Erik Altorfer

Erik Altorfer (* 1966 in Winterthur ) is a Swiss director and dramaturge for theater and radio plays .

Life

Erik Altorfer studied German and English at the University of Zurich . After his first theater work in the independent scene in London, he worked as an assistant director (e.g. for Peter Palitzsch ) at the Schauspielhaus Zurich . He was a founding member of the Zurich art performance collective Gruppe Engel (1996–1998).

Altorfer has worked as a freelance director and dramaturge since 1997. a. at the Staatstheater Braunschweig , Schauspielhaus Graz , Thalia Theater Hamburg , Stadttheater Bern , Schauspielhaus Zürich and Theater Neumarkt . From 2000 to 2002 and 2003–2014 he was the artistic director of the author support project Dramenprozessor. Since 2001 Altorfer has been working as a radio play director (with the composer Martin Schütz, among others ) for Deutschlandfunk Kultur , WDR and Radio SRF 2 Kultur . He conceived international author projects at the Schauspielhaus Zurich, at the Steirischer Herbst in Graz, at the Stadttheater Bern and for the Argentine independence celebrations (Bicentenario) in Buenos Aires. Altorfer has led writing workshops in Egypt, Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia and Lebanon. 2006–2015 he was a member of the Theater Commission of the City of Zurich .

He has been a theater expert for Pro Helvetia in Cairo since 2014 .

Since 2015 he has been leading writing-theater projects together with the author Mudar Alhaggi .

Erik Altorfer teaches at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and at the Zurich University of Education (PHZH).

Theater (selection)

• 1997: Bartsch, child killer by Oliver Reese . Schauspielhaus Zurich. (Director)
• 1998: Station Engel III by Gruppe Engel . (Co-lead)
• 1999: The hunting rifle by Yasushi Inoue . Lucerne Theater. (Director)
• 2001: The lover of Urs Widmer's mother . Schauspielhaus Zurich. (Director)
• 2001: Snow in April by Sabine Harbeke . Neumarkt Theater. (Dramaturgy)
• 2004: 69 by Igor Bauersima . State Theater Braunschweig. (Director)
• 2004: and now / and now by Sabine Harbeke. Thalia Theater, Hamburg. (Dramaturgy)
• 2005: twenty minutes (international) a . a. by Arne Lygre , the Presnyakov brothers ( Oleg and Vladimir ), Milena Marković , Enda Walsh . Schauspielhaus Zurich. (Dramaturgy)
• 2006: The bus from Lukas Bärfuss . State Theater Braunschweig. (Director)
• 2008: Kaltes Land by Reto Finger . City Theater Bern. (Director)
• 2008: The City of Martin Crimp . City Theater Bern. (Director)
• 2008: Weltretten / Saving the World by Ivana Sajko , Lola Arias , Johannes Schrettle , Lukas Bärfuss. Styrian autumn. (Dramaturgy).
• 2008: The stranger is only strange in a stranger u. a. by Händl Klaus , Enda Walsh, Olivier Chiacchiari , Pedro Lenz . City Theater Bern. (Dramaturgy)
• 2009: Lost Paradises a . a. by Gerhild Steinbuch , Lola Arias, Ivana Sajko, Rebekka Kricheldorf . City Theater Bern. (Dramaturgy)
• 2010: Meiler, hoods and globes by various authors. City Theater Bern. (Dramaturgy)
• 2010: Dramaturgias Cruzadas u. a. by Rafael Spregelburd , Paco Bezerra , Rebekka Kricheldorf, Romina Paula , Philipp Löhle . Espacio Callejón / Goethe-Institut Buenos Aires. (Dramaturgy)
• 2011: There is a globe made by Gerhard Meister in my throat . Bremerhaven City Theater. (Director)
• 2011: Foundation by Jan Neumann . Bremerhaven City Theater. (Director)
• 2013: Orphans of Dennis Kelly . Bremerhaven City Theater. (Director)
• 2015: Future Stages by various authors. Beirut. (Co-lead)
• 2016: Danton's death of Georg Büchner . Lucerne Theater. (Dramaturgy)
• 2016: Essen Numbers Die by Dominik Busch , Michael Fehr , Ariane Koch (Dramaturgy)
• 2016: Our stories by various authors. Schauspielhaus Graz. (Co-lead)
• 2016: Our Voice / Our Hope by various authors. Schauspielhaus Zurich. (Co-lead)
• 2017: Our Eyes by various authors. Schauspielhaus Graz. (Co-lead)

radio play

• 2001: Feed Me by Mark Ravenhill , DRS 2. (Director)
• 2002: Bedbound by Enda Walsh , DRS 2. (Director)
• 2003: Somebody screams in our roses by Lukas Bärfuss , DRS 2. (Director)
• 2005: Mainstream by Suspect Culture / David Greig DRS 2. (Director)
• 2006: Dark luring world by Händl Klaus , DRS 2. (Director)
• 2006: A bit of calm before the storm by Theresia Walser , DRS 2. (Director)
• 2007: Monologue needs a stage by Rosa Pock , DRS 2. (Director)
• 2007: As well as other violations of the world order by Gerhard Meister , DRS 2. (Director)
• 2008: That Night Follows Day / That night follows day by Tim Etchells , Deutschlandradio Kultur. (Director)
• 2009: Natural history for old world monkeys by Gerhard Meister, DRS 2. (director)
• 2010: Marderin in Dirndl by Händl Klaus , DRS 2. (Director)
• 2012: There's a globe in my throat by Gerhard Meister, DRS 2. (Director) (Audiobook: The healthy people dispatch , Lucerne 2013, ISBN 978-3-905825-74-9 )
• 2012: It's not us, it's just glass from Ivana Sajko , WDR. (Director)
• 2013: A swath from Händl Klaus, WDR. (Director) (Audiobook: The Healthy Dispatch , Lucerne 2016, ISBN 978-3-03853-027-5 )
• 2014: Legs too short by Katja Brunner , WDR. (Director) (Audiobook: The healthy shipping of people , Lucerne 2015, ISBN 978-3-03853-007-7 )
• 2014: In the inhabited part of Gerhard Meister's cranial cavity , Radio SRF 2 Kultur. (Director)
• 2015: Although We Fell Short / Even if we failed by Tim Etchells , Deutschlandradio Kultur. (Director)
• 2017: Ghosts are only people by Katja Brunner , Radio SRF 2 Kultur. (Director) (Audiobook: The healthy shipping of people , Lucerne 2018, ISBN 978-3-03853-088-6 )
• 2017: Barsach by Mudar Alhaggi , Deutschlandradio Kultur. (Director)
• 2019: The dead have to do اﻟﻣوﺗﻰ ﻣﺷﻐوﻟون by Mudar Alhaggi, Wael Kadour , Deutschlandfunk. (Director)
• 2020: Der Platz , by Annie Ernaux in translation by Sonja Finck , Hessischer Rundfunk, with Stephanie Eidt . (Editing and direction)

Nominations & Awards

• 2001: Nomination Prix Europa Feed Me by Mark Ravenhill .
• 2008: Nomination for the radio play prize of the war blind as well as further violations of the world order by Gerhard Meister .
• 2009: Nomination Prix Europa Naturkunde for Old World Monkeys by Gerhard Meister.
• 2013: Nomination Hörspielpreis the Kriegsblinden That's not us, it's just glass of Ivana Sajko .
• 2013: Nomination Prix Europa In my throat is a Gerhard Meister globe .
• 2014: Nomination Grand Prix Nova I have a Gerhard Meister globe in my throat .
• 2015: Swiss Theater Prize Dramenprozessor (with Stephan Roppel and Peter-Jakob Kelting).
• 2016: Longlist German Audiobook Prize Von den Beinen zu Kurz von Katja Brunner .
• 2017: Shortlist of the German Audio Book Prize A Swath by Handel Klaus .
• 2018: Nomination of the radio play award of the war blind ghosts are also only people by Katja Brunner .
• 2020: Radio play of the month The dead have to do اﻟﻣوﺗﻰ ﻣﺷﻐوﻟون by Mudar Alhaggi, Wael Kadour .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Katja Brunner wins Mülheim Dramatist Prize with Dramenverarbeitung. In: nachtkritik.de . May 30, 2013.
2. ↑ Martina Nix: Violence as a stage material. The young dramatist Darja Stocker. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . May 8, 2007.
3. ↑ Sabine Küchler: radio play magazine. In: Deutschlandfunk . 3rd July 2018.
4. ↑ Norma Domínguez: Un suizo, un argentino y cómo hacer teatro a la distancia. In: swissinfo.ch . October 10, 2010.
5. ^ The Opening. In: Territory Crossings: Theater Website Pro Helvetia Cairo.
6. ↑ Nora Amin: The Bus and the Contrary. Introducing Dramaturgy by Pro Helvetia. In: Al-Ahram Weekly . 8-15 February 2017.
7. ↑ Dominik Busch: Trust is the most important thing. In: Zett. The magazine of the Zurich University of the Arts . 5th March 2018
8. ↑ Paul Jandl: The great explosion. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . October 28, 2008
9. ^ Anne Philipps-Krug: auawirleben - The 29th Contemporary Theatertreffen Bern. Stalin, Hitler, Julius Caesar. In: nachtkritik.de. May 2, 2011 ( Land of fiction at the auawirleben festival. Successful intercultural theater work).
10. ↑ Dagmar Walser: After the flight: Writing in exile. In: Radio SRF 2 Kultur . 7th August 2017.
11. ↑ Our Eyes. Blog on the website of the Schauspielhaus Graz .
12. ↑ Eva Pfister: Let's try oxytocin. In: WOZ The weekly newspaper . January 16, 2014.
13. ↑ Christine Dössel: A beautiful language concert. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . December 9, 2016.
14. ↑ Judith v. Sternburg: "Der Platz" by Annie Ernaux: What do you want to do In: Frankfurter Rundschau . May 22, 2020.
15. ↑ Swiss Theater Prize 2015. Drama processor. In: Swiss Theater Awards .
16. ↑ Nominations for the German Audio Book Prize 2017. In: German Audio Book Prize .
17. ↑ Nominations for the 67th War Blind Radio Play Prize. In: Radio Play Prize of the War Blind .
18. ↑ Radio play of the month January 2020. In: German Academy of Performing Arts .