Barbara Frey

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Born in Basel on 29 April 1963. Studied German and Philosophy at Zurich University. Was already working as a drummer and songwriter at this time. From 1988 assistant director, musician and actress at Basel Theatre.

From 1992 onwards she produced plays in Basel, at Mannheim Nationaltheater, at Zurich’s Neumarkt Theatre and at Hamburg’s Schauspielhaus, but also continued to work with independent groups and developed theatre projects. At the start of the 1999/2000 season she became in-house director at Schaubühne Berlin for two years.

Since 2002 she has mainly produced at Basel Theatre and at the Bayerisches Schauspielhaus Munich. Teaching activities, including at the Berlin University of the Arts. In future she will also produce at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin and at Schauspielhaus Zurich.

As of the 2006/2007 season, Barbara Frey has held a permanent position as a director at the Deutsches Theater Berlin while continuing to direct at Zurich Schauspielhaus.