Thomas Ostermeier

Thomas Ostermeier has been the artistic director of Schaubühne from 1999, from 1999 to 2004 with Jens Hillje, Sasha Waltz and Jochen Sandig. From 1996 to 1999 he was the artistic director of the stage Baracke at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin.

Among the productions he has directed for Schaubühne are Human Circle 3.1 by Lars Norén (2000), Crave by Sarah Kane (2000), Parasites by Marius von Mayenburg (2000, world premiere), The Name by Jon Fosse (2000, performed as a visiting performance at The National Theatre of Norway in 2001), This is a Chair by Caryl Churchill (2001), Supermarket by Biljana Srbljanovic (2001, world premiere), Nora (A Doll's House) by Henrik Ibsen (2002, invited to the Theatertreffen Berlin 2003 and performed as a visiting performance at The National Theatre of Norway during The Ibsen Festival 2004), Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (2003), Lulu by Frank Wedekind (2004), Eldorado by Marius von Mayenburg (2004, world premiere), Blasted by Sarah Kane (2005), Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (2005, invited to the Theatertreffen Berlin 2006 and performed as a visiting performance at The National Theatre of Norway during The Ibsen Festival 2006), Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill (2006), A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (with C. Macras, 2006), Product by Mark Ravenhill (2006), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (2007), The City by Martin Crimp and The Cut by Mark Ravenhill, (2008, performed together, world premiere), Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2008), John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen (2008, performed as a visiting performance at The National Theatre of Norway during The Ibsen Festival 2010), Demons by Lars Norén (2010), Othello by William Shakespeare (2010), Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare (2011), An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen (2012, visiting The National Theatre of Norway during The Ibsen Festival 2014) and The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman (2014).

Thomas Ostermeier has won a great number of awards, including The European Theatre Prize New Theatrical Realities in 2000. He won the French critics' award called Grand Prix de la Critique in 2009, for John Gabriel Borkman, and the Barcelona critics' award the same year for Hamlet. In 2009 he was also named an Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French ministry of culture, and in 2011 he was given The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Theatre Biennale in Venice.

Sources:

Schaubühne, The Company, www.schaubuehne.de, 30.06.2014, http://www.schaubuehne.de/en/seiten/profil.html

Schaubühne on Thomas Ostermeier, www.schaubuehne.de, 30.06.2014, http://www.schaubuehne.de/en/personen/thomas-ostermeier.html/ID_Taetigkeit=13

The National Theatre of Norway, wwww.nationaltheatret.no, 30.06.2014, http://forest.nationaltheatret.no/Persons/Details/cb6356ab-cadb-482e-86cb-bc6ade708a36

The Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art in Berlin, direction study.

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