Falk Richter

Born in Hamburg in 1969, Falk Richter is author and director. He studied direction at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Since 1994, he has been working as a director and author at national and international theatres, such as Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, the National Theatre in Oslo, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, the Théâtre National de Bruxelles, the Ruhrtriennale, the Salzburger Festspiele and the Festival d’Avignon. His most known texts are “Gott ist ein DJ” (1989), “Unter Eis” (2004) and “TRUST” (2009), which were great successes worldwide and are produced internationally. His play “Nothing Hurts” was invited to the Theatertreffen in 2000. He was awarded the Friedrich-Luft-Preis for best stage production for his play “For The Disconnected Child” at the Schaubühne in 2014. He was honoured with the fifth poetry lectureship for drama at the Universität Saarbrücken in 2016. In 2018, he was appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of the Arts and Literature) by the French government and in the same year his production of Elfriede Jelinek’s “Am Königsweg” at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg was invited to the Theatertreffen as well as honoured best stage production of the journal Theater heute. With “The Silence”, he is invited again to Theatertreffen in 2024. Richter is visiting professor for direction at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch Berlin and Professor for Performing Arts at the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen since 2019.