Mateja Koležnik

Mateja Koležnik (born July 22, 1962 in Metlika ) is a Slovenian director .

life and work

Until 1999, Koležnik studied theater directing at the Academy for Theater, Radio, Film and Television at the University of Ljubljana . She completed her studies with a production of Harold Pinter's birthday party .

Koležnik mainly stages British and American authors of the 20th century such as Arthur Miller and Edward Albee . She staged at all major theaters in the former Yugoslavia , such as the Maribor National Theater, the Nova Gorica Theater , the Beogradski Internacionalni Teatarski Festival (BITEF) and the Ljubljana State and City Theater. Since the performance of Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy at the Chemnitz Theater in 2012, she has also been staging in German-speaking countries. With the play, Koležnik was invited to Maribor for the 47th Festival Borštnikovo Srečanje, the Slovenian theater meeting. Since then her work has been shown in Vienna, Leipzig and above all at the Residenztheater in Munich .

At the Theater in der Josefstadt Koleznik celebrated its Vienna debut with the direction to The Wild Duck . For this production she was nominated for the Nestroy Theater Prize in the category Best Director in 2017 . Furthermore, the play won prizes at the Rijeka Theater Festival in 2018 in the categories of Best Performance , Best Director , Best Young Talent , Best Stage Design and Best Lighting Design, as well as the Audience Award.

Theater (selection)

2012: Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy , Witold Gombrowicz , Theater Chemnitz
2012: A game about illusion , Pierre Corneille , Theater Chemnitz
2013: John Gabriel Borkman , Henrik Ibsen , Slovenian National Theater Maribor
2014: The sea and the waves of love , Franz Grillparzer , Schauspielhaus Leipzig
2015: King Oedipus , Sophocles , Residenztheater Munich
2017: Tartuffe , Molière , Residenztheater Munich
2017: Nothing from me , Arne Lygre , Berliner Ensemble
2017: The Wild Duck , Henrik Ibsen, Theater in der Josefstadt
2018: An enemy of the people , Henrik Ibsen, Residenztheater Munich
2018: The lonely way , Arthur Schnitzler, Theater in der Josefstadt
2018: Medea , Franz Grillparzer, Schauspiel Stuttgart

Prices (selection)

2013: Best Director , SNG Drama Maribor Prize for John Gabriel Borkman
2017: Best Director , Nestroy Theater Prize for The Wild Duck

Individual evidence

↑ Entry in the theater lexicon on nachtkritik.de. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .
↑ Short biography on the website of the Berliner Ensemble. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .
↑ Life, a tragedy . In: nachtkritik.de , December 1, 2012, accessed April 7, 2018.
↑ Signs of Power . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 18, 2015, accessed on April 7, 2018.
↑ A new beginning without the baggage of the past . In: Berliner Morgenpost , September 23, 2017, accessed on December 3, 2018.
↑ The Wild Duck: Ibsen's unmasking of lies as a formidable stair joke . In: Der Standard , May 5, 2017, accessed April 7, 2018.
↑ Contaminated World . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 25, 2018, accessed on April 7, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Koležnik, Mateja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Slovenian director
DATE OF BIRTH	July 22, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Metlika , Slovenia

[1] Entry in the theater lexicon on nachtkritik.de. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .

[2] Short biography on the website of the Berliner Ensemble. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .

[3] Life, a tragedy . In: nachtkritik.de , December 1, 2012, accessed April 7, 2018.

[4] Signs of Power . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 18, 2015, accessed on April 7, 2018.

[5] A new beginning without the baggage of the past . In: Berliner Morgenpost , September 23, 2017, accessed on December 3, 2018.

[6] The Wild Duck: Ibsen's unmasking of lies as a formidable stair joke . In: Der Standard , May 5, 2017, accessed April 7, 2018.

[7] Contaminated World . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 25, 2018, accessed on April 7, 2018.