What has he been doing?
Stage Management,
employment
1999 - 2001
Head of Stage Management at the world premiere of Disney's "Der
Glöckner von Notre Dame" ('The Hunchback of ND'), Musicaltheater
am Potsdamer Platz, Berlin.
Heading the department meant rehearsals in
New York and Berlin, staffing and training a department of 6, liaison
with artistic and technical departments within the house, as well as
with the creative team (director: James Lapine, lyrics: Stephen
Schwartz, music: Allen Menken, choreography: Lar Lubovitch); in charge
of the rehearsal schedule and taking care of press and promotion
events.
Production: Stella
1998/99
Stage Management at the world premiere of "Der Herr der Ringe" (The
Lord of The Rings), Berlin (lyrics, musik and directed by: Bernd
Stromberger).
Production: Fantasy Musicals
1998
Stage Manager with the German production of "Sunset Boulevard",
Rhein-Main-Theater, Niedernhausen
1994 - 1996
Stage Management at the Hamburg production of "Das Phantom der Oper",
Theater Neue Flora Hamburg
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Free-Lance Work
While working for 'Phantom' in Hamburg, I started doing
gigs and galas. All of them had a musical theme and usually included
large ensembles, some of them were made for live audiences and tv:
"Bambi 2000"
Stage/Floor Management of this major TV show from Musicaltheater am
Potsdamer Platz
"1.000 Tage bis zur Expo"
Stage/Floor Management of this live ZDF Show from a giant floating
stage inside the Maschsee, Hannover
"R1 Musical Gala"
Production Stage Management of a tour throughout Germany (directed by
Steve Ray)
"Welcome on Broadway"
Stage/Floor Management of a live show with tv recording for SWF 1996,
Ulm,
directed by Steve Ray
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Producer
2004
Producer of "MeMoRe - auf der suche nach dem roten faden", physical
theatre by Tomi Paasonen and PAA (personal artistic affairs). Premiered
at Alte Weberei, Berlin
1997 - 1998
Producer of "Der Schimmelreiter", written and directed by
Frank Düwel after the novella by Th. Storm. Premiered at Elbeforum
Brunsbüttel, followed by a 6-month tour.
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Dramaturgy
While at university in England, I served as dramaturge to
the following productions:
"Oktoberfest"
(orig.: "Kasimir und Karoline") by Ödön von Horváth
(dir: Kevin Knight); UK premiere by 'actreact theatre company' at the
Lyric Studio, Hammmersmith, London
"The Man Outside"
(orig: "Draussen vor der Tür") by Wolfgang Borchert; at the
Manchester International Expressionism Festival and Chelsea Centre
(dir: Andy Lavender); Academy Productions London
"The Beggars' Opera" by John Gay; Company of
Knaves London
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Translator
Once in a while I translate from or into English or I
interpret for a theatrical conference, including:
Neue Sentimental Film, Berlin
Ehapa Verlag, Berlin
PrisonArts Konferenz Berlin
die zeit - magazin, Hamburg
I also co-translated "Kasimir und Karoline" von Ödön von
Horváth from German into English for the UK premiere:
"Oktoberfest".
deutsche version 
