Ironically, Bachmann was not employed by the Burgtheater during Kušej’s time; he was last seen in 2018. as the director of Ferdinand Schmalz’s Everybody (Dies). Bachmann has been working in Cologne since 2013-2014. season, but was never able to perform at the listed Offenbachplatz theater, instead working in alternative quarters. The completion of the extensive renovation has been postponed several times and is currently planned for 2024.

Born in Zurich

Bachmann was born in 1966. July 1 In Zurich and here he studied German and general literature. At that time he was already an intern and intern at the Zurich Schauspielhaus, and also worked as a journalist for Die Weltwoche and Tages-Anzeiger. He later continued his studies of German language, theater and religion at the Free University of Berlin, and in 1988-1989 joined Luca Bondy at the Schaubühne Berlin.

in 1992 together with Cologne’s chief playwright Thomas Jonigkas, among others, he founded the independent theater group Theater Affekt. Since 1993 worked as a director at Schauspiel Bonn, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin, Zurich Theater am Neumarkt and Schauspielhaus Hamburg. 1998-1999 season, at the age of 32, he took up his first management position at a major theater as theater manager at the Theater Basel, which was voted “Theatre of the Year” in Theater magazine’s critics’ poll. Theater heute” in the same season.

in 2001 Bachmann also dabbled in opera: he staged Cosi fan tutte at the Lyon National Opera and The Magic Flute at the Théâtre de Basel. After a one-year hiatus, Bachmann has been working as a freelance director since 2005, directing productions at the Schauspielhaus in Dusseldorf, the Maxim Gorky Theater in Berlin and the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, among others.

Five times Theatertreffen.

In total, Stefan Bachmann was invited to the Berlin theater five times: in 1996. with Goethe’s Elective Affinities, the following year with Pierre Corneille’s Triumph der Illusionen, 2000. with Rainald Goetz “Jeff Koons”, 2011 with Kathrin. Rögglas “The Participants” and the last 2021 with Max Frisch’s Graf Öderland.

However, the work of Bachmann, who is married to actress Melanie Kretschmann, is not without criticism. In 2018, Spiegel reported on allegations of bullying against Kretschmann, who is involved in theater in Cologne, and Bachmann’s mishandling of the allegations. Bachmann dismissed reports of a “toxic atmosphere” and a “climate of fear” at the home and announced he would hire a mediator. Part of the ensemble stands in solidarity with the leader.