Christian Papke (director)

Christian Papke (* 1974 in Basel ) is a German director and dramaturge.

Life

Christian Papke grew up in Munich, Darmstadt and Rio de Janeiro. He received his training in theater, film and media studies , German studies, philosophy and business administration in Vienna and Paris. After completing his doctorate, Papke founded the independent group mooncraver in 2002 . He worked with her until 2005, primarily with young people, amateur actors and professional actors, to develop new pieces based on literary models. Between 2003 and 2010, around 150 concerts and readings in the social sector for old people's homes, prisons and other social institutions were organized and implemented.

In 2005 Papke went to the Schauspielhaus Bochum as an assistant director . In 2006 he was elected to the international writers' association of the Austrian PEN Club and was also on its board from 2007 to 2011. Since 2006 he has also been working increasingly in Eastern Europe, both as a director and for the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as project manager of the Talking About Borders project, which he initiated in 2005 and within the framework of which one of the most important dramatist prizes in Eastern Europe is awarded every year. The winning pieces have been performed at the State Theater in Nuremberg (since the 2014/2015 season) . In 2019 the Regensburg Theater will host a world premiere. From 2014 to 2017 Papke was permanently employed at the State Theater in Nuremberg. He has been working there as an artistic consultant since autumn 2017.

From 2013 Papke was the moderator and editor in charge of the broadcast of the cultural program Bühne Europa on ARD-alpha , which was produced by ORF . Since then, Papke ( PapkeFilm ) has been making documentaries that include a. be broadcast on the culture and information channel ORF III.

Papke has worked as a freelance director and dramaturge since 2001 . He has performed his own works, readings and productions at the Volkstheater Vienna , Wiener Metropol , the Viennese jazz club Porgy & Bess , Landestheater Niederösterreich , Schauspielhaus Graz , Schauspielhaus Nürnberg , Wiener Konzerthaus , Wiener Burgtheater (vestibule), ORF Radiokulturhaus Vienna, Hamburg Thalia Theater , Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe , the Leipzig Book Fair , at the international theater festival BITEF , the international theater festival MESS in Sarajevo , the Tirana National Theater , the Tirana State Opera , the Timisoara National Theater and in Israel.

In Bosnia in 2009, Papke's production I don't like Mondays with an ethnically mixed ensemble of Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks of three religions won the prize for the best stage concept as one of the first plays about the Balkan War after the war as part of the international festival MESS (Stage: Alois Gallé). In Romania, Papke's production of Before Retirement was invited to the most important national theater festival in Bucharest in 2012 . Papke's production of Agnes ran for the 175th time at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe in 2018 :

2006–2013 Papke was editor of seven publications in the annual Culture Matters series published by the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs .

Theater and opera direction (selection)

• 2017 Blackbox 149 by Rosemary Johns. European premiere at the State Theater in Nuremberg .
• 2016 The Night of Secrets ; Double evening with La notte di un nevrastenico ( Nino Rota ) and Susannen's Secret ( Wolf-Ferrari ). Gerhart Hauptmann Theater
• 2016 L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater .
• 2015 About the same by Jonas Khemiri at the State Theater in Nuremberg .
• 2015 The theater maker by Thomas Bernhard , Rustavelli Theater in Tbilisi .
• 2014 Indian by Oliver Bukowski . World premiere at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater in Görlitz
• 2013 Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the Tirana State Opera.
• 2012 Agnes von Christian Papke, based on the novel by Peter Stamm , at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe .
• 2012 Before the retirement of Thomas Bernhard National Theater Timisoara
• 2010 The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár , State Opera Tirana.
• 2009 I don't like Mondays by Zlatko Topčić at Kamerni 55 in Sarajevo .
• 2009 The Power of Habit by Thomas Bernhard at the Tirana National Theater by Yannik Gent at the Vienna Metropol .
• 2007 Emilia Andrejevic's big evening at the Atelje 212 theater in Belgrade.

Radio plays and audio books

• Audiobook Mama, not now , Audiobook Hamburg , 2011.
• Audiobook Das Buch ohne Gnade (Anonymus), Lübbe Audio , 2011.
• Audiobook Das Buch ohne Staben (Anonymus), Lübbe Audio, 2010.
• Audiobook Das Buch ohne Namen (Anonymus), Lübbe Audio, 2009.
• Audiobook White Oleander (Janet Fitch), Lübbe Audio, 2009.
• Radio play Wallenstein ( Friedrich Schiller ), Lübbe Audio, 2009.
• Radio play Der arme Spielmann ( Franz Grillparzer ), Lübbe Audio, 2008.
• Audiobook for you to celebrate ( Rainer Maria Rilke ).
• sch * nee , Universal Music , 2004.

Dramaturgy (selection)

• 2015: 40 hours reading Die 40 Tage des Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel at the State Theater in Nuremberg
• 2012: Agnes von Peter Stamm for the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
• 2012: The best husband of all about Ephraim Kishon's relationship with his translator Friedrich Torberg
• 2007: Letters to a lover about Constanze Esmarch's love affair with Theodor Storm
• 2004: To you in celebration of Rainer Maria Rilke

Film direction and production

• 2019 Mountain farming life in Pongau - From Wagrain to Kleinarl (documentation).
• 2019 Habsburg and the Alps - Part 2 (documentation).
• 2019 Habsburg and the Alps - Part 1 (documentation).
• 2019 Styria's hardest-working flower gardener (documentation).
• 2019 The Hall Radish Festival (documentation).
• 2019 Winter magic in the Alps - From Filzmoos to Achensee (documentation).
• 2018 Somebody had to think of it - inventions from Austria (documentation).
• 2018 Vergelt's Gott - Thanksgiving in the mountains and on earth (documentation).
• 2018 The Mondseeland - living space, myth, idyll (documentation).
• 2018 Florianitag - The festival of the fire brigades (documentation).
• 2018 Winter Delights (Documentation).
• 2017 Austria - Evangelical Country (documentation).
• 2017 Cult place Wörthersee (documentation).
• 2017: The shine of history - traditional hotels in Austria (documentation).
• 2016: Pilgrimage Routes - Paths of Encounter (documentation).
• 2015 Armenia - The Shadow Long Road (Documentation).
• 2015 Armenia - Fate of a People (Documentation).
• 2014 Georgia - Energy of Freedom .
• 2013 The Georgian Dream - Interview with President Giorgi Margvelashvili .
• 2013 Don Giovanni - The punished libertine in Albania .
• 2013 Agnes - diary of a theater production .

Festival Management (Artistic Director)

• 2018: Talking About Borders - 4th Festival at the State Theater Nuremberg
• 2017: Talking About Borders - 3rd Festival at the State Theater Nuremberg
• 2016: Talking About Borders - 2nd Festival at the State Theater in Nuremberg
• 2015: Talking About Borders - 1st Festival at the State Theater in Nuremberg
• 2015: Vergissmeinnich - “Festival of the Present Armenia” at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe

Teaching activities

• 2018: Staging of the festival of contemporary music at the Nuremberg University of Applied Sciences with participating students
• 2015–2017: Lecturer in the field of dramaturgy at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater . In addition, various master classes in Eastern Europe.

Awards

For his contribution to the development of Bulgarian-Austrian cultural relations and to the popularization of Bulgarian art and culture, Papke was awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria in May 2012. In 2016 Papke was awarded the highest award in gold by the Yerevan State University for his international and intercultural mediation work.

Web links

• Christian Papke's website
• Taking About Borders drama competition
• Georg Luksch's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.penclub.at
2. ^ Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Austria: Publications - BMEIA, Foreign Ministry Austria. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Talking about boundaries. State Theater Nuremberg, accessed on May 16, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Talking About Borders - Curtain up on the East . In: KulturToDate . April 27, 2016 ( online [accessed May 16, 2018]).
5. ↑ Website of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2014 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. (Accessed March 26, 2014) 
6. ^ Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Austria: Homepage - BMEIA, Foreign Ministry Austria. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
7. ^ Black Box 149 (EE). (No longer available online.) State Theater Nuremberg, archived from the original on May 17, 2018 ; accessed on May 16, 2018 . 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. ↑ Gerhart Hauptmann Theater: Trailer Night of Secrets. December 12, 2016, accessed May 16, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Gerhart Hauptmann Theater: "L'elisir d'amore - The Love Potion" Trailer (GHT). April 25, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
10. ↑ ≈ [approximately the same]. Staatstheater Nürnberg, December 15, 2015, archived from the original on June 30, 2018 ; accessed on May 16, 2018 (original website no longer available). 
11. ^ "The theater maker" in Georgia. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
12. ↑ "Indian" Trailer (GHT) from creoflux on Vimeo. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Christian Papke: DON GIOVANNI. March 27, 2014, accessed May 16, 2018 . 
14. ^ Peter Stamm - Agnes, November 24, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Christian Papke: Papke's great evening. March 27, 2014, accessed May 16, 2018 . 
16. ^ Christian Papke: Ne volim ponedjeljak. March 27, 2014, accessed May 16, 2018 . 
17. ↑ Christian Papke: Papke's great evening. March 27, 2014, accessed May 16, 2018 . 
18. ↑ Christian Papke "ANONYMOUS: THE BOOK WITHOUT MERCY. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
19. ^ Bastei Lübbe: Anonymus: The book without letters. October 21, 2010, accessed May 16, 2018 . 
20. ↑ Christian Papke "ANONYMOUS: THE BOOK WITHOUT NAME. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
21. ↑ Christian Papke »JANET FITCH: WHITE OLEANDER. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
22. ^ Christian Papke »FRIEDRICH SCHILLER: WALLENSTEIN. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
23. ↑ Christian Papke »FRANZ GRILLPARZER: THE POOR MAN GAME. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
24. ^ Christian Papke »DIR TO CELEBRATION. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
25. ↑ Audio sample “you to celebrate” - Ulrich Reinthaller. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
26. ^ Christian Papke »SCH * NEE. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
27. ^ Mountain farming life in Pongau - From Wagrain to Kleinarl - ORF III. Retrieved May 21, 2019 . 
28. ^ Klaus Oberrauner: Mountain farming life in the Pongau. In: KulturToDate. May 8, 2019, accessed May 21, 2019 . 
29. ^ Habsburg and the Alps (2/2) - ORF III. Retrieved May 21, 2019 . 
30. ^ Klaus Oberrauner: Habsburg and the Alps | Part 2. In: KulturToDate. April 2, 2019, accessed May 21, 2019 . 
31. ^ Habsburg and the Alps (1/2) - ORF III. Retrieved May 21, 2019 . 
32. ^ Klaus Oberrauner: Habsburg and the Alps | Part 1. In: KulturToDate. March 29, 2019, accessed May 21, 2019 . 
33. ↑ www.salzkammergut-rundblick.at: HABSBURG AND THE ALPS | PART 1. Accessed May 21, 2019 . 
34. ↑ Styria's hardest-working flower gardener - The 59th flower decoration competition in house - ORF III. Retrieved May 21, 2019 . 
35. ↑ Klaus Oberrauner: Styria's hardest-working flower gardener. In: KulturToDate. March 1, 2019, accessed May 21, 2019 . 
36. ↑ Klaus Oberrauner: The Hall Radish Festival. In: KulturToDate. March 29, 2019, accessed May 21, 2019 . 
37. ↑ Winter magic in the Alps - From Filzmoos to Achensee - ORF III. Retrieved May 21, 2019 . 
38. ^ Klaus Oberrauner: Winter magic in the Alps. In: KulturToDate. December 18, 2018, accessed May 21, 2019 . 
39. ↑ That had to occur to someone - inventions from Austria - ORF III. Retrieved May 21, 2019 . 
40. ↑ Vergelt's Gott - Thanksgiving in the mountains and on earth - ORF III. Retrieved May 21, 2019 . 
41. ↑ The Mondseeland - ORF III. Retrieved May 21, 2019 . 
42. ↑ Klaus Oberrauner: The Mondseeland - living space, myth, idyll. In: KulturToDate. August 23, 2018, accessed May 21, 2019 . 
43. ↑ Florianitag - the festival of the fire brigades - ORF III. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
44. ↑ Florianitag - The festival of the fire brigades . In: KulturToDate . April 30, 2018 ( online [accessed May 16, 2018]).
45. ↑ Winter joys - ORF III. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
46. ↑ Winter joys . In: KulturToDate . December 22, 2017 ( online [accessed May 16, 2018]).
47. ↑ Winter joys. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
48. ↑ GEMEINDE24.AT: Winter joys - A documentary film - Schöder municipality. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
49. ↑ ORF focus on "Reformation 500 years" with "ZiB 2 History" and "criss-cross" - tv.ORF.at . In: tv.ORF.at . ( Online [accessed May 16, 2018]).
50. ^ "At your word" - film about the Reformation in Austria . In: Being Evangelical . October 31, 2017 ( online [accessed May 16, 2018]).
51. ↑ programm.ARD.de - ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany: alpha Austria: Austria - Protestant country. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
52. ^ Austria - Evangelical country . In: KulturToDate . October 27, 2017 ( online [accessed May 16, 2018]).
53. ↑ Cult place Wörthersee - ORF III. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
54. ^ PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
55. ↑ TV-DOKU: "Kultort Wörthersee" . In: KulturToDate . June 15, 2017 ( online [accessed May 16, 2018]).
56. ↑ Splendor of History - Traditional Hotels in Austria: Seehotels (1/2) - ORF III. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
57. ↑ Splendor of History - Traditional Hotels in Austria: Mountain Hotels (2/2) - ORF III. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
58. ↑ Pilgrimage routes - ORF III. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
59. ↑ Documentary “Pilgerwege” on “Weg des Buches” ›evang.at . ( Online [accessed May 16, 2018]).
60. ↑ Documentation: Three Pilgrimage Routes as Big TV Stars . In: www.kleinezeitung.at . ( Online [accessed May 16, 2018]).
61. ^ Carinthia Film Commission. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
62. ↑ Review: Pilgrimage Routes . In: KulturToDate . September 4, 2016 ( online [accessed May 16, 2018]).
63. ↑ Ravished Armenia / Armenia - The shadow long way | Kinemathek Karlsruhe eV | Kaiserpassage 6, 76133 Karlsruhe. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
64. ↑ programm.ARD.de - ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany: alpha Austria: Armenia - The shadow long way. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
65. ↑ Armenia: Fate of a People - ORF III. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
66. ^ Programm.ARD.de - ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany: alpha Austria: Georgia. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
67. ↑ TV IMEDI: ORF: ექსკლუზიური ინტერვიუ გიორგი მარგველაშვილთან. November 17, 2013, accessed May 16, 2018 . 
68. ^ Programm.ARD.de - ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany: Don Giovanni - The punished libertine in Albania. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
69. ^ Christian Papke: Agnes - diary of a theater production. March 27, 2014, accessed May 16, 2018 . 
70. ↑ News 15/16 | News | Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Retrieved May 16, 2018 . 
71. ↑ Winner of the award from the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture (accessed on June 9, 2013)