Philippe Besson (director)
Philippe Besson (born September 30, 1962 in Berlin ) is a German director . He is the half-brother of Katharina Thalbach and Pierre Besson and the son of Benno Besson .
Career
After completing his training as a sailor for inland navigation, he took on an internship at the Vienna Burgtheater in 1986 . Another followed at the Schauspielhaus Zurich and at the Comédie de Genève. Between 1989 and 1992 he was assistant director at the Schauspielhaus Zürich and from 1994 to 1996 senior director at the Ulmer Theater . Between 1996 and 1999 he worked as a freelance director. In 1999 he took over the management of the children's and youth theaters at the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam. From the 2007/2008 season he worked as a freelance director again. From 2009 to 2011 he was senior director at the Junge Generation theater in Dresden. Freelance director since 2011.
Productions (selection)
- 1992 The boy in the bus at the Salzburg State Theater
- 1993 The Imaginary Invalid by Molière at the Salzburg State Theater , Tartuffe by Molière and Theater in the countryside of Coline Serreau German premiere
- 1997 Pterodactylus by Nicky Silver, Dame Kobold by Pedro Calderón de la Barca both at the Staatstheater Schwerin
- 1999 Urfaust in Turkish at the State Theater in Istanbul together with the Goethe Institute
Productions at the Hans Otto Theater :
- 2000/2001 The special life of Hilletje Jans by Ad de Bont and Allan Zipson, harmonica back - love as world premiere by Katharina Schlender , spring awakening by Frank Wedekind
- 2001/2002 The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien , The unscrupulous murderer Hasse Karlsson ... by Henning Mankell , Woyzeck by Georg Büchner
- 2002/2003 Hotel Siberia by Roel Adam
- 2003/2004 The Imaginary Sick of Molière and Port by Simon Stephens
- 2005/2006 About a Band by Nick Wood as world premiere
- 2006/2007 Rapunzel by Katharina Schlender , We all together forever by Guus Kuijer
Prizes and awards
The play We all for always together was invited to the German Children and Youth Theater Meeting 2007 . For this, Philippe Besson received a nomination for FAUST 2007 in the category Best Director Children's and Youth Theater .
literature
- Sonja Galler: Philippe Besson . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 187 f.
Web links
- official homepage
- Philippe Besson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Philippe Besson in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Goethe-Institut : Directors of the children's and youth theater: Philippe Besson.
Individual evidence
- ↑ ZDFtheaterkanal, Philippe Besson ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hans Otto Theater Potsdam, Philippe Besson
- ↑ FAUST 2007, Best Director Children's and Youth Theater
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Besson, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |