Stephan Bruckmeier

Stephan Bruckmeier (* 1962 ) is an Austrian director , actor and author.

life and work

Stephan Bruckmeier first studied piano education. After assistant directorships with Karl Welunschek and Michael Schottenberg , he made his debut at Theater Gruppe 80 in 1987 as a director with a reinterpretation of Wolfgang Bauer's Magic Afternoon with Julia Stemberger , Sandra Kreisler , Fritz Hammel and Oliver Heinz in the leading roles. Claus Peymann engaged Julia Stemberger from the stage to the Burgtheater , Bruckmeier was awarded the Kainz Prize on his recommendation . Stephan Bruckmeier founded a theater group and directed a. a. the Hotel Orient , the Gasometer Simmering occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Social Democratic Party , in the INDISCO P1 and the Danube Festival , the Ensemble Theater and Theater The Circle .

In 1992 Emmy Werner brought him to the Volkstheater, where he performed with “ Woe to him who lies! "By Franz Grillparzer ," He wants to make a joke "by Johann Nestroy and the world premiere of" Opus 111 "by Gert Jonke was able to achieve three successes with the press and the public. In 1994 he directed for the first time outside of Austria at the Braunschweig State Theater . After productions in Cologne , Salzburg and Halle (Saale) , he and Eva Hosemann developed a concept for the first theater for German-language contemporary drama at the Rampe Theater in Stuttgart. His successes there include the first presentation of Sibylle Berg as a playwright (Bruckmeier's version of the play was printed in “Theater Heute 07/99”), the author-in-residence grant for Felicia Zeller , the world premiere of the first German adaptation by Valère Novarina, the major event for the 10th anniversary of the death of Thomas Strittmatter , the premiere of "housewives Sex" of Austrian author Margit Schreiner, Poland guest performances as well as the invitation to the International Schiller Festival to the National Theater in Mannheim .

In 2000, Bruckmeier was selected to lead the Lower Austrian Danube Festival and brought numerous international productions to Austria.

Since 2004, Bruckmeier has been working regularly in Carinthia, where he stages musical theater productions with pupils, students, amateurs and professionals every summer with various partners such as the Carinthian Summer, the Landesmusikschulwerk, the Klagenfurt City Theater and the Finkenstein Castle Arena. In 2009 Bruckmeier founded the HopeTheatre Nairobi, a theater group of young people in the slums of the metropolis, which he supports financially and methodically. On December 17th, 2010 the first slum theater festival took place at the Nairobi National Theater through his initiative and financial support. In 2014 he designed the sets for Die Päpstin (director: Eva Hosemann) and Michel from Lönneberga (director: Franz-Joseph Dieken ) at the Jagsthausen Castle Festival .

Works

Stephan Bruckmeier wrote a. a. the plays Bambule (first performance 1995), the blue tundra (first performance 2000), the cold face and embarrassment / trio (first performance 2000), the children's plays "Die Runden und die Eckigen" and "Lilli - ein Blumenmusical" (both premiered at the Carinthian Summer ) and "Flying" (world premiere in 2009 at Theater Drachengasse.)

He has staged for numerous theaters and ensembles (including Neue Oper Wien, Taboris Kreis Wien, Volkstheater Wien, siren Operntheater Wien, Klangbogen Wien, Kammeroper Wien, Gruppe 80 Wien, Ensembletheater Wien, Theater Drachengasse Wien, Acting Cologne, Thaliatheater Halle, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Hans Otto Theater Potsdam, Teatro Avenida, Theater Rampe Stuttgart, Neuköllner Oper Berlin) and played in numerous co-productions and guest performances in Amsterdam, Berlin, Bonn, Krems, Leverkusen, Paris, Pittsburgh, Stuttgart, Villach, Vienna.

Important world premieres included a. 1990 Salome ( Oscar Wilde / Gerhard Rühm ) at the Theater Gruppe 80 Vienna, 1992 Werner Schwab's Offene Gruben Offene Fenster (in-house production of the Donaufestival in cooperation with the Volkstheater Wien), 1993 Opus 111 by Gert Jonke, again at the Vienna Volkstheater, 1996 the opera Aus all Bitterness Flowers ( Christoph Cech / Alfredo Bauer) at the Vienna Chamber Opera, in 1999 the German premiere of Anselm Glück's Eiserne Mimosen at Theater Rampe Stuttgart and in 2003 by Gilbert Handler, Andreas Sauter and Bernhard Studlar All about Mary Long at the Danube Festival as well as the monologues “Telephone conversations with Ernst Jandl ”by Klaus Siblewski ,“ The Closer ”by Ronald Pohl and“ Fritz Lang - the decision ”based on the novel by Agnès Michaux. In 2006 Bruckmeier opened the Stuttgart TV tower as a theater venue with the author's project "6 and the City" and has now staged the 5th season.

Awards

He received the Kainz Medal in 1988, the Karl Skraup Prize in 1993, and the Baden-Württemberg Youth Theater Prize in 1998; For a few people looking for happiness and laughing their way to death (based on the novel of the same name by Sibylle Berg) he was nominated in 2000 for the Mülheim Dramatist Prize 2000

Web links

• Artist biography on carinthischersommer.at
• Artist biography on carinthischersommer.at ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )