Felicitas Brucker

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She was born in Stuttgart on 7 November 1974. From 1995 to 2001, she read Theatre Studies, Communication Studies and Modern German Literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, completing a masters degree. This was followed by a post-graduate scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Association, which enabled her to study Directing at Goldsmiths College at the University of London. She stayed in London until 2003, creating her first own projects.

From 2003 to 2006, she assisted directors Andreas Kriegenburg and Jossi Wieler at the Munich Kammerspiele in a number of productions. At the same time, she was directing her first own pieces in Germany. As well as productions at the Munich Kammerspiele, these included productions at the Theater Freiburg, schauspielhannover, the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin and the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg.

In 2007, Felicitas Brucker received the Art Award of the Academy of the Arts in Berlin in the Performance Art category. The same year, she was invited to perform at the young directors' festival Radikal Jung at the Munich Kammerspiele with her production of Anja Hilling's Engel (Angels).

Since the 2009/10 season, Felicitas Brucker has been in-house director at the Schauspielhaus in Vienna. She also works regularly at the Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin.