What is to be done

Milo Rau, originally from Bern, Switzerland, worked as a writer for Neue Zürcher Zeitung and, from 2003, as a director and writer with, among others, the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee in Zurich, Teatrul Odeon in Bucharest, and Beursschouwburg in Brussels. In 2007, he founded the theatre and film production company International Institute of Political Murder. His theatrical re-enactments and films have been invited to national and international festivals, including in 2012/13 the Berliner Theatertreffen, Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival in Groningen, Wiener Festwochen, and the Radikal Jung Festival where he was awarded the critics’ prize in directing for Hate Radio. His productions, campaigns, and films include Montana, The Last Hours of Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu, Hate Radio, City of Change, Breivik’s Statement, The Moscow Trials, and Die Zürcher Prozesse (The Zurich Trials). The Last Hours of Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu and Hate Radio were presented at Festival d’Avignon in 2009 and 2013 respectively, and The Last Hours of Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu was nominated for the Prix de Soleure in 2011.