Christoph Gawenda
Member of the Schaubühne ensemble since 2010. Born in Neuss. Studied acting at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, spending a semester abroad at the St Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy. From 2005 to 2010, engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Collaborations with Friederike Heller, Volker Loesch, Michael Thalheimer and Árpád Schilling, among others. Several appearances in television and cinema productions including in »All of a Sudden« (2016, directed by Aslı Özge), »Deadlines« (2021, directed by Johannes Boss) and »Ladybitch« (2022, directed by Paula Knüpling and Marina Prados). City of Neuss art promotion prize 2007.
All productions
Antigone by Sophokles, Director: Friederike Heller (2011)
Die Macht der Finsternis by Leo Tolstoi, Director: Michael Thalheimer (2011)
Einsame Menschen by Gerhart Hauptmann, Director: Friederike Heller (2011)
Edward II by Christopher Marlowe, Director: Ivo van Hove (2011)
Also sprach Zarathustra, Eine Übermensch-Revue für Alle und Keinen by Patrick Wengenroth after Friedrich Nietzsche, Realisation: Patrick Wengenroth (2012)
Ein Volksfeind (An Enemy of the People) by Henrik Ibsen, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (2012)
Galaxy, Director and Concept: BLITZ (2012)
Angst essen Deutschland auf, texts by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Realisation: Patrick Wengenroth (2013)
Baal by Bertolt Brecht, Director: Nicholas Mockridge (2013)
Atmen (Breathing) by Duncan Macmillan, Director: Katie Mitchell (2013)
2666 by Roberto Bolaño, Director: Àlex Rigola (2014)
Richard III by William Shakespeare, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (2015)
Nachtasyl by Maxim Gorki, Director: Michael Thalheimer (2015)
Ungeduld des Herzens (Beware of Pity) by Stefan Zweig, Director: Simon McBurney (2015)
Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (2016)
Im Herzen der Gewalt (History of Violence) by Édouard Louis, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (2018)
Italienische Nacht (Italian Night) by Ödön von Horváth, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (2018)
abgrund (abyss) by Maja Zade, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (World Premiere, 2019)
Yerma by Simon Stone after Federico García Lorca, Director: Simon Stone (2020)
Berliner Affairs by Berliners and Ensemble, Director: İlknur Bahadır (World Premiere, 2023)
Glaube, Geld, Krieg, Liebe by Robert Lepage, Director: Robert Lepage (World Premiere, 2024)
Replay by Yael Ronen, Director: Yael Ronen (World Premiere, 2024)