Benny Claessens

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Benny Claessens (born November 5, 1981 in Antwerp ) is a Belgian theater and film actor who also works on stages in Germany and Austria.

life and work

Benny Claessens studied at the Herman Teirlinck Studio in Antwerp and has been working as a freelance actor ever since. From 2003 he played in several productions at Het Toneelhuis in his hometown, including in Push up 1-3 by Roland Schimmelpfennig , in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and in Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen . He has been involved in a number of film and television productions. In 2006 he and Femke Heijens founded the EISBÄR group, which quickly became known in Belgium and Holland. The company performed, among other things, the pieces Always crying at the end and Collateral Damage . In 2009 he received the Amsterdam Arlecchino Award for his role in Ritter, Dene, Voss by Thomas Bernhard . In 2008 he worked with Jan Decorte and Lies Pauwels, with whom he was invited to the Zürcher Theater Spektakel , among others . In 2010 he was seen with Alain Platel's dance collective les ballet C de la B in Lisi Estaras' production “Primero-Erscht” .

Johan Simons engaged him in 2010 at the Münchner Kammerspiele and employed him in the first premiere of his artistic director, Ruf der Wildnis . At the beginning of his engagement in Munich, Claessens was exposed to a series of hostilities from parts of the audience, but was finally able to convince through his performance and his stage presence - for example with Wassa Schelesnowa or Uncle Wanja . Together with Risto Kübar , he designed the Spectacular Lightshows of Which U Don't See the Effect in 2013 , his first own piece, played in Jan Decortes Much Dance and embodied the local legend Rudolph Moshammer in Elfriede Jelinek's Die Straße. The town. The raid. , staged by Simons. The production was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2013 . The Süddeutsche Zeitung characterized his appearance in the Spectacular Lightshows with reference to his body as follows:

“Then he left out the language, only became a body, a poetic hippopotamus, graceful as a fairy, a good-natured mount, as agile as a dervish; above all a body medium of love. "

In 2014 he was a guest - in Johan Simons' production of the Negroes by Jean Genet - at the Wiener Festwochen and in Hamburg. At the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz he played Oli in Marius von Mayenburgs Turista , directed by Luk Perceval . He has been a member of the NTGent theater ensemble since 2015 . In the 2015–16 season he worked in the productions Accatone , De kersentuin and Learning How to Walk . In learning how to walk he also directed, as in Hello useless - for W and friends . In 2016 he was also involved in the new staging of The Strangers and performed the Spectacular Lightshows at Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin.

On August 17, 2017, he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as Rodrigo Quast in Lulu by Frank Wedekind , directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari .

Filmography

  • 1999 Blinker - An adventurous summer - Mats
  • 2000 blinkers and the blue morning star - Mats
  • 2003 Till Uilenspiegel - Lamme (stem)
  • 2004 Sketch à gogo - Soldaat
  • 2005 Het Geslacht De Pauw - Benny De Pauw
  • 2006 Witse - Walter Saelens
  • 2007 Highland Gardens - Sacha
  • 2007 Koning van de wereld - Fabien
  • 2008 We Are So Happy (short film) - Stefaan
  • 2008 180 - Guillaume
  • 2009 Code 37 - Maurits Leybaert
  • 2009 Super8 - Benny Claessens
  • 2010 Aspe, episode: Murder in Bruges - Mario Soetaert
  • 2010 Ijsland (short film)
  • 2012 Bumpy Night (short film) - role: Jonas

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Egbert Tholl: People . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , July 24, 2015, with scene design, accessed on November 12, 2016. The text of this article is also reproduced on the NTGent theater website, see: Portrait of the Süddeutsche Zeitung: Benny Claessens. NT Gent (Theater), archived from the original on November 12, 2016 ; accessed on August 27, 2019 . .
  2. ↑ a b Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin): Artists from AZ: Benny Claessens , accessed on November 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ Münchner Kammerspiele : Benny Claessens becomes Mosi , accessed on November 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ YouTube : The Street. The town. The raid. , accessed November 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ Theater Akzent : Die Neger, Jean Genet / Johan Simons , accessed on November 12, 2016
  6. ↑ Salzburg Festival : Preview of the 2017 play schedule , accessed on November 12, 2016
  7. ↑ Michael Merschmeier, Der Theaterverlag: Theater heute - current issue. (Beginning of article freely readable). Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Claessens, Benny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian actor and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp