Falk Richter | |
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 Falk Richter | |
| Born | 23 October 1969 Hamburg, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | director, author |
| Years active | 1996– |
| Awards | Teddy Award – Special Teddy Award 2019 |
Falk Richter (born 23 October 1969) is a German author, theater director, and playwright.
Falk Richter was born on 23 October 1969 in Hamburg. His father was a merchant. He studied linguistics, philosophy and theatre directing at the University of Hamburg, graduating with a production of Silikon at the Kampnagel theatre in 1996.
Falk Richter is the author of theater and audio plays, translator and theatre director who has worked for numerous theatres, including Deutsche Schauspielhaus, National Theatre Oslo, the Hamburg State Opera, the Wiener Staatsoper, and the Bayerische Staatsoper. He was resident director at Schauspielhaus Zürich from 2000 to 2004, at the Berliner Schaubühne from 2006 to 2010 and at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus from 2011 to 2012. Since 2015, he has been Artiste associé at the Théâtre national de Strasbourg and since 2017 he has been working as resident director at the Deutschen Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.
Richter was elected director of the year by theater critics in a survey of the monthly Theater heute in August 2018. His production of Elfriede Jelinek's play Am Königsweg in Hamburg was voted production of the year 2018. [1] In February 2019, he received a Special Teddy Award at the Berlinale.
Richter was visiting professor for directing at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin. In 2019, he started to serve a five-year term as professor of Performing Arts at the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen. [2] Starting with the 2020/2021 season, Richter will be leading director at the Munich Kammerspiele. [3]
His plays have been translated into more than 25 languages and are produced all over the world. [4]
Deiters, Franz-Josef: "'Ich habe also nach einer Form gesucht, Theater als Forum zu begreifen'. Falk Richters Theater des politischen Aktivismus'. In: Franz-Josef Deiters: Neues Welttheater? Zur Mediologie des Theaters der Neo-Avantgarden. Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 2022, pp. 55-84. ISBN 978-3-503-20998-9.
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