Curt Bernd Sucher

Curt Bernd Sucher (2011)

Curt Bernd Sucher (also C. Bernd Sucher ; born July 6, 1949 in Bitterfeld ) is a German theater critic , author and university professor. He was the editor in charge of the spoken theater and author at the Süddeutsche Zeitung . Sucher directs the postgraduate course "Theater, TV and Film Criticism" at the University of Television and Film Munich in cooperation with the August Everding Theater Academy .

Life

Curt Bernd Sucher was born in Bitterfeld and grew up in Hamburg . In 1969 he passed the Abitur at the Albrecht-Thaer-Gymnasium . After graduating from high school, he studied German , theater studies and Romance studies at the University of Hamburg , the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and the University of Munich and received his doctorate with a thesis on Martin Luther and the Jews : Martin Luther's position on the Jews. An interpretation from a German point of view.

From 1978 to 1980 he was the chief cultural editor of the Schwäbische Zeitung in Ulm and then switched to the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich , where he was the editor responsible for spoken theater and the first theater critic until 1999. Until 2005 he wrote as the exclusive author for this newspaper and then worked as a freelance writer and critic, including for Die Zeit and Theater heute .

During his time as an editor, Sucher taught since 1989 at the German School of Journalism in Munich and the University of Munich at the Institute for Theater Studies. In 1992 and 1993 he was a lecturer at the University of Eichstätt (Chair for Didactics of German Language and Literature), in 1995 and 1996 at the Moscow Gitis Institute (theater criticism). Since 1996 he has been a professor at the University of Television and Film, and since the 1997/1998 winter semester has headed the postgraduate course in “Theater, Film, and TV Criticism” in cooperation with the August Everding Theater Academy.

He is a member of juries, including a. at: Berliner Theatertreffen , Else Lasker Schüler Dramatist Prize , Körber Studio Junge Regie, Heidelberger Stückemarkt ; and juror and festival organizer at radikal jung at the Volkstheater Munich .

C. Bernd Sucher has been a member of the PEN Club since 1999 ; in 2004 he became a member of the Rotary Club Munich- Hofgarten and in 2014 the Munich Men's Club . He has been a member of the German Academy of Performing Arts since 2018 .

With his literary lecture series Suchers Passenschaften , he has appeared together with theater artists in Munich and other European cities since 1999, the series was also shown on the television program of the Bavarian Radio .

Sucher lives with his husband in Munich and in Chiemgau .

Lecture series "Seeker's Passions"

In the 1999/2000 season Sucher began his literary lecture series Sucher's Passions , with which he has since been guest in Munich, Vienna , Zurich , Hamburg , Weimar , Berlin , Frankfurt , Essen and Paris (in French ), accompanied by actors. A book or theater author is always at the center of his readings . Sucher presents the audience with his personal perspective on the life and work of the author.

Since 1999, protagonists of the ensembles of the Bavarian State Theater , the Münchner Kammerspiele , the Vienna Burgtheater , the Zürcher Schauspielhaus have been involved, supplemented by Senta Berger , Ulrich Matthes , Martina Gedeck , Monika Bleibtreu , Otto Sander , Thomas Thieme , Sophie Rois , Dörte Lyssewski , Burghart Klaußner , Angela Winkler , Charles Brauer , Udo Samel with.

The series resulted in four books - most recently The Dangerous French in 2008 -, eight essays on French authors ( Matthes & Seitz, Berlin ) and 20 audio books (with actors Senta Berger, Udo Samel, Ulrich Matthes, Sunnyi Melles , Thomas Thieme, among others , Angela Winkler).

In 2010, in addition to the readings, Seeker's Passions were broadcast on Bavarian television , which finally ended with a gala by Bavarian Radio on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Seeker's Passions .

Works (selection)

• Martin Luther's position on the Jews. An interpretation from a German point of view (1977)
• Temporary end of a trip (1991); Cover story in: Film & TV Kameramann, Munich a. a.
• Theater lexicon in 2 volumes; dtv, ISBN 978-3-423-03323-7 and ISBN 978-3-423-03322-0 .
• Theater Magician 1 - 20 actor portraits ; Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-03125-7 .
• Theater magician 2 - From Bondy to Zadek . 10 directors of contemporary German theater ; Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-03126-4 .
• The theater of the eighties and nineties, reviews and essays ; 1995, Fischer, ISBN 978-3-596-12690-3 .
• Lobster, Hand Kiss, Courtesy - The Guide to Good Behavior ; dtv, ISBN 978-3-423-15102-3 .
• Maria Wimmer ; Academy of Fine Arts Berlin ; ISBN 978-3-932-52961-0 .
• Luc Bondy ; Residenz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7017-1284-7 .
• Paris - 21 days with Anton ; Prestel, ISBN 978-3-791-32105-9 .
• Sucher's Passions - What Remains of 20th Century Literature? Claassen, ISBN 978-3-546-00242-4 .
• You ask what life is (October 2005); Argon Verlag, ISBN 978-3-423-34253-7 .
• Seeker's Passions - A Cherry in Spirit (2006); Henschel, ISBN 978-3-89487-558-9 .
• Cell Phone - Hand Kiss - Courtesy (2007); Droemer / Knaur, ISBN 978-3-426-78041-1
• Sucher's Passions (2007); Ten audio books, Argon Verlag.
• TheaterSchlachten - Europe piece by piece (2007); Henschel, ISBN 978-3-89487-567-1 .
• Dangerous French - Seekers Passions (2008); Matthes & Seitz, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-88221-640-0 .
• Henschel Theater Lexicon (2010); Henschel, ISBN 978-3-89487-617-3 .
• My little theater life aid (2012); dtv, ISBN 978-3-423-24907-2 .
• All the Violence of Love - Dali's World Literature in Seeker's Passions, 2014; Münchner Künstlerhausstiftung, ISBN 978-3-00-046277-1
• As you like it: Der kleine Theaterversteher (2016); Beck, ISBN 978-3406697234 .
• Sucher's World: Film - 49 Passionate Recommendations (2018); Droemer / Knaur, ISBN 978-3-426-27743-0 .
• Sucher's World: Music - 49 Passionate Recommendations (2018); Droemer / Knaur, ISBN 978-3-426-27745-4 .
• Sucher's World: Theater - 49 Passionate Recommendations ( 2018); Droemer / Knaur, ISBN 978-3-426-27744-7 .
• Sucher's World: Literature - 49 Passionate Recommendations (2018); Droemer / Knaur, ISBN 978-3-426-27742-3 .
• Mamsi and I - The Story of a Liberation (2019); Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-05857-5 .

Film projects (selection)

Sucher worked on various film projects for ARTE and 3sat , was a commentator in the show Foyer (3sat) and presenter at ARTE and 3sat, and also realized himself in his own films, among others. a. for BR and ARTE.

• 2008 for ARTE: Europe's Heritage - The Great Dramatists: Henrik Ibsen and Samuel Beckett , broadcast date September 2008, live appearance in the final show on ARTE
• 2010 for ARTE: in Avignon . There he presented a live summary of the 2010 Avignon Theater Festival for a whole day .
• 2011: Sucher's passions: Hermann Hesse with Rolf Boysen on Bavarian television (broadcast date: April 14, 2011). The second show Seeker's Passions: Virginia Woolf with Sunnyi Melles ( air date: June 9, 2011).
• By March 2013 ten episodes of Sucher's Passions were produced by BR.

Web links

• Literature by and about Curt Bernd Sucher in the catalog of the German National Library
• Seeker's passions

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: The Enthusiastic. Retrieved February 8, 2020 . 
2. ^ Yearbook of the Grillparzer Society, Vienna Bergland . Grillparzer-Gesellschaft, 1973 ( limited preview in Google book search).
3. ↑ Brief introduction to all professors at the HFF Munich
4. ^ Sedcard from Bernd Sucher on the homepage of the August Everding Theater Academy
5. ^ Jury overview of the Berlin Theatertreffen
6. ↑ History of the Else Lasker Schüler Dramatist Prize
7. ↑ Körber Studio Junge Regie Festival Archive ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ^ History of the theater festival radically young at the Volkstheater
9. ^ German Academy of Performing Arts | Members / statutes. Retrieved May 4, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Interview in ZEIT with Ute Lemper , accessed on October 19, 2016
11. ^ Festive Gala: 15 years of Sucher's passions at BR