Bruno Max

Bruno Max (* 1962 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian director and theater director.

Life

Bruno Max studied directing and acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and initially worked as an assistant director and actor at the Burgtheater in Vienna .

In 1986 he founded the free theater company Theater zum Fear . From 1987 to 1998 he was the founder and director of the "Theater in den Gewölben" in Maria Enzersdorf and from 1991 to 1993 of the Vienna "Residenztheater". Since 1995 he has been director and artistic director of Scala Vienna . Since 1998 also the Stadttheater Mödling and since 1999 the Summer Games Theater im Bunker . He was responsible for more than 100 productions, including numerous world premieres and premieres. He wrote numerous stage adaptations and plays, including the "Last Supper Project" (based on D. Rosen), "Dr. Petiot", "On the delights of debauchery and the hardships of freedom" (based on the Marquis de Sade ), " Genghis Cohn "," Lusthaus "," Banquos Banett "," American Diner "," Let them eat cake! "," A Schaakl, zwa Scheefs "(after Carlo Goldoni )," Picnic at the front "," Cafe zur Barrikade " . He is also the translator and editor of the successful German stage version of Clockwork Orange with more than 40 re-enactments; as an outfitter, he was responsible for more than 60 stage space solutions.

Awards

• 1997 and 2004 Lower Austrian Culture Prize for Performing Arts
• Gold medal for art and culture of the city of Mödling
• 2013 Golden Badge of Honor of the City of Mödling
• 2014 professor title

Publications

• The prolonged miracle. Mödling City Theater. Ueberreuter, 2013.

literature

• Thomas Jorda: Let me play the lion too. The summer theater in Lower Austria. Balance sheet and preview. Residenzverlag, St. Pölten 2007, ISBN 978-3-7017-3044-5 .
• Elfriede Ott (Ed.): The third act. Everyday theater. An inexhaustible topic. Styria, Graz 2002, ISBN 3-222-12973-8 .

Web links

• Short bio about Bruno Max on Theater to Fear