Johannes Birlinger Portfolio
Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf. By Hannah Biedermann & Ensemble. 2019.
“Perfect Family — Eine Glücksforschung von Menschen mit Behinderung.”
By Hannah Biedermann und Ensemble. Premiere 2019. Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf. Music and Sounddesign: Johannes Birlinger.
Training Theater Helsinki. Directed by Tuomas Rinta-Panttila. 2018.
Feature Film. Directed by Hendrik Faller. 2017.
Hostage in his own home, an incompetent Englishman is forced to team up with his captor to fight off the survivors of a fatal flu epidemic. Screened at Frightfest London 2017.
Ballhaus Ost Berlin. Kompanie Kopfstand. 2016.
An interactive performance about money, being rich, being poor, injustice and fun. Created by Kompanie Kopfstand, based on extensive research including three workshops with young people.
Grips Theater Berlin. By Hannah Biedermann & Ensemble. 2015.
A piece for young audiences about garbage, its origins, disposal, recycling and other trash stories. Based on real life research.
Theater Vorpommern/ Performdance. Putbus/Stralsund. 2015.
“Atlantis” was a performance with kids aged 10-12 from the island of Rügen, Germany. We followed the myth of the sunken city of Atlantis and interwove it with the young dancers’ images and experiences of their own island home.
Documentary. Directed by Wolfgang Reinke. 2014.
Short Film. Directed by Hendrik Faller. 2013.
Fantasy and nightmare are pushed to the extremes as the last moments of a first date take a dark turn. This short film was screened as part of the official selection of the 9th International Short Film Festival Detmold, Germany 2013.
Kompanie Kopfstand. On tour since 2013. Germany wide.
“Trau Dich” has been commissioned by the German ministry for family, health and social as part of a campaign to prevent sexual abuse on children. After a long research period that involved children as experts, the play premiered in March 2013 in the Renaissance Theatre Berlin. It has been on tour through theatres nation wide ever since, reaching more than 250.000 children. We have additionally given a lot of talks and presentations around applied theatre in general as well as art and child-protection specifically.
Credits:
A “Kompanie Kopfstand” Production • Directors: Annina Giordano & Christopher Gottwald • Text: Tina Müller • Video: Sonya Schönberger • Stage Design: Michael Ottopal • Music: Johannes Birlinger • Theatre Pedagogue: Charlotte Baumgart • Performers: Julia Bihl, Lisa Scheibner, Julian Hackenberg, Johannes Birlinger, Charlotte Baumgart, Johanna Malchow, Helge Gutbrot, Marcus Thomas, Adrienn Baszo • Technical Crew: Michael Ottopal, Denise Potratz, Tobias Nöthen, Lasse Schwank
Staatstheater Dresden. Directed by Jan Gehler. 2012.
Credits:
Director: Jan Gehler • Stage Design: Sabrina Rox • Costume Design: Cornelia Kahlert • Music: Johannes Birlinger • Dramaturgy: Luise Mundhenke • Lighting Design: Andreas Rösler • Performers: benjamin Pauquet, Karina Plachetka, Antje Trautmann, Benjamin Höppner, Stefko Hanushevsky • Based on Joseph von Eichendorff’s Novella “Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts”
