Christian Tschirner
Born 1969 in Lutherstadt-Wittenberg. From 2019 until 2022 he was head of dramaturgy at the Schaubühne. He was trained as an animal keeper at Leipzig Zoo, did his A-levels at night school and then studied acting at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst »Ernst Busch« in Berlin. From 1995 to 1999 he was engaged as an actor at Schauspiel Frankfurt. From 1999 to 2002 he directed and acted at the Theater am Turm (TaT) in Frankfurt. Since 2002 he worked as a freelance director and author in Frankfurt/Main, Mannheim, Halle/Saale, Bochum, Vienna, Braunschweig and Stuttgart. 2009 to 2013 dramaturg and director at Schauspiel Hannover, 2013 to 2018 dramaturg at Deutsches SchauSpielHaus Hamburg.
All productions/Dramaturgy
Everywoman by Milo Rau and Ursina Lardi, Director: Milo Rau (World Premiere, 2020)
Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, Director: Jan Bosse (World Premiere, 2021)
Der Krieg mit den Molchen (War with the Nefts) after Karel Čapek, Director: Clara Weyde (2022)
All productions/Plays
Rückkehr nach Reims (Returning to Reims) after Didier Eribon, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (new Version, 2020)
ödipus by Maja Zade, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (World Premiere, 2021)