Axel Preuss (General Manager)

Axel Preuß (* 1962 in Hamburg ) is a German dramaturge , director and theater manager .

Life

Axel Preuss grew up in Hamburg and after graduating from high school studied philosophy and modern German literature as well as art history in Hamburg and Berlin . During his studies he worked for independent theater groups and as an assistant director at the barracks of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. Guest engagements as a dramaturge and artistic assistant followed, including from 2000 to 2002 at the Rostock Volkstheater . From 2002 to 2005 Preuß was chief dramaturge at the Landestheater Tübingen (LTT) , from 2005 to 2009 acting director and deputy artistic director at the Heidelberg Theater . In addition, from 2005 to 2009 he was artistic director of the “ Heidelberger Stückemarkt ” festival . From 2010 to 2016 Preuß was chief dramaturge and deputy general director for artistic issues at the Staatstheater Braunschweig , where he also initiated and directed the “Interculture Theme Week” - a ten-day festival for diversity and cultural participation that has been held annually in spring since 2011. In the 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons he was acting director at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe . Since the 2018/19 season he has been the artistic director of the theater in Stuttgart .

Productions (selection)

2019 Judas by Lot Vekemans

Web links

Axel Preuss on the pages of the theater in Stuttgart
Daniel Grupp: Personalities: "Culture is quality of life". In: swp.de. March 7, 2019 (Axel Preuss in Stuttgart).; accessed on April 27, 2019
Tim Schleider: Plans for the Stuttgart theaters: There is sharp shooting at the old theater. In: Stuttgarter-Zeitung.de. April 16, 2019 (press conference for the 2019/20 season).; accessed on April 27, 2019
"Maria Stuart" to "Hair": Preuss' season in Stuttgart. In: Welt.de. April 18, 2018.; accessed on April 27, 2019

Individual evidence

↑ Ingeborg Obi-Preuß: This is how the world sounds. In: Neue-Braunschweiger.de. March 22, 2014, accessed April 27, 2019 .
^ Ensemble: Axel Preuß. Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, accessed on October 26, 2019 .
↑ Axel Preuß will be the new director of the theater in Stuttgart from the 2018/19 season. Theater der Zeit , July 31, 2017, accessed on April 27, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Preuss, Axel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German dramaturge, director and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH	1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg

[1] Ingeborg Obi-Preuß: This is how the world sounds. In: Neue-Braunschweiger.de. March 22, 2014, accessed April 27, 2019 .

[2] Ensemble: Axel Preuß. Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, accessed on October 26, 2019 .

[3] Axel Preuß will be the new director of the theater in Stuttgart from the 2018/19 season. Theater der Zeit , July 31, 2017, accessed on April 27, 2019 .