for Cie L’Alakran and Cie Moost. Known for his brilliant work behind the scenes, Leo Garcia also knows how to take care of those around him. His dedication and kindness make the control rooms a brighter place than they appear to be.
Owen Winship
Co-creator and performerHe carries, he flies and soars. He glides, rolls and catches up. Owen Winship grew up on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Child of the Rocky Mountains, he found his first thrills climbing trees and strapped to skis. He was soon captivated by the world of circus, underneath big top of Circus Smirkus. At first as a member of the audience but before long he found himself inside the ring. Enchanted by this form of expression, he trained at the École de cirque de Québec, from which he graduated in 2017.
Owen Winship then joined Cirque Eloize to tour the world with the show Saloon. In a chance meeting at an amateur circus school in 2020, he and Marc Oosterhoff got to know each other and quickly found that they clicked artistically. They held common fascinations and sensibilities, a comparable sense of humor, and a shared love for the absurd. Not long after, the duo turned their mutual admiration into a collaboration.
In 2021, while co-founding the company Si le Colibri in Switzerland, he began his first collaboration with Marc Oosterhoff to create the show, Lab Rats. Their collaboration continued in 2022 with À l’Échelle, a site-specific production created for the inauguration of the Lausanne museum complex Plateforme 10. Between 2023 and 2026, Owen Winship performed in the shows Corps Extrêmes and Contre Nature by French choreographer Rachid Ouramdane. His newest collaboration with Marc Oosterhoff is scheduled to premiere in the 2026–2027 season at the Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne in Switzerland.