Stephan Kimmig
Stephan Kimmig (born March 1, 1959 in Stuttgart ) is a German theater director .
Life
Kimmig studied acting at the New Munich Drama School from 1981 to 1984 . After graduating, he assisted at the Schillertheater Berlin. From 1988 to 1996 he directed in Belgium and the Netherlands. In 1991 Friedrich Schirmer, the director of the Freiburg Municipal Theaters , engaged him for the first time in Germany. From 1996 to 1998 he was in-house director at the Heidelberg Theater . From 1998 to 2000 he followed the artistic director Friedrich Schirmer as in-house director at the Staatstheater Stuttgart . He has directed at the Deutsches Theater Berlin , the Schauspiel Frankfurt , the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, the Thalia Theater Hamburg, the Bavarian State Opera Munich, the Münchner Kammerspiele and the Burgtheater Vienna.
Kimmig received numerous awards. In 2002, 2003, 2008 and 2010 he was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen . In 2004 he received the Vienna Theater Prize NESTROY . In 2007 he was awarded the Rolf Mares Prize . In 2007 and 2011 he received the German Theater Prize DER FAUST . In 2008 he was awarded the 3sat innovation prize together with his wife and set designer Katja Haß .
Kimmig has been in-house director at the Deutsches Theater Berlin since 2009. He is a member of the German Academy of Performing Arts .
Productions
- 1988 The Seagull by Anton Chekhov , Eindhoven
- 1990 Dear Fritz from Franz Xaver Kroetz , Maastricht
- 1991 Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce , Theater Freiburg
- 1993 Penelope by James Joyce , Stuttgart State Theater
- 1994 Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie Koltès , Theater Oberhausen
- 1995 A family tragedy ... a theater text , falsification as it is, unadulterated and who speaks my thoughts ... by Jan Fabre , Staatstheater Stuttgart
- 1995 return to the desert of Bernard-Marie Koltès , Theater Heidelberg
- 1996 Die Schwärmer by Robert Musil , Städtische Bühnen Graz
- 1996 Strange Intermezzo by Eugene O'Neill , Heidelberg Theater
- 1996 Hotel Garni by Hubert Fichte , State Theater Stuttgart
- 1996 The Reeperbahn-Girlies sing again by Stephan Kimmig, Theater Heidelberg
- 1997 Big and Small by Botho Strauss , Heidelberg Theater
- 1997 Leonce and Lena von Georg Büchner , State Theater Stuttgart
- 1998 Caligula by Albert Camus , State Theater Stuttgart
- 1999 The man who has not yet discovered a woman's nakedness by Moritz Rinke (world premiere), Staatstheater Stuttgart
- 2000 Republic of Vineta by Moritz Rinke (world premiere), Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2001 Celebration by Harold Pinter , Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2001 Thyestes by Hugo Claus , Staatstheater Stuttgart (invitation to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2002)
- 2002 Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare , Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2002 Stella by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2002 Nora von Henrik Ibsen , Thalia Theater Hamburg (invitation to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2003)
- 2003 The festival of Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov, Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2004 The golden fleece by Franz Grillparzer , Burgtheater Vienna
- 2004 Clouds pass by by Aki Kaurismäki , Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2004 Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2004 The New Electric Ballroom by Enda Walsh , Münchner Kammerspiele
- 2005 The bus by Lukas Bärfuss (world premiere), Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2005 Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist , Thalia Theater Hamburg and Salzburg Festival
- 2005 Café Umberto by Moritz Rinke, Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2005 Buddenbrooks based on Thomas Mann by John von Düffel , Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2006 Torquato Tasso by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Burgtheater Vienna
- 2006 Faith, Love, Hope by Ödön von Horváth , Münchner Kammerspiele
- 2007 Maria Stuart by Friedrich von Schiller , Thalia Theater Hamburg (invitation to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2008)
- 2007 The biting frequency of the chain dogs by Andreas Marber (world premiere), Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2007 Mamma Medea by Tom Lanoye , Münchner Kammerspiele
- 2008 end of the line yearning by Tennessee Williams , Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2008 The Wars of the Roses according to Heinrich VI. and Richard III. by William Shakespeare , Burgtheater Vienna
- 2008 Kasimir and Karoline von Ödön von Horváth , Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2008 Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Burgtheater Vienna
- 2009 Love and Money from Dennis Kelly , Thalia Theater Hamburg (invitation to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2010)
- 2009 Amygdala by Lukas Bärfuss (world premiere), Thalia Theater Hamburg
- 2009 Oil by Lukas Bärfuss (world premiere), Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2009 Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Bavarian State Opera Munich
- 2010 Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich von Schiller, Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2010 Lulu by Frank Wedekind , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2010 The Jewess of Toledo by Franz Grillparzer , Burgtheater Vienna
- 2010 Children of the Sun by Maxim Gorki , Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2011 love affair by Arthur Schnitzler , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2011 About the life of Judith Herzberg , Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2011 The Fall of the Gods by Luchino Visconti , Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
- 2011 Elektra must carry mourning by Eugene O'Neill, Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2011 Atropa. The vengeance of peace. The Fall of Troy by Tom Lanoye , Münchner Kammerspiele
- 2012 The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2012 Wastwater by Simon Stephens , Burgtheater Vienna ( Akademietheater )
- 2012 Oedipus Stadt after Sophocles , Euripides and Aeschylus , Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2012 Her version of the play by Yasmina Reza (world premiere), Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2012 Stallerhof / 3 D by Franz Xaver Kroetz and Stephan Kaluza , Staatstheater Stuttgart
- 2012 räuber.schuldengenital by Ewald Palmetshofer (world premiere), Burgtheater Vienna (Akademietheater)
- 2013 In times of waning light by Eugen Ruge , Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2013 Platform by Michel Houellebecq , Münchner Kammerspiele
- 2013 The Idiot by Fyodor Dostojewski , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2014 Liliom by Ferenc Molnár , Münchner Kammerspiele
- 2019 Platonowa after Anton Chekhov, Hanover Theater
Awards
- 2004 Vienna Theater Prize NESTROY in the category Best Director for Das Goldene Vlies
- 2007 Rolf Mares Prize for Maria Stuart
- 2007 German Theater Prize DER FAUST in the category Best Director Acting for Maria Stuart
- 2008 3sat Prize for Maria Stuart
- 2011 German Theater Prize DER FAUST in the category Best Director Drama for Children of the Sun.
Web links
- Stephan Kimmig in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- 50 directors in German-speaking theater: Stephan Kimmig's website from the Goethe-Institut
- Stephan Kimmig page from the Deutsches Theater Berlin
Individual evidence
- ^ DER FAUST 2011 Page from the German Stage Association accessed on December 12, 2012
- ↑ Stephan Kimmig ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Page from the Deutsches Theater Berlin accessed on December 12, 2012
- ^ Jens Fischer: Platonowa - Schauspiel Hannover - Stephan Kimmig celebrates a party with Anton Chekhov. Retrieved September 28, 2019 (German).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kimmig, Stephan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |