Directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, designed by Johannes Schütz
Dark fantasies and nightmarish visions unfold in this bold take on Shakespeare's unparalleled tale of love, betrayal and desire.
Director
Joe Hill-Gibbins teams up with German designer
Johannes Schütz (
Three Sisters, Young Vic, 2012) to dive into the subconscious of Shakespeare's masterpiece and create a new production that heaves with the energy of a wild house party.
Creative workshop for emerging directors and designers
Alongside Johannes Schütz’s and Joe Hill-Gibbins’ production,
Johanna Meyer, Johannes Schütz's Creative Assistant, will be delivering a creative workshop
for emerging directors and designers as part of the
Young Vic's Director's Program. The professional development workshop is supported by the Goethe-Institut London.
Johannes Schütz (*1950, Frankfurt am Main)
In the 1970’s Johannes Schütz was assistant to Wilfried Minks in Hamburg and Berlin. In 1974, he began working as a stage designer for the Schillertheater in Berlin and the Munich Kammerspiele. His first major collaboration followed with directors Ernst Wendt and Harald Clemen. In 1976, Johannes Schütz moved on to the Bremen Theater as head of stage designworking alongside Frank-Patrick Steckel and Wolfgang Wiens, where he was also frequently engaged with Reinhild Hoffmann’s dance theatre. In 1983 he moved on to the Bochum Schauspielhaus. From 1992 to 1998, Schütz was Professor of Scenography at the ZKM in Karlsruhe. In collaboration with Peter Mussbach, he produced operas in Hamburg, Cassel and Brussels. His own productions include Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice and Richard Strauss’s Ariadne on Naxos, and works by Brecht and Schiller in Bochum and Mainz. Schütz lives in Berlin.
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