Torsten Krug, born in Stuttgart in 1973, studied modern German literature, musicology and philosophy in Tübingen and completed classical singing training. After completing his master's degree, he worked as an assistant director and director at the Volkstheater Rostock and the Chemnitz Theater and was the assistant of Katharina Thalbach and Katja Paryla, among others. Since 2006 he has been living as a freelance director, singer and author in Wuppertal.
He has staged at the Rostock Volkstheater, Chemnitz Theatre, Rudolstadt Theater in Thuringia, Heilbronn Theater, at the Tribüne in Berlin, at the Regensburg Theater, at the Bremen Shakespeare Company, at the Wuppertal Theater, for the Ötigheim folk theater and in the independent scene. Since 2017 he has been working regularly with the inclusive theater group "Bamboo".

He was a guest lecturer at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy University of Music and Theater in Leipzig and at the Institute for Acting, Film and Television Professions ISFF in Berlin.

Since 2014 he has been a member of the jury for the ARD German Children's Radio Play Prize and the Filmstiftung NRW.

Since 2020 he has been managing the cultural venue INSEL in the legendary ADA in Wuppertal (www.insel.news).