David Regehr
David Regehr (born April 6, 1967 in Munich ) is a German set designer , artist and restaurateur .
Life
David Regehr was born in Munich as the youngest of four children .
From 1987 to 1992 he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and was a master class student with Gerhard Merz . In the following ten years he traveled from place to place on long journeys as a landscape painter . He created portfolios with large drawings, later landscapes, especially on the volcanoes ( Stromboli , Etna , Cape Verde , Lanzarote ), in the high mountains ( Dolomites , Himalayas , Kashmir Mountains ) and in the Algerian desert . All works were created before the motif; there was no studio.
He is married and has four kids.
Works
Monbijou theater
The Monbijou Theater , formerly Hexenkessel Hoftheater, was a free theater in Berlin-Mitte with an annual audience of more than 100,000. From 2000 to 2019 it was located in Monbijoupark opposite the Bode Museum . In summer the ensemble played in an open-air amphitheater, in winter in the so-called fairy tale huts. In addition, other venues such as a theater cart or a theater ship were used at times. David Regehr ran the theater from 2000 to 2019 together with Christian Schulz. He was active in the artistic direction of the theater and was responsible for the stage design and construction as well as the branding.
amphitheater
In 2008–2019 the wooden amphitheater, designed by David Regehr, served as a summer venue with space for around 450 spectators. The semicircular theater was a so-called " flying structure " and therefore had to be dismantled every autumn and re-erected the following spring. Mainly pieces by Shakespeare, Molière and Goldoni were shown here, but in 2017 also Goethe's Faust .
Fairy tale hut
From 2007 the two so-called fairy tale huts were built on the bunker roof in Monbijoupark , in which the ensemble showed fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm during the winter months , each played by two actors in front of about 100 spectators. Both fairy tale huts originally come from Poland and were transported to Berlin in individual parts. David Regehr edited the text templates for individual productions and designed all the sets for the various fairy tales.
Clärchens Ballhaus
Clärchen's ball house is one of the last ball houses from around 1900 in Berlin. Opened in 1913 by Clara Bühler and her husband, it outlived both world wars and the GDR era. In 2005 David Regehr and his business partner Christian Schulz took over the management of the dance hall and restaurant. In 2020, operations were stopped for the time being.
The pearl fishermen
In 2017 David Regehr designed the set for Wim Wenders ' production of Georges Bizet's opera Die Perlenfischer at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin . In May 2019 the production made a guest appearance at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing .
literature
• Marion Kiesow: Berlin dances in Clärchens Ballhaus. 100 years of pleasure - a cultural history, Nicolai Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-89479-784-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Regehr . Muxmäuschenwild Magazin, November 22nd, 2016.
- ↑ Outdoor theater: Then a Shakesbier . Tagesspiegel, July 19, 2017
- ↑ Record number of visitors in the fairytale huts . Berlin Week, March 3, 2016.
- ↑ Little Red Riding Hood now lives in Mitte. Tagesspiegel, January 6, 2007.
- ↑ A dream is in the smallest hut. New Germany, December 28, 2006.
- ↑ Mysterious places: Clärchens Ballhaus. A film by Maria Wischnewski , rbb television, November 22, 2017.
- ↑ This is how Clärchen's soul should live on . Tagesspiegel, January 12, 2020.
- ^ One last dance in Clärchen's ballroom . Berliner Morgenpost, January 13, 2020.
- ↑ David Regehr . Website State Opera Unter den Linden Berlin.
- ↑ China NCPA: Wim Wenders talks about the upcoming "Les pecheurs de perles" , Facebook, May 5, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Regehr, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German stage designer, artist and restaurateur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |