Matthias Faltz

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Matthias Faltz (* 1961 in Meißen ) is a German theater actor , general manager and director .

Life

Matthias Faltz was born in Meißen and grew up first in Saultitz and then in Lommatzsch ( Saxony ). 1977–1980 he completed his vocational training with Abitur as a skilled worker for Elast. This was followed by an 18-month military service. In 1982 Faltz began his studies at the Technical University in Dresden , which he finished in 1987 with a degree in automotive engineering.

Parallel to his studies, he began to be enthusiastic about the theater, from 1983 he took lessons and worked with the pantomime ensemble of the German Theater, Théâtre Corps Acteurs Paris, Jacques Leqoc and in workshops at mime and puppet theater festivals.

He founded the FINKE-FALTZ theater with Jens Finke in 1985 and has performed his own productions in Germany, Russia, Korea, Japan, Morocco, Cameroon and other countries for almost twenty years. From 1993 onwards, in addition to the FINKE-FALTZ productions, he produced his own directorial work and plays in Mannheim, Nuremberg, Dresden, Wiesbaden, Erfurt, Berlin, Mainz and Oldenburg, among others.

From 1993 Faltz worked as a freelance director, from 2000 to 2004 he was also a lecturer for drama and physical theater at the State Institute for Teacher Training Greifswald.

With FINKE-FALTZ and as a soloist, he worked in various formations and co-productions (including Theater Künstliche Welten, Mauricio Kagel , Hans-Jochen Menzel, Rumpelstil , Gerhard Schöne , Simon Jacob Drees) and at theaters (including the Staatsschauspiel Dresden , Schaubude Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin , Deutsche Oper Berlin ) with. In 2004 he took over the management of the Junge Staatstheater Wiesbaden for six years .

At the beginning of the 2010/2011 season, Faltz moved to the Hessisches Landestheater Marburg as managing director . He regularly directs and is also active as a writer. At the end of the 2017/2018 season, Faltz left the State Theater as artistic director at his own request.

Since 2019 he has been managing the newly opened Volksbühne in the Großer Hirschgraben in Frankfurt am Main together with Michael Quast.

Faltz has a son, the cameraman Paul Faltz.

Productions

  • The hunt for the missing letter ; Valeri Petrov (2003) Young State Theater Wiesbaden
  • Trip to Brazil ; Daniil Charms (2004) Young State Theater Wiesbaden
  • Pippi Longstocking ; Astrid Lindgren (2004) Young State Theater Wiesbaden
  • Pompinies ; Ingeborg von Zadow (2004) Young State Theater Wiesbaden
  • The transformation ; Franz Kafka (2005) Young State Theater Wiesbaden
  • Aladdin and the magic lamp ; based on the fairy tale of the same name from Thousand and One Nights , stage version Faltz (2005) Junge Staatstheater Wiesbaden
  • Treasure Island ; based on Robert Louis Stevenson , stage version Faltz (2006) Junge Staatstheater Wiesbaden
  • The bewitched daughter of the tsar ; based on the Russian fairy tale film " Fire, Water and Trumpets ", stage version Faltz (2007) Junge Staatstheater Wiesbaden
  • I, Jeanne ; Ralf-Günter Krolkiewicz (2008) Young State Theater Wiesbaden
  • Robin Hood ; Stage version Faltz. (2008) Young State Theater Wiesbaden
  • Ronja the robber's daughter ; Astrid Lindgren (2009) Young State Theater Wiesbaden
  • The curse of the ring ; after Richard Wagner ; Version with Odette Bereska. (2006) State Theater Wiesbaden, Opera
  • The Black Rider ; Tom Waits , Robert Wilson , Burroughs. (2010) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • Don juan ; Molière (2011) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • The auditor ; Nikolai Gogol (2011) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • The Nibelungs ; Friedrich Hebbel (2012) Hessian State Theater Marburg
  • The Threepenny Opera ; Bertolt Brecht , Weil (2012) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • The Blues Brothers - A Tribute ; Stage version Faltz (2013) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • Michael Kohlhaas ; Heinrich von Kleist (2013) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • Through the Wind (DSE) ; Fillion (2014) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • Woyzeck ; Georg Büchner , Tom Waits , Kathleen Brennan , Robert Wilson (2014) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • Cinderella - A Rock 'n' Roll Fairytale ; based on the Brothers Grimm, stage version Faltz and Leiffheidt (2015) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • Soul Kitchen ; Fatih Akin , Bousdoukos (2015) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • What you want ; William Shakespeare (2016) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • King David ; Arthur Honegger , René Morax , Hans Reinhart (2016) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • The resilient rise of Arturo Ui ; Bertolt Brecht (2016) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • Romeo and Juliet , William Shakespeare , translation by Frank Günther (2017) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • Monty Python's Spamalot , Monty Python , music by John Du Prez & Eric Idle , book & lyrics by Eric Idle, German by Daniel Große Boymann (2017) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • 50 Years 68 - The Revue, in collaboration with PeterLicht (2018) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • Robin Hood - A Festival for Justice, by Matthias Faltz, Michael Lohmann, Philip Lütgenau, Jonas Schneider and Janosch Pomereke (2018) Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
  • Der Struwwelpeter - by Heinrich Hoffmann, a coproduction with the Ensemble Modern (2020) Volksbühne im Großer Hirschgraben

Dramatizations

  • Aladin and the Magic Lamp , based on the fairy tale of the same name from 1001 Nights, for children from 6 years, DreiMaskenVerlag Munich 2005
  • Treasure Island , after Robert Louis Stevenson. Stage version for children from 6 years, DreiMaskenVerlag Munich 2006
  • The Enchanted Tsar's Daughter , based on the Russian fairy tale film "Fire, Water and Trumpets", for children from 5 years, DreiMaskenVerlag Munich 2007
  • Robin Hood. An adventure story for the whole family , children's play from 5 years, DreiMaskenVerlag Munich 2008
  • Michael Kohlhaas , stage version by Matthias Faltz and Alexander Leiffheidt based on the novel of the same name by Heinrich von Kleist. Schauspiel, DreiMaskenVerlag Munich 2013
  • Cinderella - A Rock `n` Roll Fairytale based on the Brothers Grimm, stage version by Matthias Faltz and Alexander Leiffheidt. GallissasVerlag Berlin 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Faltz, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actor, artistic director and director
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen