John Birch
John Birke (* 1981 in Toronto ) is a German author .
life and work
Birke grew up in Berlin and Stuttgart , studied philosophy in Leipzig and creative writing and cultural journalism in Hildesheim . In 1999 he received the Stuttgart Young Authors Prize for his play Die Lieten, and in 2003 he won the Drama Cologne competition with Die Nacht der Nights, concept phase . In the same year his play Open End was premiered. In 2004 Birke took part in the "Weekend for Young Dramatists" at the Münchener Kammerspiele , in 2005 in the authors 'workshop at the Burgtheater in Vienna and in 2006/07 in the authors' laboratory at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus . In 2008 the short piece Kill Willy was performed at the Schaubühne on Lehniner Platz , Berlin. Birke is also staging a play at the Prosanova literature festival . In 2009 Birke's piece Pas de deux was adapted for Swiss radio. For Rowohlt Theater Verlag he has translated plays by Dennis Kelly , Patrick Marber and Mark Ravenhill into German. Birch lives in Berlin.
Plays and radio plays
- The last . 1999
- Open end. 2003 (Cologne)
- Pas de deux (world premiere December 7, 2004, Burgtheater Vienna )
- The night of the nights, concept phase. 2003
- Four voices. Styrian autumn 2006
- Madonna no longer sings. 2007
- Disappear. (World premiere November 29, 2007, Sophiensaele Berlin )
- Kill Willy. 2008 ( Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz , Berlin)
- Poor thing (world premiere November 30, 2008, Münchner Kammerspiele )
- Bermuda Triangle (world premiere November 24, 2009, Schauspielhaus Bochum )
- Globalization is a blatant customer, darling (November 2, 2009, TV tower Stuttgart )
- I got lost in the world ( Augst / Birke / Daemgen). 2011
- City of 1000 fires ( Augst / Birke). hr / SWR 2012
- Live performances in the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt, the Alte Feuerwache Mannheim and in the music theater in the Gelsenkirchen district.
- All dead 1914 ( Augst / Birke). Deutschlandradio Kultur , rbb , hr , Volksbühne Berlin 2014
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Birch, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto |