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.

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.