Tilmann Koehler

Tilmann Köhler (* 1979 in Weimar ) is a German theater director .

Life

From 2001 to 2005 Köhler studied directing at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin . Before his studies he was an actor and director at the theater factory of the Altenburg-Gera Theater . From 2005 he worked as in-house director at the German National Theater Weimar . From 2009 to 2016 Tilmann Köhler was in-house director at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden and headed the drama studio. In 2007 he was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen with his production of Illness of the Young . In 2008, 200 years after it was first published, he staged Goethe's Faust I at the German National Theater in Weimar . For his production of Bertolt Brecht's Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe he received the Kurt-Hübner-Director's Award 2009, the advancement award for young directors of the Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring. Further works were created at the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the Schauspiel Stuttgart, the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, the Theater Basel and the Frankfurt Opera. He also realized productions in São Paulo, Taipei, at the Moscow Art Theater, in Gwangju / Korea and at the National Theater in Bratislava.

Works

Productions (selection)

"Lila dit ca - Sagt Lila" based on the story of the same name by Chimo, theater factory of the Altenburg-Gera theater 2000. Invitation to the 2001 theater meeting for young people
"Choephoren" by Aischylos, BAT Berlin 2004. Awarded the ensemble prize at the drama school meeting 2004
"Penthesilea" by Heinrich von Kleist, BAT Berlin / Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar 2005
"The Dragon" by Jewgeni Schwarz, German National Theater Weimar 2006
"Illness of Youth" by Ferdinand Bruckner, German National Theater Weimar 2006. Invitation to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2007
"Amoklauf my children's game" by Thomas Freyer , world premiere, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar / Theater an der Parkaue 2006. Invitation to the Festival Premières Strasbourg, invitation to the German children's and youth theater meeting "Moment Mal! 2007",
"Othello" by William Shakespeare, German National Theater Weimar 2006. Invitation to Radikal Jung - The Festival of Young Directors 2007
"Separatists" by Thomas Freyer, world premiere, Maxim Gorki Theater 2007
"The cave in front of the city in a country with Nazis and trees" by Tine Rahel Völker, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar / Maxim Gorki Theater 2007
"Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German National Theater Weimar 2008
"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, Maxim Gorki Theater 2008.
"And in the nights we lie mute" by Thomas Freyer, world premiere, Schauspiel Hannover 2008. Invitation to the Heidelberger Stückemarkt 2009
"Skin of Gold" by Tine Rahel Völcker and Alexandre dal Farra, world premiere, Maxim Gorki Theater / São Paulo 2008
"Saint Joan of the Slaughterhouses" by Bertolt Brecht, Staatsschauspiel Dresden 2009. Invitation to the Facyl theater festival, Salamanca
"Italian Night" by Öden von Horvath, Staatsschauspiel Dresden 2010. Awarded the Günther Rühle Prize 2010
"Half the Sea" by Thomas Freyer, world premiere, Staatsschauspiel 2011
"The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare, Staatsschauspiel Dresden 2011. Invitation to the Festival de Teatro Clásico de Almagro, Shakespeare Festival Kronborg Castle
"Nothing. What is important in life" by Janne Teller, Staatsschauspiel Dresden 2012. Awarded the Max Reinhardt Prize at the drama school meeting
"The golden dragon" by Roland Schimmelpfennig, production of the Taipei Arts Festival 2012
"The divided sky" based on the story by Christa Wolf , Staatsschauspiel Dresden 2013. Invitation to the Saxon Theatertreffen, invitation to the Eurokontext Festival Bratislava 2015
"Teseo" by Georg Friedrich Händel, Oper Frankfurt 2013
"King Arthur" by Henry Purcell and John Dryden, Staatsschauspiel Dresden / Semperoper Dresden 2013
"Youth without God" based on the novel by Öden von Horvath, Deutsches Theater Berlin 2013
"The resilient rise of Arturo Ui" by Bertolt Brecht, Staatsschauspiel Dresden 2014
"Mario and the Magician" by Thomas Mann, Schauspiel Stuttgart 2014
"Three Sisters" by Anton Chekhov, Staatsschauspiel Dresden 2014
"Mein deutsches deutsches Land" by Thomas Freyer, Staatsschauspiel Dresden 2014. Invitation to the Autorentheatertage Berlin 2015
"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, Deutsches Theater 2015
"Measure for Measure" by William Shakespeare, Staatsschauspiel Dresden 2015
"Johanna von Orleans" by Friedrich Schiller, Schauspielhaus Hamburg 2015
"Radamisto" by Georg Friedrich Händel, Oper Frankfurt 2016
"Xerxes" by Georg Friedrich Händel, Oper Frankfurt 2017
"Rodáci" by Valeria Schulczová and Roman Olekšák, world premiere, Slovak National Theater Bratislava 2017
"The Black Spider" based on the story by Jeremias Gotthelf, Theater Basel 2017
"The promise" based on the story by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus 2017
"Medea.Stimmen" based on the novel by Christa Wolf, Deutsches Theater 2018
"Odyssey" by Roland Schimmelpfennig, world premiere, Staatsschauspiel Dresden 2018. Invitation to the Eurokontext Festival Bratislava 2019
"Coriolan" by William Shakespeare, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus 2019

Awards

2007: Invitation to the Berlin Theatertreffen with Illness of Youth at the German National Theater Weimar
2009: Kurt-Hübner-Director's Award for Saint Joan of the Slaughterhouses at the Dresden State Theater

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ factory four. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
↑ Nikolaus Merck: Tilmann Köhler - theater maker of essential characters. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).
↑ Kurt Hübner Prize to Tilmann Köhler: The high degree of urgency , nachtkritik.de February 10, 2010, accessed March 30, 2019
^ Lexicon - Köhler, Tilmann. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
↑ Production teams - Oper Frankfurt. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
↑ Berliner Festspiele: Theatertreffen der Jugend - Chronik. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
↑ Alive or Dead | NZZ . April 20, 2007, ISSN 0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed on May 21, 2019]).
↑ Hans-Peter Göpfert: Penthesilea. In: RBB culture. June 4, 2005, accessed May 22, 2019 .
↑ Nikolaus Merck: Tilmann Köhler - theater maker of essential characters. Retrieved on May 21, 2019 (German).
↑ Michael Merschmeier, Der Theaterverlag: Theater heute - Archive. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
↑ IRENE GRÜTER / KATRIN BETTINA MÜLLER: “It remains a divided home” . In: The daily newspaper: taz . April 28, 2007, ISSN 0931-9085 , p. 22 ( taz.de [accessed on May 21, 2019]).
^ Hans-Dieter Schütt: The drought three cheese low (new Germany). Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
^ Wolfgang Höbel: Director Tilmann Köhler: Konspirative Umtriebe . In: Spiegel Online . April 30, 2007 ( spiegel.de [accessed May 21, 2019]).
↑ lexicon - Völcker, Tine Rahel. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
↑ "Fickzellen with district heating." In: ZITTY. July 6, 2011, accessed on May 22, 2019 (German).
↑ Peter Kümmel: 200 years of "Faust": We suspect Faust . In: The time . March 20, 2008, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed May 21, 2019]).
↑ - A theatrical triumph. Retrieved on May 21, 2019 (German).
↑ Elena Philipp: Haut aus Gold - a Brazilian-German project presentation by Tilmann Köhler. Retrieved on May 21, 2019 (German).
↑ Direction award for Tilmann Köhler and his production "The holy Johanna of the slaughterhouses" - Theater-News - Verlag Theater der Zeit. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
^ German Academy of Performing Arts | 2010. Accessed May 21, 2019 .
↑ Hartmut Krug: Half the Sea - Tilman Köhler premieres Thomas Freyer's piece in the Small House. Retrieved on May 21, 2019 (German).
↑ Famous game with strangers in the forum - home page - Ludwigsburger Wochenblatt. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
↑ "Nothing. What is important in life": Production at the Dresden State Theater based on Janne Teller's book for young people. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
↑ Max Reinhardt Prize for “Nothing. What is important in life ”. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
↑ tainaner ensemble: 2012 臺北藝術節委託製作，台南人劇團《金龍》演出精采片段. September 4, 2012, accessed May 21, 2019 .
↑ balloon, speak! January 21, 2013, accessed May 22, 2019 .
↑ Attack on the brain - cruiser online. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
↑ Beyond the EU Anthem , nachtkritik.de of June 23, 2015, accessed March 30, 2019
↑ EpochTimes.de: Handel's opera “Teseo” in the Bockenheimer depot of the Frankfurt Opera. June 6, 2013, accessed on May 22, 2019 (German).
↑ Ralph Gambihler: King Arthur - Tilmann Köhler wreaths the semi-opera by John Dryden and Henry Purcell for the 100th birthday of the Dresden State Theater. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).
↑ Dirk Pilz: "Youth without God": We are at risk. December 19, 2013, accessed on May 22, 2019 (German).
↑ Lukas Pohlmann: The resilient rise of Arturo Ui - Tilmann Köhler unmasked our media democracy in Dresden with Brecht. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).
↑ Steffen Becker: Mario and the magician - director Tilmann Köhler and solo virtuoso Paul Schröder manipulate the Stuttgart audience according to Thomas Mann's line and thread. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).
↑ Michael Merschmeier, Der Theaterverlag: Theater heute - Archive. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
↑ Christine Dössel Dresden: Nazis on three levels . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2014, ISSN 0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on May 21, 2019]).
↑ Hinrike Gronewold: There's still room under the carpet - “my German German country” at the Autorentheatertage. In: WELTEXPRESS. June 30, 2015, accessed on May 22, 2019 (German).
↑ Perpetrators and dreamers. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
↑ Welcome to Pegida Land | Free press - culture. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
↑ "The Jungfrau in Orléans" in Hamburg - Powerful ideas for the eye. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).
↑ Handel can be so contemporary. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
↑ No happy ending for Xerxes. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
↑ Jana Močková: Derniéra sa nekoná, rodáci budú na doskách SND možno až do konca sezóny. January 9, 2019, accessed May 22, 2019 (sk-SK).
↑ Theater Basel - no frills staging of the "Black Spider". September 25, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
^ Martin Krumbholz: The Promise - Tilmann Köhler stages Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novel at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in a sophisticated stage design. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).
↑ Irene Bazinger: Deutsches Theater Berlin: The laws of the thicket . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed May 22, 2019]).
↑ Michael Bartsch: Odyssey - Tilmann Koehler staged Roland Schimmelpfennig's Odyssey interpretation at the Dresden State Theater. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).
↑ Odyssey. In: eurokontext.sk. April 15, 2019, accessed May 22, 2019 (UK English).
↑ Andreas Wilink: Coriolanus - Schauspielhaus Dusseldorf - Tilmann Köhler sends Shakespeare's Roman drama in the Clowns-ring. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).

personal data
SURNAME	Koehler, Tilmann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theater director
DATE OF BIRTH	1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weimar

[1] factory four. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .

[2] Nikolaus Merck: Tilmann Köhler - theater maker of essential characters. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).

[3] Kurt Hübner Prize to Tilmann Köhler: The high degree of urgency , nachtkritik.de February 10, 2010, accessed March 30, 2019

[4] Lexicon - Köhler, Tilmann. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .

[5] Production teams - Oper Frankfurt. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .

[6] Berliner Festspiele: Theatertreffen der Jugend - Chronik. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .

[7] Alive or Dead | NZZ . April 20, 2007, ISSN 0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed on May 21, 2019]).

[8] Hans-Peter Göpfert: Penthesilea. In: RBB culture. June 4, 2005, accessed May 22, 2019 .

[9] Nikolaus Merck: Tilmann Köhler - theater maker of essential characters. Retrieved on May 21, 2019 (German).

[10] Michael Merschmeier, Der Theaterverlag: Theater heute - Archive. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .

[11] IRENE GRÜTER / KATRIN BETTINA MÜLLER: “It remains a divided home” . In: The daily newspaper: taz . April 28, 2007, ISSN 0931-9085 , p. 22 ( taz.de [accessed on May 21, 2019]).

[12] Hans-Dieter Schütt: The drought three cheese low (new Germany). Retrieved May 21, 2019 .

[13] Wolfgang Höbel: Director Tilmann Köhler: Konspirative Umtriebe . In: Spiegel Online . April 30, 2007 ( spiegel.de [accessed May 21, 2019]).

[14] lexicon - Völcker, Tine Rahel. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .

[15] "Fickzellen with district heating." In: ZITTY. July 6, 2011, accessed on May 22, 2019 (German).

[16] Peter Kümmel: 200 years of "Faust": We suspect Faust . In: The time . March 20, 2008, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed May 21, 2019]).

[17] - A theatrical triumph. Retrieved on May 21, 2019 (German).

[18] Elena Philipp: Haut aus Gold - a Brazilian-German project presentation by Tilmann Köhler. Retrieved on May 21, 2019 (German).

[19] Direction award for Tilmann Köhler and his production "The holy Johanna of the slaughterhouses" - Theater-News - Verlag Theater der Zeit. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .

[20] German Academy of Performing Arts | 2010. Accessed May 21, 2019 .

[21] Hartmut Krug: Half the Sea - Tilman Köhler premieres Thomas Freyer's piece in the Small House. Retrieved on May 21, 2019 (German).

[22] Famous game with strangers in the forum - home page - Ludwigsburger Wochenblatt. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .

[23] "Nothing. What is important in life": Production at the Dresden State Theater based on Janne Teller's book for young people. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .

[24] Max Reinhardt Prize for “Nothing. What is important in life ”. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .

[25] tainaner ensemble: 2012 臺北藝術節委託製作，台南人劇團《金龍》演出精采片段. September 4, 2012, accessed May 21, 2019 .

[26] balloon, speak! January 21, 2013, accessed May 22, 2019 .

[27] Attack on the brain - cruiser online. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .

[28] Beyond the EU Anthem , nachtkritik.de of June 23, 2015, accessed March 30, 2019

[29] EpochTimes.de: Handel's opera “Teseo” in the Bockenheimer depot of the Frankfurt Opera. June 6, 2013, accessed on May 22, 2019 (German).

[30] Ralph Gambihler: King Arthur - Tilmann Köhler wreaths the semi-opera by John Dryden and Henry Purcell for the 100th birthday of the Dresden State Theater. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).

[31] Dirk Pilz: "Youth without God": We are at risk. December 19, 2013, accessed on May 22, 2019 (German).

[32] Lukas Pohlmann: The resilient rise of Arturo Ui - Tilmann Köhler unmasked our media democracy in Dresden with Brecht. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).

[33] Steffen Becker: Mario and the magician - director Tilmann Köhler and solo virtuoso Paul Schröder manipulate the Stuttgart audience according to Thomas Mann's line and thread. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).

[34] Michael Merschmeier, Der Theaterverlag: Theater heute - Archive. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .

[35] Christine Dössel Dresden: Nazis on three levels . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2014, ISSN 0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on May 21, 2019]).

[36] Hinrike Gronewold: There's still room under the carpet - “my German German country” at the Autorentheatertage. In: WELTEXPRESS. June 30, 2015, accessed on May 22, 2019 (German).

[37] Perpetrators and dreamers. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .

[38] Welcome to Pegida Land | Free press - culture. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .

[39] "The Jungfrau in Orléans" in Hamburg - Powerful ideas for the eye. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).

[40] Handel can be so contemporary. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .

[41] No happy ending for Xerxes. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .

[42] Jana Močková: Derniéra sa nekoná, rodáci budú na doskách SND možno až do konca sezóny. January 9, 2019, accessed May 22, 2019 (sk-SK).

[43] Theater Basel - no frills staging of the "Black Spider". September 25, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .

[44] Martin Krumbholz: The Promise - Tilmann Köhler stages Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novel at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in a sophisticated stage design. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).

[45] Irene Bazinger: Deutsches Theater Berlin: The laws of the thicket . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed May 22, 2019]).

[46] Michael Bartsch: Odyssey - Tilmann Koehler staged Roland Schimmelpfennig's Odyssey interpretation at the Dresden State Theater. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).

[47] Odyssey. In: eurokontext.sk. April 15, 2019, accessed May 22, 2019 (UK English).

[48] Andreas Wilink: Coriolanus - Schauspielhaus Dusseldorf - Tilmann Köhler sends Shakespeare's Roman drama in the Clowns-ring. Retrieved on May 22, 2019 (German).