Joachim Matschoss was born in Germany and now lives in Melbourne. He is a playwright, poet and Theatre-maker. Joachim is the Artistic Director of BYTE and has created theatre in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, India, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Hungary, Taiwan, Switzerland and China. His poetry is published in Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom and the USA. In recent years Joachim has worked with street kids and underprivileged youth in Jakarta/Indonesia. He was involved in a performance project dealing with Human Rights and a project about racial harmony in Germany. Joachim wrote and directed over 50 productions for BYTE and enjoys the collaboration with other artists.

Joachim published a travel journal in Australia, Away with me and a novel in the USA, Dead River Oaks. A book about theatre and travel, Rain Overnight was published in India. More recent collections of poetry include: Travel with Myself, Sidewalk Theatre, dew on mornings. past, stolpersteine and in 2023: The value of things.

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