Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi and Daniel Wetzel studied at the Institut für Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft in Giessen and work together (in various combinations) under the name of Rimini Protokoll. They are recognized as being among the leaders and creators of the theatre movement known as "Reality Trend" (Theater der Zeit), which has exerted a powerful influence on the alternative theatre scene. Each project begins with a concrete situation in a specific place and is then developed through an intense exploratory process.
Their extremely topical piece, "Mnemopark" (Kaegi), won the Jury Prize at the Politik im freienTheater (Politics in Free Theatre) Festival, while "Karl Marx: Capital, Volume One" (Haug / Wetzel) won the Mülheimer Dramatiker Prize in 2007. In November 2007, Haug, Kaegi and Wetzel were awarded the Der Faust prize for theatre and in April 2008 they won the European Theatre Prize at Thessaloniki in the category New Realities. "Call Cutta in a box" won a Honorary Mention by the Prix Ars Electronica 09 (International Competition for Cyber Arts) in the category Interactive Art. In 2011 they were awarded the Silver Lion at the 41st Venice Biennale, established to honour new theatrical realities.
Productions in Japan include "Cargo Tokyo-Yokohama" (F/T09 Autumn) and "Karl Marx: Capital, Volume One" (F/T09 Spring).