Hannes Glarner

Hannes Glarner (* 6. September 1960 in Zurich ) is a Swiss playwright , actor and director .

Life

In Switzerland, he attended several schools and studied literature and musicology at the University of Zurich . In 1991 he received his doctorate in the field of “ Storm and Drang ”. From 1989 to 1993 he was assistant director and dramaturge at the Schauspielhaus Zurich . Since 1993 Glarner has been a freelance author, actor and director at various theaters in Switzerland and Germany , including the State Theater Stuttgart , Theater Basel , Theater Neumarkt , and Schauspielhaus Zurich. Since 1995 he has also worked as a radio play writer and director for Swiss radio DRS 1 and 2 .

Works (selection)

• Author of "Walter Tell" for the Casinotheater Winterthur (2003)
• Author of the film theater play "The Truth of the Butterflies" for the AG Theater Rämibühl, Zurich (2004)
• Production of "Dadü Dada - saving the world" by the Lucky Artist Company in the Dadahaus Zurich (2005)
• Author of “Inanna”, libretto for the chamber opera of the Zurich Conservatory and the Stuttgart Music School (2006) - Theater Rigiblick Zurich
• Production of “Fortune Cookies” - a project about happiness by VROOM - Schlachthaus Bern (2007)
• Production of “Dada Congressus” with the graduating class of the Scuola Teatro Dimitri (2009)
• Author of «The village under the stones» - multimedia theater imbodenproduction Brig (2010)
• Dramatization and staging of Markus Werner's novel “Festland” - Theater Kanton Zürich (2011)
• "True Nature" a yoga business satire with Anna Tenta - Theater Neumarkt Zurich (2011)
• Production of "Oedipus - 'cause I love my mother" with the 12th grade of the Atelierschule Zürich in collaboration with Utz Bodamer (2012)
• Production of “Pure Joyce”, a musical-theatrical project about James Joyce ; with Shirley Grimes, Rob Kloet and Stefan Kollmuss - Helsinki Klub Zürich (2013)
• Production of "Bach Flowers", a music theater evening to Johann Sebastian Bach with the Ensemble Miroir and Katharina von Bock - Theater Rigiblick Zurich (2014)
• Production of “Meisters Geige”, a detective solo with music, with Yves Raeber and Nina Eleta - Theater Keller 62 Zurich (2015)
• Production of “Sleeping Heroines”, a dance theater with Annette Wunsch and Kjersti Sandstoe - Grabenhalle St. Gallen (2016)
• Production of “Take me,” a scenic research on Niklaus von Flüe - Kulturhaus Helferei Zürich (2017)

Awards

• Berlin Theatertreffen with "InSekten", Theater Neumarkt, Zurich (1994)
• Zurich Radio Prize (2002)
• Prix ​​Suisse (2003)
• Prix ​​Italia (2003)
• Choreography Prize with «Dada Congressus» at the Roma Teatro Festival (2009)

literature

• Jean Grädel: Hannes Glarner . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 718 f.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hannes Glarner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry about Hannes Glarner in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland