Alexander Eisenach

Alexander Eisenach was born in Berlin and studied Theatre Studies and German Literature in Leipzig and Paris. He then worked as an Assistant Director at the Centraltheater Leipzig. In 2013/2014 he was a member of the Directors’ Studio at Schauspiel Frankfurt, where his first play «The Life of Joyless Pleasure» received its world premiere in 2014. In 2015/2016 he was awarded a grant by the Writers’ Studio at Schauspiel Frankfurt. He has worked as a freelance director since 2014 at theatres including Schauspiel Hannover, Schauspielhaus Graz, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and the Berliner Ensemble. His production of the «The Cold Whiff of Money» won him the Kurt Hübner Directing Prize in 2016. Between 2016 and 2019 Eisenach was Resident Director at Schauspiel Hannover under the artistic directorship of Lars-Ole Walburg. His most recent works include «Vernon Subutex» after Virginie Despentes at Schauspielhaus Graz, both «Felix Krull» and «Hour of the Con-Men. The Krull Principle» at the Berliner Ensemble and «The Emperor of California» at the Berlin Volksbühne.

Productions

When Goethe set «Götz von Berlichingen» down on paper in 1771 in a true writing frenzy, the 22-year-old writer was still a complete unknown. This came to an abrupt end with the publication of «Götz», as suddenly the young poet was being talked about everywhere. Goethe’s early work is a powerful stage epic with over fifty locations, several plots running in parallel and a huge cast of characters. What is more: Goethe dispensed with all the customary conventions that 18th century drama had been using up to that point.

Götz von Berlichingen
Cuvilliéstheater, 19.30 o'clock
Wed 11 Dec

Maria Stuart, the deposed queen of Scotland, seeks asylum in England but soon finds herself imprisoned in a fortress as her aunt, the English queen Elisabeth Tudor, begins to investigate her. When she was seventeen, Maria was allegedly involved in the murder of her husband – that is the official charge, but there are also rumours of a plot to seize the crown right now. Schiller portrays neither of his female protagonists in a particularly flattering light: Maria is an impulsive seductress, Elisabeth is a jealous and indecisive monarch.

Maria Stuart
Residenztheater, 19.30 o'clock
Thu 19 Dec
7 p.m. Introduction
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Residenztheater, 19.30 o'clock
Fri 27 Dec
Residenztheater, 18.30 o'clock
Wed 01 Jan
WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES
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7 p.m. Introduction
Residenztheater, 19.30 o'clock
Mon 13 Jan
WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES
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7 p.m. Introduction
Residenztheater, 19.30 o'clock
Sat 18 Jan
WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES
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A prince of fashion and a fairy-tale king. A bird of paradise and a cult figure. A Munich original and a philanthropist. During the course of his lifetime, Rudolph Moshammer was given countless of these nicknames and soubriquets. Everyone recognized him as an eccentric with his dog Daisy on his arm, a talk show guest and man of society. Like his role model, Bavaria’s fairy-tale king Ludwig II, he loved glamour, opulence, and excess. In his appearances as an actor and in advertisements, as a singer in the preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest and with books like «Mama und ich» (Mama and Me), he became a cult figure and his fashion boutique «Carnaval de Venise» in Maximilianstraße became a cult address and place of pilgrimage for Mosi fans.

MOSI - The Bavarian Dream
Marstall, 19.00 o'clock
Wed 25 Dec
Marstall, 20.00 o'clock
Sat 04 Jan
Marstall, 20.00 o'clock
Fri 31 Jan

In June 1816 the «Medusa», the fastest frigate of its time, sets to sea. Its destination is Saint-Louis in Senegal. There are two hundred and forty people on board – besides the sailors, most of them are soldiers, but they also include the colony’s Governor and his family together with priests, teachers, doctors and engineers. Two days’ journey from their destination the ship runs aground on a sandbank and splits. As there is not enough room for everyone in the lifeboats, a raft is cobbled together for the lifeboats to tow on shore. But as soon as they set off, the rudderless and heavily overloaded raft is left behind by the boats on which the dignitaries are rescuing themselves. Of one hundred and seventeen men only fifteen will survive. Many of them will fall victim to their own comrades because the few goods they were able to save – barrels of wine, sodden biscuits, a few weapons and valuables – are as heavily fought over as the power the make decisions about possible rescue measures.

Der Schiffbruch der Fregatte Medusa (The shipwreck of the frigate Medusa)
Marstall, 20.00 o'clock
Fri 20 Dec
Marstall, 19.00 o'clock
Sun 05 Jan
Marstall, 20.00 o'clock
Thu 09 Jan

The coup d'état has succeeded, the old government has been swept away. Henry and his followers rule the country like a king. But the king is old and ill and there is no suitable successor in sight. In Mrs. Flott's pub, however, business is going extremely well. John Falstaff spends his nights there with his intimate friend Harri - a mismatched pair, united by their shared desire for sharp-tongued speech and plenty of beer. However, when Harri receives an immoral offer from the center of power, it sheds new light not only on the future of the state, but also on John's friendship with Harri. Austrian playwright Ewald Palmetshofer's new adaptation of Shakespeare's history play, in which royal drama and comedy join hands, is both linguistically polished and crudely comic.

Sankt Falstaff (Saint Falstaff)
Premiere
Residenztheater
Fri 17 Jan
Premiere
Residenztheater, 19.00 o'clock
Wed 22 Jan
Residenztheater, 16.00 o'clock
Sun 26 Jan