Stefan Bachmann (director)

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Stefan Bachmann, 2011

Stefan Bachmann (born July 1, 1966 in Zurich ) is a Swiss theater director and has been director of the Schauspiel Köln since September 1, 2013 .

Live and act

education

From 1986 to 1988 Stefan Bachmann studied German and general literature at the University of Zurich . In 1987 he was an intern at the Schauspielhaus Zürich in Der long Abschied nach Raymond Chandler (directed by Gerd Heinz ) and he wrote newspaper articles for the Tages-Anzeiger and Die Weltwoche . This was followed by traineeships in feature films and advertising films. In 1988/89 he was interned with Luc Bondy at the Schaubühne Berlin . In 1989 he moved to Berlin and began studying German, theater and religious studies. He was a member of the student theater Studiobühne at the Free University and, together with Ricarda Beilharz , Thomas Jonigk and Lars-Ole Walburg, co-founded the Affekt theater . With productions such as Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (1992), Aristophanes ' Lysistrate (1993), Kleist's Penthesilea (1994) or Goethe's Lila, this became known beyond the independent theater scene in Berlin.

Stefan Bachmann (2nd from left), Best Director ( "burns" by Wajdi Mouawad , Academy Theater ) with the Nestroy Theater Prize 2008 awarded

Theater work

Mayor Jürgen Roters (left) and the councilor for art and culture, Georg Quander (right), introduce the designated future director of the Cologne theater, Stefan Bachmann (center), at a press conference on October 6, 2011 in the town hall

From 1993 he worked as a freelance theater director. Stefan Bachmann has staged at the Schauspiel Bonn (1994), at the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin ( Marivaux ' The False Maid 1994), at the Zürcher Theater am Neumarkt ( Goethe's Wahlverwandschaften 1995) and at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg ( Corneille's Triumph der Illusions 1997). In 1996 the critics voted him Young Director of the Year. In 1998 he became acting director at the Theater Basel and only one year later it was named Theater of the Year by Theater heute . Stefan Bachmann has so far been represented with three productions at the Berlin Theatertreffen (1996, 1997 and 2000). Bachmann remained in Basel as acting director until the end of the 2002/2003 season. Then he worked again as a freelance director. His work has now taken him to the Burgtheater in Vienna and the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. In 2006/2007 he mainly directed at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and the Berlin Gorki Theater . In 2008 Stefan Bachmann was awarded the Nestroy Theater Prize for his directorial performance in the Akademietheater production of Wajdi Mouawad's Burns . With the approval of the Main Committee of the City of Cologne on November 7, 2011, Bachmann has been the artistic director of the Cologne Theater since September 1, 2013 . He has the same budget as his predecessor Karin Beier . At the beginning of November 2017, Bachmann extended his contract until the end of the 2020/21 season. Originally, Bachmann wanted to stay in Cologne for at least three more seasons after the drama moved into the renovated house on Kleiner Offenbachplatz, which had not yet been scheduled. Bachmann is currently confronted with allegations of bullying. On May 23, 2019, Bachmann extended his contract until 2023.

Private

Stefan Bachmann is married to the theater actress Melanie Kretschmann , with whom he also works. The couple have three sons and one daughter.

Productions (selection)

Awards

literature

Web links

Commons : Stefan Bachmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Stefan Bachmann in the Munzinger archive , accessed on November 18, 2012 ( beginning of the article freely accessible).
  2. ^ Stefan Bachmann, Goethe Institute
  3. ↑ Stefan Palm: Main committee makes important personnel decisions. Signing of contracts for heads of Museum Ludwig and Schauspiel decided. City of Cologne - Office for Press and Public Relations, November 8, 2011, accessed on November 8, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Kölner Schauspielhaus: "We are where the center of Cologne is". In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. (KStA) Kultur on September 26, 2013, the interview was conducted by Christian Bos and Martin Oehlen.
  5. ↑ City of Cologne press release from November 7th, 2017: Stefan Bachmann will direct the Cologne theater until summer 2021 , accessed on November 7th, 2017
  6. ↑ Kölnische Rundschau from November 7th 2017: Cologne drama director Stefan Bachmann only stays until 2021 , accessed on November 7th 2017
  7. ↑ schauspiel-koeln-mobbing-allegations . express.de. Retrieved November 8, 2019  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.express.de
  8. ↑ City of Cologne press release of May 23, 2019: Contract with Artistic Director Bachmann is to be extended by two years , accessed on May 23, 2019
  9. ↑ Martin Halter, Basel: Play "Graf Öderland": The absurd is there . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed February 27, 2020]).
  10. ↑ NESTROYPREIS The Vienna Theater Prize - Best German-language performance - Winter trip. Retrieved February 27, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Bachmann, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss theater director, director of the Schauspiel Köln
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich