Astrid Griesbach

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Astrid Griesbach (* 1956 in Meiningen ) is a German theater director .

Life

Astrid Griesbach studied German and Slavic studies in Erfurt from 1977 to 1979 . From 1980 to 1983 she trained as a puppeteer at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin . She had her first engagement as a puppeteer in Gera until 1987. Then she studied directing at the HfS "Ernst Busch", internships with Frank Castorf , Heiner Müller , Robert Wilson , Ruth Berghaus and Benno Besson .

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Artistically, she feels obliged to the popular theater , the Commedia dell'arte and the Grand Guignol . Popular archetypes of puppet theater are at the center of her productions. These are fools or buffoons who view and comment on the plot from a disrespectful and amoral point of view. Her work is less about dealing with a specific text than about “washing over” a topic.

Selection of theater productions

Stage: Anja Ducklau, costumes: Claudia Naumann, play: Kathleen Gallego Zapata, Lisa Tillmann, Thomas Jahn, Ralf Bockholdt
Set design: Marianne Hollenstein , mask: Monika Grass. Game: Frank Panhans, Frank Bockholdt, Thomas Jahn
Set design: Marianne Hollenstein, mask: Monika Grass, music: Twana Rhodes, Paul Brody, play: Esther Esche, Ralf Bockholdt, Thomas Jahn, Richard Heidinger, Jakob EG Kraze
  • Nathan im Untergrund after Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , Theater des Lachens / Berlin in coproduction with the Berliner Festspiele and Sophiensaelen / Berlin, 1999
Dramaturgy: Andreas Poppe, equipment: Marianne Hollenstein, mask: Monika Grass, lighting design: Peter Müller, play: Beate Fischer, Ralf Bockhold, Thomas Jahn, Frank Panhans, Theo Vadersen
Set design: Birgit Schöne, mask: Helen Laitzsch, choreography: Dominique Efstratiou, play: Frank Panhans, Ralf Bockholdt, Thomas Jahn
  • Don Quixote based on Miguel de Cervantes , Theater des Lachens Berlin in coproduction with Kleist Forum / Frankfurt (Oder), Die Theater / Vienna, Sophiensaelen / Berlin, 2001
Set design: Michael Walter, dramaturgy: Christine Boyde, choreography: Dominique Efstratiou, mask: Helen Laitzsch, production: Amelie Deuflhard / Marion Baumgartner ( Sophiensaele Berlin), play: Ralf Bockholdt, Thomas Jahn, Frank Panhans, Andreas Liebmann, Renat Safiulin
  • lear before and after William Shakespeare , Theater des Lachens / Berlin, in coproduction with Materialtheater Stuttgart, Theater Peppermind and FITZ Figurentheaterzentrum / Stuttgart, 2001
Set design: Stefanie Oberhoff, play: Annette Scheibler, Hartmut Liebsch
  • Auditor based on Nikolai Gogol , Theater des Lachens / Berlin in coproduction with Theater Wismar and Sophiensaele Berlin, 2002
Set designer: Michael Walter, music: Jürgen Kurz, mask: Helen Laitzsch, assistant director: Verena Busche, assistant set designer: Friederike Sommerfeld, play: Minouche Petrusche, Renat Safiulin, Nicolas Galeazzi, Jan Uplegger, Andreas Liebmann, Tatjana Jakob
Set design: Grit Wendicke, dramaturgy: Felicitas Löwe, theater pedagogy: Simone Neubauer, acting: Ulrich Wenzke, Babette Kuschel, Tatjana Wehmeyer
  • Tristan und Isolde , Theater des Lachens / Berlin in coproduction with Theater Wismar, the Sophiensaelen Berlin and the Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz / Mainz, 2002
Set design: Michael Walter, music: Jürgen Kurz, mask: Helen Laitzsch, assistant director: Verena Busche, play: Minouche Petrusch, Jan Uplegger, Hanno Wukasch, Patricia Christmann, Beata Nagy, Agnes Lampkin, Tatjana Jakob
  • The leader plays again , Theater des Lachens / Berlin in coproduction with the Sophiensaelen Berlin and Theater Wismar, 2003
Set design: Michael Walter, puppets: Friedericke Sommerfeld, music: Jürgen Kurz, assistant director: Verena Busche, play: Jochen Menzel, Pierre Schäfer
  • Undine / Hamlet based on William Shakespeare , Theater des Lachens / Berlin in coproduction with Theater Wismar, FITZ Figurentheaterzentrum / Stuttgart and the Sophiensaelen Berlin, 2003
Set design: Michael Walter, music: Jürgen Kurz, choreography: Dominique Efstratiou, mask: Helen Laitzsch, dramaturgy: Michael Mans, lighting design: Oliver Gayk, production: Marion Baumgartner, play: Ralf Bolckholdt, Minuche Petrusch, Iduna Hegen, Tatjana Wehmeyer, Tanja Baur
  • Terror im Idyll (from Ganghofer's terrible children), Theater des Lachens / Berlin, in coproduction with Materialtheater Stuttgart, Theater Peppermind and FITZ Figurentheaterzentrum / Stuttgart, 2004
Set design: Stefanie Oberhoff, play: Annette Scheibler, Hartmut Liebsch
Set design: Michael Walter, music: Jürgen Kurz, combat trainer: Ulf Kirschhofer, play: Thomas Beck, Martin Bermoser, Elisabeth Breckner, Dorit Ehlers, Markus Kofler
  • Maria Stuart after Friedrich Schiller , Theater des Lachens Berlin 2004 in coproduction with Sophiensaele Berlin, Kleist Forum Frankfurt (Oder), Theater des Lachens Frankfurt (Oder), dietheater Vienna.
Equipment: Michael Walter, Makenbau: Friederike Sommerfeld, physical training: Shanti Oyarzabal, choir director: Jürgen Kurz, mask: Helen Laitzsch, lighting design: Andrè Nowka, play: Ralf Bockholdt, Nicolas Galeazzi, Iduna Hegen, Thomas Jahn, musicians: Philipp Danzeisen, Omar and Emilio Tamez
Equipment / play: Christoph Bochdansky , Michael Vogel, music: Charlotte Wilde
  • The legend of the MANIFESTO of the Communist Party before / from / after Karl Marx , dietheater Wien, Kleist Forum Frankfurt (Oder), Theater des Lachens Frankfurt (Oder) and Festival Grenzenlos Kultur Mainz, 2005
Set design: Michael Walter, assistant set designer: Friederike Sommerfeld, music / choir: Jürgen Kurz, assistant director: Melika Ramic, dramaturgy: Andreas Poppe, physical training: Martin Woldan, production: Verena Busche / Busche und Mans, acting: André Ebert, Markus Kofler, Julia Kneussel, Mathias Lenz, Johannes Rhomberg, Agnieszka Salamon, Julia Schranz, Verena Busche
  • Bamba based on Vittorio De Sica's classic film “The Miracle of Milan”, Ensemble Materialtheater, Stuttgart & Theater des Lachens Berlin
Set design: Stefanie Oberhoff, music: Winni Walgenbach, magical accompaniment: Nils Bennett, play: Sigrun Kilger, Hartmut Liebsch, Alberto Garcia Sanchez, Annette Scheibler
  • Love and anarchy according to Lina Wertmüller , Theater des Lachens Berlin, KosmosTheater Vienna
Set design: Stefanie Oberhoff, musical director: Winni Walgenbach, dramaturgy: Andreas Poppe, production director: Verena Busche, acting: Martin Bermoser, Markus Kofler, Agnieszka Salamon, Julia Schranz
Stage: Michael Walter, musical direction: Jürgen Kurz, assistant director: Thomas Böltken, production: Verena Busche, acting: Mathias Lenz, Julia Schranz and Ilka Teichmüller

Other activities

  • 1992–1999 artistic director of the “Small Theater” in Frankfurt (Oder).
  • from 1999 artistic director of the "Theater des Lachens Berlin"
  • 2001–2003 artistic director at the Wismar Theater
  • from 2001 she is a member of the theater advisory board of the Kleist Forum Frankfurt
  • since 2009 board member of Theater & Philharmonie Thuringia

literature

  • Workbook 12 work pieces Directors in portrait: Edited by Anja Dürrschmidt, Barbara Engelhardt, ISBN 978-3-934344-28-0

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personal data
SURNAME Griesbach, Astrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater director
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Meiningen