Kolja Schallenberg

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Kolja Schallenberg (born April 1984 in Hagen ) is a German theater director and author .

Life

From 1993 to 1997 Kolja Schallenberg received private training on the mandolin . In 2003 he obtained the general higher education entrance qualification at the Heisenberg-Gymnasium Dortmund . From 2003 to 2007 he received vocal training from Thomas Körner at the Dortmund Music School.

He began at a young age in youth and off-theater in his hometown of Dortmund . From 2004 to 2008 engagements as assistant director at Theater Dortmund , Staatstheater Nürnberg and Thalia Theater followed . Since 2006 he has been directing in professional, predominantly German-speaking theater. In 2007 he was accepted as a game master in the ZBF / ZAV . From 2007 to 2009 he studied culture and media management for a Bachelor of Arts at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater . From 2011 to 2013 he studied adult education at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern .

Kolja Schallenberg writes his own theater texts that have been performed several times, e.g. B. at the Schauspielhaus Dortmund, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Staatsschauspiel Nürnberg and AIDA Cruises.

Since 2008 he has been living and working as a freelance director and writer mainly in Hamburg . Since 2014 he has also been jointly responsible for the variety of programs on the AIDA cruise ships.

In 2016/2017 he is completing a master's degree in Theater Directing (directing) at the Mountview Academy of Theater Arts in London / Great Britain.

theatre

Directorial work (selection)

  • The show must go on. Dramatic review. 2006 (with texts by Udo Grashoff; world premiere at Theater Dortmund)
  • A conversation in the Stein house about the absent Herr von Goethe. 2006 (by Peter Hacks; Theater Dortmund)
  • Shark Kiss. 2007 (by Gerhard Meister; German premiere at Theater Dortmund)
  • About the harmfulness of nicotine. 2007 (by Anton P. Chekhov; Theater Dortmund)
  • Breakfast at Goethe's. Collage. 2008 (with original texts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; State Theater Nuremberg)
  • Everything must Go! Poetry, prose, scenes and music from all eras. 2008 (State Theater Nuremberg)
  • 24 hours - lifelong dreams . 2009 (premiere at the Schauspielhaus Bochum ; invited to the K15 festival )
  • The Bacchae. 2009 (based on Euripides; Spokeswork Hamburg ; invited to the 4th international directing festival )
  • The misanthropist. 2009 (by Molière; Monsuntheater Hamburg ; resumption in autumn 2012)
  • Shoot pieces. New authors. New theater texts. 2009–2011 ( Theater League Hamburg / Kulturhaus III & 70 )
  • The signature of the pelican. A Strindberg project. 2010 (Theater League Hamburg / Fleetstreet )
  • My great divorce. 2010 (by Geraldine Aron; Theater Liga Hamburg / Galeria Kaufhof Dortmund )
  • Massachusetts - The Bee Gees Musical . 2014 jukebox musical based on songs by the Bee Gees
  • Samsara - The Circle of Life. 2015 (by Timo Wuerz and Kolja Schallenberg; AIDA Cruises )
  • Songbook: Bryan Adams. 2016 (by Kolja Schallenberg; AIDA Cruises )

Author activities (selection)

  • Narrator or constructive criticism . Staged reading. 2002 (performed at Theater Dortmund).
  • The show must go on . Dramatic review. 2006 (world premiere at Theater Dortmund).
  • 24 hours - lifelong dreams . 2009 (world premiere at the Schauspielhaus Bochum; invited to the K15 festival).
  • Customer loyalty at the theater . 2009 (Institute for Culture and Media Management, University of Music and Theater Hamburg).
  • tba . In: nwkm Hamburg (ed.): And now to something completely different . 2012.
  • Samsara - The Circle of Life . Ed .: AIDA Cruises. 2015 (world premiere on AIDAblu in July 2015).
  • Songbook: Bryan Adams . Ed .: AIDA Cruises. 2016 (world premiere on AIDAaura in April 2016).

Roles (selection)

  • Otto in: Jubilee. 2003–2005 (by George Tabori; director: Holger Runge; Theater Pump Fiction Dortmund; invitations to Dresden, Hanover, Bremen)
  • Leonore in: Johanna von Orleans. A project on Schiller's female figures. 2005/2006 (Director: Michael Gruner; Theater Dortmund)
  • Night watchman in: Torquato Tasso. 2007/2008 (by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; director: Klaus Kusenberg; Staatstheater Nürnberg)
  • Love brahms. 2009. (based on Francois Sagan; Director: Bettina Fless; Euro-Studio Landgraf )

Singing (selection)

  • Musical cabaret "Calembour". 2003-2008
  • Love letters. 2005 (by AR Gourney; Theater Pump Fiction Dortmund)
  • Singing coach. 2004–2007 (Theater Dortmund)

Award

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Schallenberg, Kolja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater director and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen