René Pollesch

René Pollesch ( born October 29, 1962 in Dorheim / Friedberg, Hesse ) is a German playwright and director.

Life

René Pollesch studied from 1983 to 1989 with Andrzej Wirth and Hans -Thies Lehmann at the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies in Giessen. With guest professors Heiner Müller, George Tabori and John Jeshurun ​​he was involved in various projects. After holding various positions at German theaters, among others, from 1992 at the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt am Main, 1996 Pollesch received a scholarship at the prestigious Royal Court Theatre in London. In 1997 a grant from the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart. In the season 1999/2000 he was a director at the Lucerne Theatre, in the fall of 2000 at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. From 2001 to 2007 he headed the smaller venue Prater Berlin's Volksbühne am Rosa- Luxembourg - Platz in Berlin.

Pollesch received the 2001 Mülheim Dramatist Prize. He was "Theater heute " is selected in the critics' poll of the magazine for the " Prater Trilogy" the best German dramatist 2002.

In 2006 he was awarded for his piece Cappuccetto Rosso in the staging at Volksbühne Berlin / Salzburg Festival with the worth 15,000 euros Mülheim Dramatist Prize, at the same time you have bestowed on him the Audience Award. For his play The purple birthmark he received the 2007 Nestroy Theatre Award for Best New Play.

In May 2012, Pollesch ( section " Performing Arts " ) in Berlin, was accepted as a new member of the Academy of Arts.

Plays

Opera

• 2010: Metanoia. Beyond thinking, UA 3 October 2010 in temporary quarters of the Berlin Staatsoper im Schiller Theater; Music: Jens Joneleit, produced by Christoph Schlingensief, Conductor: Daniel Barenboim