TESPA

"In a room with Tespa" Action" Teilnehmer, Comedian, Artist, Photographer & Videographer

Interviews & Portraits für die BURG Theater Community, 2026, gesehen im Haupthaus der BURG

peta: "War das Dein erstes Mal Action oder was bist Du öfter da?"

Tespa: "Ich bin öfter da. Ich kann nicht sagen, wie viel oft, aber es ist nicht mein erstes Mal. Ich glaube, mein erstes Mal "Action" war im Dezember vor der kleinen Pause. Vielleicht, ja, Beginn Dezember 2025."

peta : "Do you want to do it in English? Okay, alright."

Tespa: "Currently I am not just a photographer but I'm also a model. And so I'm just basically trying to improve my acting ability to be able to just, how do I say, advance and just be better in the craft, you know, to be able to call myself an actor. Because I think you asked me earlier if I'm an actor and I was like, not really.

I have some experience but I think to call yourself a professional or to call yourself by the name of any trade, you have to do it long enough and good enough to earn the name. As a photographer, I've done photography long enough to say I'm a photographer. But with acting, I've done a few things, yes, but I cannot say I've done it long enough to earn the name or the title of being an actor."

peta: "Would it be more interesting for you to be in film or theatre stage or both? I think... Or doing your own things? Is it about storytelling?"

Tespa: "I think its a mixture literally of all those answers because I have the understanding from, I can't call it research, but you know when you're watching interviews from some of your favourite actors or whatever, they will tell you how you can't really say you're an actor if you haven't been on the theatre stage and performing in front of a live audience. There are different ways to grab the skill of being an actor and I don't want to overlook the theatre portion of it because it has importance and it teaches you a lot from my understanding from people who do this at a professional level, at a respectable level. I think Denzel Washington is the person I'm referring to because he's the one who I think started in theatre plays and then he ends up being this very respected film actor as well.

So it's a matter of understanding the craft and respecting its lineage and the legacy that it takes to be able to call yourself by the name of the specific craft that you're in. There's always a path to go through in any field.

To be a photographer you need a camera and you need to understand light, you need to understand composition. There are all these things that you sort of have to go through and understand."

peta: "So you're doing mostly portraits, or architecture or else...?"

Tespa: "Definitely not architecture. The short answer is people. So I do portraits and I do events. So concerts, stand-up comedy shows."

peta: "Is comedy something you're involved in, too?"

Tespa: "I do comedy. And stand-up comedy also teaches me a respect for the stage because it's an interesting process, if I can put it like that. I feel like theatre will help in all avenues of the things that I'm interested in the most, which is filmmaking.

I do so many things, so many different things, but I sort of have an idea and understanding of how they all come together. Because the basic through line in photography, stand-up comedy, all these things is storytelling. And I think theatre is also a part of that.

It's basically a form of storytelling, and I'm just trying to become an effective communicator at the end of the day. I want to be the sort of artist that, when you see something that's done by me, you can immediately recognize that, okay, that's TESPA. It has a level of depth and aesthetic quality, humour, all these different things, all these different elements that have my signature on them, you know what I mean?"

eta: "What's your themes at the moment?"

Tespa: "My themes, the short answer would be human or humanity, just trying to be a better version of yourself. That's always what I'm trying to instiall in whatever interaction that I'm having with a person. I'm trying to figure out how do we leave this conversation better. How do we feel like, okay, there's room for growth here and I'm inspired and I want to grow.

I want to feel good about stuff that I still need to improve on. I want to be in a space where I can look at myself and be like, okay, I love where I am right now and I know where I'm going and I'm enjoying the process of getting there, the process of trying something new, the process of being in a space that's not necessarily your comfort zone per se. Because, yes, sure, I do stand-up comedy, but this format is a bit different where we're just acting around in a room, doing all sorts of different things every week."

peta: "Do you do interaction with the audience?"

Tespa: "Yeah, I do that too, but in a simple kind of, I'll say something, you say something, nothing too crazy.There are other people who can call people on stage, for example. That's never been my thing. I try and keep it simple. You definitely develop a structure, because you know what works, you know what is aligned with you and your brand or your style of comedy."

peta: "„Humanity“ is a huge theme, still, is there something, at the moment, like, I don't know, plastic bottles or cars, industry, something that is really on your mind, maybe not for the stage, but for you as a person?"

Tespa: "In general, I'm always thinking about how we're relating with one another as people, men and women, different races. How are we relating with one another? Are we facilitating healthy relationships among one another? Because there are all sorts of problems in the world and we cannot solve them all, but you sort of have to start where you are with the people you interact with on a daily basis. Are we okay? Can we have discussions and conversations about the different things that tend to affect us as men, as women?"