ABOUT

 

Born in Vienna. Austrian citizen. 


Mag. phil. in Film-, Theatre- and Media Studies, University of Vienna. 

Artistic Director of the Sommerspiele Grein Festival.


Works primarily as a stage director, but also as dramaturge, producer, author and literary translator.

Since 1986 he has worked extensively in theatre, film, television and circus and has since 1993 directed more than fifty plays at venues in Austria and Germany, as well as in London, where he was based between 1995 and 2000, working with Tom Stoppard, David Farr, and Michael Kingsbury. In 2000 Hans-Peter moved to Copenhagen where he directed, among other plays, the first ever site-specific production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at Kronborg Castle in Elsinore and cross-over arts projects 9 x 9 x 9 at the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen, in collaboration with The Royal Theatre and Danish national broadcasting company DR.

In 2011 he directed his first opera production, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Bastien & Bastienne in Istanbul. The modern World première of Joseph Friebert's Das Serail will be staged in Salzburg in 2024 in his direction.

Since 2023 he is the Artistic Director of Sommerspiele Grein at the historic Stadttheater Grein. 

Hans-Peter has translated around twenty plays into German, many written by contemporary Scandinavian playwrights, and he regularly adapts classic plays for the modern stage. In recent years he has resumed theatre studies, with lectures and publications mainly related to European theatre and opera of the eighteenth century.




PRODUCTIONS AS DIRECTOR:

 

Kleine Eheverbrechen by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Sommerspiele Grein / Festival Steudltenn / Wald4tler Hoftheater 2023 


ROCKY - Die Rückkehr des Verlierers by Tue Biering

German première, Werk X Petersplatz, Vienna 2022 


Ich,Malvolio by Tim Crouch

German première, Theater THEO, Vienna-Perchtoldsdorf, 2021/22


Eine pornografische Beziehung by Philippe Blasband

Theater Akzent, Vienna and Hin&Weg Festival, Litschau, 2019 - 2023


1 x 1 x 1 - A staged installation at Sorø Kunstmuseum, Sorø, 2018


9 x 9 x 9 - A New Museumsproject   

National Gallery of Denmark, Royal National Theatre, Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR,

Copenhagen, 2017


Ein bisschen Ruhe vor dem Sturm by Theresia Walser

Austrian première, Villach, Linz, Innsbruck, 2016, Hin&Weg Festival 2018


Lampedusa by Anders Lustgarten

Austrian première, Theater Drachengasse, Vienna, 2016


Ein bisschen Ruhe vor dem Sturm by Theresia Walser

Austrian première, Theater Nestroyhof/Hamakom, 2015


Skylight by David Hare

Landsteatret, Copenhagen and tour, 2015


En Picasso by Jeffrey Hatcher

Scandinavian, première, Copenhagen and tour, 2015


Der dressierte Mann by John von Düffel

Austrian première, Neue Bühne Villach, Villach, 2014


9 x 9 x 9 - A Museumsproject 

National Gallery of Denmark and Royal National Theatre, Copenhagen, 2014


Das normale Leben by Christian Lollike

Austrian première, Theater Drachengasse, Vienna, 2013


Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Grønnegade Teater, Næstved, 2012


Bastien & Bastienne by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Palais Yeniköy, Istanbul, 2011


Hauteng (Contractions) by Neil Bartlett

Austrian première, Theater Drachengasse, Vienna, 2011


Cosmic Fear oder der Tag an dem Brad Pitt Paranoia bekam by Christian Lollike

Austrian première, Niederösterreichisches Landestheater, St. Pölten, 2010


Mobil by Sergi Belbel

Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck, 2010


Der Patriot  by Felix Mitterer

Neue Bühne Villach, Villach, 2009


Ein Teil der Gans  by Martin Heckmanns

Austrian première, Niederösterreichisches Landestheater, 2009


Duet for One by Tom Kempinski (in English)

Vienna’s English Theatre, Vienna, 2008


Die Bernhardinerinnen by Anna Hauer

World première, Tiroler Dramatikerfestival / Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck, 2008


Mobil by Sergi Belbel

Austrian première, Theater Drachengasse, Vienna, 2007


Kleine Eheverbrechen by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Ensembletheater, Vienna, 2007


A Picasso by Jeffrey Hatcher (in English)

European première, Vienna’s English Theatre, Vienna, 2007


Stillleben in einem Graben by Fausto Paravidino

Austrian première, Ensembletheater, Vienna, 2006


Die Olsen Bande dreht durch by Peter Dehler

Theater Vorpommern, Greifswald/Stralsund, 2005


Oskar und die Dame in Rosa by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Austrian première, Theater Drachengasse, Vienna, 2004


Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, 2003


Gestochen scharfe Polaroids by Mark Ravenhill

Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck, 2003


Murder in Green Meadows by Douglas Post (in English)

Austrian première, Vienna’s English Theatre, Vienna, 2003


Context by Igor Bauersima

Austrian première, Ensembletheater, Vienna, 2002


Copenhagen by Michael Frayn

Austrian première, Theater Drachengasse/ Volkstheater, Vienna, 2002


Gestochen scharfe Polaroids by Mark Ravenhill

Ensembletheater Vienna, 2001


Hardcrash by Arthur Kopit

German première, Theater Drachengasse, Vienna, 2001


Knivskarpe Polaroider by Mark Ravenhill

Cafè Teater, Copenhagen, 2000


Hawkings Dream by Erwin Riess

British première, Teatro Technis, London, 2000


Die Bildermacher by Per Olov Enquist

Austrian première, Theater Drachengasse, Vienna, 2000


Fourplay by Sergi Belbel

British première, Lyric Hammersmith, London, 1999 


Das wirkliche Leben by Jokum Rohde

Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 1998


Monsieur Lovestar and the Man Next Door by Eduardo Manet 

British première, White Bear Theatre, London, 1998


Leatherface by Helmut Krausser

British première, Gate Theatre, London, 1998


Klein Eyolf by Henrik Ibsen

Kellertheater Innsbruck, Innsbruck, 1997


Spielwiese, zwei im Quadrat by Sergi Belbel

Austrian première, dieTheater Konzerthaus, Vienna, 1997/ Ensembletheater, Vienna, 1999


Kwetsch by Steven Berkoff

German première, Theater Drachengasse, Vienna, 1997


Monsieur Lovestar und der Nachbar vom Flur by Eduardo Manet

German première, Volkstheater Vienna, 1996


Diesseits von Eden by Svend Aage Madsen

German première, dieTheater Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1994


Ich zähle die Stunden by Stig Dalager

German première, Theater Drachengasse, Vienna, 1994


Der Prinz von Spandau by Helder Costa

World première, Residenztheater, Vienna, 1993 


Hans-Peter Kellner



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