Katrin Brack

Katrin Brack (* 1958 ) is a German stage designer .

Life

From 1978 to 1984 Brack studied stage design at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in Karl Kneidl's class . After her studies she was assistant to Karl-Ernst Herrmann at Schauspielhaus Bochum under the direction of Claus Peymann . She has worked at the Deutsches Theater Berlin , the Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin, the Schaubühne Berlin, the Volksbühne Berlin , the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, the Thalia Theater Hamburg, the Münchner Kammerspiele and the Burgtheater Vienna. She repeatedly worked with the directors Dimiter Gotscheff and Luk Perceval .

Brack received numerous awards. In 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2016 pieces with their sets were invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen . In 2004, 2005 and 2007 she was voted set designer of the year in the critics' poll of the magazine Theater heute . In 2007 and 2017 she received the Vienna Nestroy Theater Prize . In 2006 she was awarded the German Theater Prize Der Faust .

Brack has been Professor of Stage Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich since 2009 . She is a member of the German Academy of Performing Arts .

In 2017 she was awarded the Golden Lion for her life's work at the Venice Theater Biennale and in 2019 the Hein Heckroth Stage Design Prize.

Stage sets (selection)

• 1987: On the Danube by Herbert Achternbusch and Heiner Goebbels, Akademietheater Vienna, director: Alfred Kirchner
• 1989: Le Perroquet Vert by Arthur Schnitzler de, a coproduction of the Festival d'Avignon with the Theater de la Ville in Paris and the Theater Vidy Lausanne, directed by Matthias Langhoff
• 1997: Ten Oorlog , based on the Wars of the Roses by William Shakespeare by Tom Lanoye & Luk Perceval , Kunstencentrum Vooruit Gent, directed by Luk Perceval
• 1999: battles! based on William Shakespeare by Tom Lanoye and Luk Perceval , Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg and Salzburg Festival , director: Luk Perceval (invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2000)
• 2001: Dream in Autumn by Jon Fosse , Münchner Kammerspiele , director: Luk Perceval (invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2002)
• 2002: L. King of pain based on William Shakespeare King Lear by Peter Perceval, Klaus Reichert, Luk Perceval , Stadsschouwburg Brugge, a coproduction by Het Toneelhuis Antwerpen, Schauspielhaus Zürich and Schauspiel Hannover , director: Luk Perceval
• 2003: Fight of the Negro and the Dogs by Bernard-Marie Koltès , Volksbühne Berlin , director: Dimiter Gotscheff (invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2004)
• 2004: Macbeth based on William Shakespeare by Gerardjan Rijnders, Het Toneelhuis Antwerpen, director: Luk Perceval
• 2005: Iwanow by Anton Chekhov , Volksbühne Berlin, director: Dimiter Gotscheff (invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2006)
• 2006: The big food according to Marco Ferreri , Volksbühne Berlin, director: Dimiter Gotscheff
• 2006: Death of a traveling salesman by Arthur Miller , Schaubühne Berlin, director: Luk Perceval
• 2006: Tartuffe after Molière by Dimiter Gotscheff, Thalia Theater Hamburg and Salzburg Festival, director: Dimiter Gotscheff (invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2007)
• 2007: Prince von Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist , Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin and Schauspiel Frankfurt , director: Armin Petras
• 2007: Molière. A passion by Feridun Zaimoglu , Günter Senkel and Luk Perceval , Schaubühnen Berlin and Salzburg Festival (world premiere), directed by Luk Perceval
• 2008: Ubukönig based on Alfred Jarrys by Maurici Farré, Volksbühne Berlin, director: Dimiter Gotscheff
• 2009: The Esra case based on Maxim Biller by Angela Richter (world premiere), Kampnagel Hamburg, director: Angela Richter
• 2010: Sick room No. 6 by Anton Chekhov , Deutsches Theater Berlin , director: Dimiter Gotscheff
• 2011: Outside the door of Wolfgang Borchert , Thalia Theater Hamburg, director: Luk Perceval
• 2011: Still Sturm by Peter Handke (world premiere), Thalia Theater Hamburg, director: Dimiter Gotscheff
• 2012: Assassinate Assange by Angela Richter , Kampnagel Hamburg, director: Angela Richter
• 2015: John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen , Burgtheater Wien ( Akademietheater ), director: Simone Stone (invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2016)

Awards

• 2004: Set designer of the year in the critics' survey of the magazine Theater heute for the fight of the negro and the dogs
• 2005: Set designer of the year in the critics' poll of the magazine Theater heute for Ivanov
• 2006: German Theater Prize Der Faust in the category Best Costume / Stage Set for Ivanov
• 2007: Set designer of the year in the critics' poll of the magazine Theater heute for Tartuffe
• 2007: Vienna Nestroy Theater Prize in the Best Equipment category
• 2017: Golden Lion , Venice Theater Biennale for her life's work
• 2017: Nestroy Theater Prize in the Best Equipment category ( Carol Reed by René Pollesch and Der Herzerlfresser by Ferdinand Schmalz at the Akademietheater )
• 2019: Hein Heckroth stage design award

literature

• Katrin Brack: stage design. Verlag Theater der Zeit , Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-940737-55-7 . [1]

Publications

• Radical Spaces Luk Perceval, Dimiter Gotscheff and Samuel Finzi about the set designer Katrin Brack, Theater heute Jahrbuch 2007
• Katrin Brack, experience space. Conversation with Anja Nioduschewski , in: Mirka Döring and Ute Müller-Tischler (eds.), Setting the Stage, workbook . Berlin 2015, Theater der Zeit, pp. 12–21
• Katharina Pektor, 'These boards mean no world'. About places, locations and spaces in Peter Handke's plays and their implementation on stage - after discussions with Katrin Brack, Karl-Ernst Herrmann and Hans Widrich . In: The work of the viewer. Peter Handke and the theater . Ed. V. Klaus Kastberger. Vienna, Salzburg 2012, pp. 99–110.
• The third dimension of drama - the stage design as theater art , discussion with Katrin Brack, moderator: Reinhard Hübsch, SWR 2, September 19, 2016 SWR 2 Forum
• Katrin Brack / Frank M. Raddatz: The serial stage design. Conversation / Interview, in: Lettre International No. 118, Fall 2017, pp. 74–78.
• Teresa Grenzmann, Die Bühnenkunst Katrins Bracks - Minimalism in Large Quantities , FAZ March 24, 2018
• Failure fascinates me incredibly , Katrin Brack in conversation with Judith Hecht, Die Presse, Vienna, March 10, 2019
• Confetti, fog, foam blocks: the set designer Katrin Brack in conversation with Susanne Burkhardt and Elena Philipp , Deutschlandfunk Kultur Theaterpodcast, episode 13

Web links

• Literature by and about Katrin Brack in the catalog of the German National Library
• The master of minimalism - the set designer Katrin Brack, Deutsche Welle - Kultur 21
• 30 stage designers in German-speaking theater: Katrin Brack Seite from the Goethe-Institut
• Katrin Brack in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Interview: Ueberbühne.de
• Brack at the Theater der Zeit publishing house , press kit about them, with views of their designs

Individual evidence

1. ^ Teresa Grenzmann: The stage art of Katrins Bracks: Minimalism in very large quantities . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed June 20, 2020]).
2. ↑ Der Faust 2006. Deutsche Bühnenverein , accessed on December 12, 2012
3. ^ Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement . In: La Biennale di Venezia . April 19, 2017 ( labiennale.org [accessed August 4, 2017]).
4. ↑ WORLD: Katrin Brack receives stage design award . In: THE WORLD . March 21, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed June 20, 2020]).
5. ↑ Dirk Pilz: Molière. A passion - Luk Perceval's theater marathon at the Salzburg Festival. Retrieved November 28, 2019 (German). 
6. ↑ Katrin Ullmann: My Darkest Star live in concert: Outside the door - Luk Perceval lets Wolfgang Borchert's famous 1946 war returnee sing. Retrieved November 27, 2019 (German).