Frank Hoffmann (director)

Frank Hoffmann (2019)

Frank Hoffmann (born February 23, 1954 in Luxembourg ) is a director and was director of the Ruhr Festival in Recklinghausen until July 31, 2018 .

Career

Frank Hoffmann was born in Luxembourg. From 1979 to 1983 he studied Romance languages, German and philosophy in Luxemburg and Heidelberg, then worked as a research assistant at the University of Heidelberg and took his first steps as assistant director to David Mouchtar-Samorai at the Heidelberg Theater. In 1979 he founded the “Klammerspiele Heidelberg”, with which he staged his first productions in the newly opened Romanisches Keller in Heidelberg. After receiving his doctorate in 1983 in Heidelberg on a philosophy of theater based on Michel Foucault , he accepted a call to the Conservatoire de Luxembourg for a professorship in directing. As a freelance director, he worked in Berlin, Paris, Cologne, Basel and Stockholm, among others. In 1994 he gained a foothold in music theater with Hoffmann's stories . In 1996, Hoffmann founded the Théâtre National du Luxembourg with the help of the Ministry of Culture of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , which he has headed to this day (2020). In September 2004 he took over the position of artistic director and managing director of the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen from Frank Castorf , which he directed until 2018 and expanded it into one of the largest and most important European theater festivals. He also founded the first European piece market in Luxembourg in 1998 with texts . Frank Hoffmann has brought out well over a hundred national and international productions in more than twenty cities, including Germany, France, Luxembourg, Austria and Switzerland. a. at the Burgtheater Vienna , at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg , at the Paris Théâtre National de la Colline, at the Basler Theater , at the Kölner Schauspiel , at the Schauspiel Bonn , at the Schauspiel Frankfurt , at the Freie Volksbühne Berlin , at the Bremen Theater and in Luxembourg at the Kasematten and at the Capuchin Theater. His productions have made guest appearances on many European stages as well as in Asia and North and South America and have also been invited to the Schiller Days in Mannheim, the Mülheim Theater Days , the Bonn and Wiesbaden Biennials, the Heidelberg Stückemarkt , the Ibsen Festival in Oslo and the Strindberg Festival to Stockholm, to the festivals of Sibiu and Cluj (Romania), to the Culture Month in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), to the Prague German Language Theater Festival, to the Festival of Classical Theater to Almagro (Spain) and to Taipei to the Taiwan International Festival of Arts .

Honourings and prices

1990 Young Director of the Year : Award from Theater heute magazine

1991 Award of the best director for the feature film Schako Klak at the festival in Tehran

1993 Best production in North Rhine-Westphalia for stories from the Vienna Woods at the Schauspielhaus Bonn

1995 Prix Lions

2008 Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Couronne de Chêne

2018 honorary citizenship of the Recklinghausen district

2019 Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Publications

The kitsch at Max Frisch. Preformed reality vocabulary. A kitsch topography . Bad Honnef Keimer 1979. (Keimer's treatises on the German language and culture. 2.)
Jean Genet's theater in the light of Michel Foucault's philosophy . 1984. (Dissertation 1983.)

literature

Frank Hoffmann , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 48/2013 of November 26, 2013, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Corina Mersch: Une histoire sans fin. Dialogues with Frank Hoffmann . Echternach: PHI 2000.

Movies

1987ː Die Reise das Land , direction and screenplay together with Paul Kieffer,
1990ː Schacko Klak , director and screenplay, together with Paul Kieffer
2015ː The Robbers , a production by the Schiller Theater , Berlin; Directed together with Pol Cruchten

Productions

1979ː Jean Genet - The Maids , Heidelberg
1980ː Enquist - The Night of the Tribades , Heidelberg
1981ː Brecht - Drums in the Night , Luxembourg
1982ː Hoffmann - Those involved or a clean country , Heidelberg
1982 Fassbinder - Bremer Freiheit , Luxembourg
1983ː Pasolini - Calderon , Luxembourg
1983ː Schiller - Demetrius , Luxemburg invited to Mannheim Schiller Days
1984ː Rewenig / Vitrac - Mattzen am Wanter burns the Äisbierg, Esch
1984 Strauss - big and small, Kaiserslautern
1984ː Schiller - Demetrius, Basel
1985ː Rewenig - Fräi Nuecht or the Ufank vum Enn, Esch
1985ː Ibsen - When we dead awaken, Luxembourg
1985ː Müller / Lessing - Mauser / Philotas, Basel
1985ː Gorki - Night Asylum, Kaiserslautern
1986ː Sartre - Closed Society, Kaiserslautern
1987 Seidel - Jochen Schanotta, Basel invited to the Mülheim Schiller Days
1987 Büchner - Dantons death, Darmstadt
1987ː Rewenig / Goldoniː De Meeschter falls from heaven, Luxembourg
1987ː Horvath - Kasimir and Karoline, Basel and Mülheim
1988ː Bond - Summer, Pforzheim
1988ː Müller - Depraved Shore, Luxembourg
1988 Sartre - The included people from Altona, Cologne
1988ː Arnold - The public nuisance, Wuppertal
1988: Schönberg - Pierrot lunaire, Luxemburg and Karlsruhe
1989ː Rewenig - The cockchafer attack a country house, Luxembourg
1989ː Horvath - To the beautiful view, Kassel
1989ː Maroldt - Eldorado, Wiltz, Esch and Luxemburg
1989ː Müller - Wolokolamsker Chaussee, Cologne
1989ː Rodrigues - The man with golden teeth, Cologne
1990ː Büchner - Woyzeck, Luxembourg and Cologne
1990ː Ellert - Lena's sister, Kassel
1990ː Horvath - Faith, Love, Hope, Cologne
1990 Weiss Marat / Sade, Frankfurt
1990ː Beckett - The Last Volume, Luxembourg
1991ː Frisch - Don Juan or the love of geometry, Esch and tour
1991 and 1992ː Ibsen - Rosmersholm, Berlin and Oslo
1991ː Cabrujas - the day you will love me, Kassel
1991ː Kleist - Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, Bonn
1991ː Schütz - Orestobsessionm, Luxembourg
1992 Herzberg - Tohuwabohu, Bonn
1992ː Schönthan - The Robbery of the Sabine Women, Berlin
1992ː Kleist - Robert Guiskard, Berlin
1992ː Kafka / Fröse - Blumsfeld Hund, Luxembourg
1992ː Goethe - The Natural Daughter (Project for Documenta IX "The Broken Mirror" with Schiller - Demetrius), Kassel
1992 Cabrujas - The True American, Bonn
1992ː Dean - Gilbert's last court, Basel
1992 Marivaux - La fausse suivante , Luxembourg
1993ː Horvath - Stories from the Vienna Woods, Bonn
1993ː Goethe - Faust, Luxembourg
1993ː Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bonn
1994ː Rewenig - Eisefrësser, Esch and Bonn
1994ː Fornes - The Danube, Bonn
1994 Offenbach - Hoffmanns Erzählungen, Bremen
1994ː Shakespeare - Othello, Bremen
1995ː De la Parra - Dostoïevski va à la plage, Paris and Luxembourg
1995ː Brecht - Threepenny Opera, Bonn
1995ː Schiller - The Robbers, Luxembourg
1995ː Wilson / Waits / Burroughs - Black Rider, Bonn
1995ː Helminger / Kerger - Melusina, Esch
1996ː Ondaatje - Les Oeuvres complètes de Billy the Kid, Paris and Esch
1996ː Hoffmann / Lenners - ... group picture with lady, Luxembourg
1996ː Dorfman - The Reader, Bonn
1997ː Mozart - Idomeneo, Bremen
1997ː Rewenig - Summerzauber, Luxemburg, Esch and Stockholm
1997 and 1998ː Strindberg - Ein Traumspiel, Esch and Stockholm
1997ː Nadolny / Klügl / Battistelli - The discovery of slowness, Bremen
1998 Dorfman - Mascara, Bonn
1998ː Krausser / Eggert - We are at home, Mannheim and Luxembourg
1998ː Thomas Mann / Lenners - Hetaera Esmeralda, Luxembourg
1998ː Fallada / Dorst / Zadek - Little man, what now ?, Bonn
1998ː Genet - Les Nègres, Esch, Sibiu and Plovdiv
1999ː Wagner - The Flying Dutchman, Bremen
1999 Shaw / Lerner / Loewe - My Fair Lady, Bonn
1999 Shakespeare: The Storm
2000ː Hub - The milk girl's bill, Bonn and Heidelberg
2000ː Hoffmann / Lenners - Dame, Gruppe, Bild, Mannheim and Luxemburg
2001ː Feitler / Hoffmann / Kafka - K., Luxemburg and Recklinghausen
2001ː Brecht / Fenigstein - Saint Joan of the slaughterhouses, Biel and Esch
2001ː Vitrac - Victor or The Children in Power, Bonn
2002ː Kleist - The Broken Jug, Luxemburg, Recklinghausen and Almagro
2002 and 2004ː Koltès - Dans la solitude des champs de coton, Luxembourg and Paris
2002 and 2005ː Camus / Hoffmann - L'Étranger, Luxembourg
2003ː Bernhard - Der Theatermacher, Luxemburg, Recklinghausen and Graz
2004ː Molière - Le Misanthrope , Luxembourg
2004ː Pinter - Ashes to Ashes, Luxembourg
2004ː Kander / Ebb / Masteroff - Cabaret, Aachen
2005ː Shakespeare - Hamlet, Luxemburg and Recklinghausen
2005ː Lessing - Minna von Barnhelm, Luxemburg, Recklinghausen and Ludwigshafen
2005 and 2006ː Beckett - Play Beckett, Luxemburg and Recklinghausen
2006 and 2007ː Shakespeare - The Taming of the Shrew, Recklinghausen, Luxemburg, Esch, Hamburg and Ludwigshafen
2006ː Rewenig - Schock la Muussǃ, Luxembourg
2007ː Koltès - Procès Ivre, Recklinghausen and Luxemburg
2007–2011ː Goethe - Torquato Tasso, Recklinghausen, Luxembourg and Saarbrücken
2007 and 2008ː Goethe - You could read me with one glance, Recklinghausen, Luxemburg and Berlin
2007 and 2008ː Helminger - Now Here and Nowhere, Luxemburg, Liège, Saarbrücken, Thionville, Trier and Wiesbaden
2008 and 2009ː Shepard - Golden West, Recklinghausen, Luxemburg and Berlin
2008 and 2009ː O'Neill - A moon for the laden, Recklinghausen, Luxemburg, Berlin, Prague and Bonn
2008 ː Greisch - Belle-Île, Luxembourg
2009ː Bergman - Cris et chuchotements, Luxemburg and Recklinghausen
2009 and 2010ː Strindberg - A dream game / Do you love Strindberg, Recklinghausen and Luxembourg
2009 and 2010ː Dorst / Ehler - I'm supposed to play the conceited sick person, Luxemburg and Recklinghausen
2009ː Manderscheid / Büchner - Leonce and Lena , Luxembourg
2010ː Kleist - Robert Guiskard, Recklinghausen and Hamburg
2010ː Portante - Orphée au pays des mortels, Luxembourg
2010–2013ː Tabori - The Demonstration, Luxembourg, Recklinghausen and Berlin
2011ː Ostermaier uprising, Recklinghausen and Luxembourg
2011 and 2012ː Rewenig - Manderscheid. A still life, Luxembourg
2012–2015ː Tabori - Abendschau, Mamer, Recklinghausen, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Berlin and Saarbrücken
2012 and 2013ː Gogol - Der Revisor, Leipzig, Bonn and Luxemburg
2012–2015ː Bach / Sylvian / Poe - New Angels, Luxembourg, Ruhrfestspiele, Vienna and Taipei
2013–2015ː Hauptmann - Rose Bernd, Recklinghausen, Saarbrücken, Luxemburg, Hanover and Tournée
2013–2016ː Arrabal - Dali vs. Picasso, Luxemburg, Ruhrfestspiele, Berlin and Nancy
2014ː Pirandello - Heinrich IV., Recklinghausen and Luxemburg
2014ː Hoffmann - Homage to Maximilian Schell, Recklinghausen
2015ː Tabori - Escape to Egypt, Luxembourg, Recklinghausen and Berlin
2015 and 2016: Ionesco - Die Nashörner / Rhinocéros - Recklinghausen, Mainz, Luxemburg, St. Pölten and Leipzig
2015 and 2016ː Blanco - Theben-Park, Luxemburg and Recklinghausen
2016ː Lenners / Hoffmann - Six people are looking for a composer, Recklinghausen, Luxemburg and Ruhrfestspiele
2016 and 2017ː Calderon / Pasolini - Life is a dream. Calderon, Ruhr Festival, Luxembourg and Hanover
2017–2019ː Strindberg - Rausch, Luxembourg and Klausenburg
2017ː Dostoevsky - Underground, Luxembourg
2018 and 2019: Dürrenmatt - The Visit of the Old Lady, Recklinghausen and Vienna
2018–2020: Dostojewski - The Players, Recklinghausen, Luxembourg, Hanover, Berlin and Frankfurt-Oder
2018: Greisch - Fënsterdall, Luxembourg and Dudelange
2018: Solzhenitsyn - Dissident, Patriot - Masterclass, Luxembourg
2019: Reza - Le Dieu du Carnage, Luxembourg
2019: Theater an der Chamber, Luxembourg
2019: Rewenig - Nom Iesse gi mer to the Hobbykeller, Luxembourg and Ettelbruck
2020: Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis, Luxembourg

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Ruhr Festival Recklinghausen. A World Stage. May 1 to June 17, 2018 . Recklinghausen 2018, p. 5.
↑ Die Reise das Land - Center National de l'Audiovisuel // Luxembourg - Fictions-long. Retrieved January 16, 2018 (French).
^ Frank Hoffmann, Paul Kieffer: Schacko Klak. December 21, 1989. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
↑ The robbers. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hoffmann, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Luxembourg director and artistic director of the Ruhr Festival in Recklinghausen
DATE OF BIRTH	February 23, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Luxembourg

[1] Ruhr Festival Recklinghausen. A World Stage. May 1 to June 17, 2018 . Recklinghausen 2018, p. 5.

[2] Die Reise das Land - Center National de l'Audiovisuel // Luxembourg - Fictions-long. Retrieved January 16, 2018 (French).

[3] Frank Hoffmann, Paul Kieffer: Schacko Klak. December 21, 1989. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .

[4] The robbers. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .