Stage direction

The Acting Directing course focuses on collaboration with actors. From the first semester onwards, directing, acting and dramaturgy students work together on joint scene studies and projects.

Another focus is the exploration of the tension between text and stage. Authors are integrated into the training as artistic partners through collaboration with the scenic writing course at the UdK Berlin. At the annual Hamburg Poetry Lecture, authors such as Kathrin Röggla, Wolfram Lotz, Ferdinand Schmalz, Thomas Köck and Ivna Žic talk about their writing for the theater.

Methods of scenic text production can...