Günter Jankowiak

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Günter Jankowiak (born February 20, 1951 in Berlin ) is a German actor, musician, author and director. He writes and directs for children and youth theater .

Life

From 1982 to 1991 Jankowiak worked at the Rote Grütze Theater , since then as a freelancer and in cooperation with the Havarie, Potsdam and Strahl, Berlin theaters. With the latter, pieces such as Unkaputtbar (1995), Wilder Panther, Keks (1996), Romeo X Julia (2001), Mit arger List (2006), Frühlings Stürme (2009), Nathan (2012), FRÄMMT (2014) and #BerlinBerlin (2017).

In total, he has written more than 25 plays (partly in collaboration with co-authors), many of which have been staged at home and abroad. Some have been translated into English, Russian, Estonian and Dutch, among others. Some pieces were created in collaboration with Ingrid Ollrogge, such as knick-knacks and stulle play frog prince , palm trees in front of Usedom , love comes or good day, beautiful life .

Jankowiak's theater is formally not obliged to any style. His pieces revolve around topics such as love and sexuality, longings and fears, structural violence , the search for the essential in the confusion of substitutes, communication / disorders.

Awards

  • Brothers Grimm Prize of the State of Berlin for violence in play with the Rote Grütze Theater (1989) and for Willis Kastanie with the carrousel Theater an der Parkaue (1999).
  • IKARUS (Berlin Theater Prize) for Just as Always: Everything Different with Theater Strahl (2003).
  • Friedrich-Luft-Prize with #BerlinBerlin from Theater Strahl (2019)
  • Nominated for the German-Dutch children's and youth theater award with Gleich knallt's (1997), for the IKARUS (Berlin theater award) with Sirene - The Little Mermaid (2005), With arger List (2006) and "Pippi Longstocking" (2009), " Spring Storms "(2010)," FRÄMMT "(2015), #BerlinBerlin (2018).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berlin Friedrich Air Prize 2018 awarded . At: nachtkritik.de , February 24, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Jankowiak, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, musician, author and director
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin