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 Poetics Lecture, authors such as Kathrin Röggla, Wolfram Lotz, Ferdinand Schmalz, Thomas Köck and Ivna Žic speak about their writing for the theater, while actors (including Julia Riedler and Samuel Finzi) talk about the poetics of the play.

Methods of scenic text production can be tried out in projects as part of play development.

In the first semesters of the three-year course, students learn the basics of body, space, scene and play. They also learn how to use aesthetic design tools such as lighting, technology, multimedia, stage design and costume. Rehearsal processes, production conditions and procedures are also analyzed and consciously designed.

In the second part, the artistic search opens up to other formats such as site-specific, multimedia approaches, theater for young audiences and inclusive ensembles. The projects are created in close cooperation with the HFBK stage designers and HAW costume design students.

The artistic-scientific course provides an overview of theoretical, historical and aesthetic theatrical discourses as well as social-sociological issues. Research questions from various academic disciplines are explored in depth in regular symposia.

The focus of the course is not on the result, i.e. the presentation of a project, but on the rehearsal process as the exploration of scenic possibilities. Lecturers from the theater practice accompany the students in their artistic development.

A Master's course in Directing, which builds on the Bachelor's course, is currently being developed.