Stéphane Braunschweig Chronology

1964 Born in Paris, 5 July

1984 Formed his own theatre company, Théâtre Machine while studying at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris

1987-1990 Attended Ecole du Théâtre National de Chaillot (Paris)

1989 Théâtre-Machine goes professional

1992 Winner of the Prix de la révélation théâtrale du Syndicat de la Critique and of Premio Luca Coppola e Giancarlo Prati for Les Hommes de neige

1993-1998 Director of the Centre Dramatique National d'Orléans-Loiret-Centre

2000 Director of the prestigious Théâtre National de Strasbourg

Productions

1989 Woyzeck (Büchner), Drums in the Night (Brecht). Director and Set Designer. With the Ecole du Théâtre National de Chaillot

1990 Don Juan Comes Back from the War (Horvath). Director and Set Designer. With the Ecole du Théâtre National de Chaillot

1990 Les Hommes de neige (trilogy consisting of Woyzeck, Drums in the Night, and Don Juan Comes Back from the War). Director and Set Designer. Lighting Designer: Marion Hewlett. With the Ecole du Théâtre National de Chaillot. 27 May, Théâtre en Mai, Dijon; 8 January-17 February 1991, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Gennevilliers.

1991 Ajax (Sophocles). Director and Set Designer. Lighting Designer:Marion Hewlett. With Agnès Sourdillon, Cyril Bothorel, Gilbert Marcantognini, Flore Lefebvre des Noëttes, Eric Louis, Catherine Fourty, Isabelle Gozard, Yann-Joël Collin, Alexandra Scicluna. 21-26 May, Théâtre en Mai, Dijon; 8 October-3 November, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Gennevilliers (Festival d'Automne); also in Strasbourg and London.

1992 Le Chevalier imaginaire (1992, Fénelon). Director. Conductor: Peter Eötvös. Lighting Designer: Marion Hewlett. With the Ensemble InterContemporain. 27-31 January, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.

1992 The Cherry Orchard (Chekhov). Director and Set Designer. Translation: André Markowics and Françoise Morvan. Costume Designer: Jocelyne Lucas. Lighting Designer:Marion Hewlett. Composer: Gualtiero Dazzi. With Olivier Cruvelier, Agnès Sourdillon, Pascal Robault, Pierre-Alain Chapuis, Alexandra Scicluna, Flore Lefebvre des Noëttes, Claude Duparfait, Chantal Lavallée, Yedwart Ingey, Anastassia Politi. 12 May, Carré Saint-Vincent, Orléans; 18 September-18 October, Théâtre de Genne-villiers, Gennevilliers. Also Moscow, February 2003.

1993 Doktor Faustus (Thomas Mann; in Italian). Codirector and Set Designer with Giorgio Barberio Corsetti. Lighting designer:Marion Hewlett. Video: Fabio Iaquone. Composer: Gualtiero Dazzi. With Claude Duparfait, Léon Napias, Jean-Marc Eder, Pierre-Alain Chapuis, Flore Lefebvre des Noëttes. May, Théâtre en Mai, Dijon; July, Romaeuropa Festival, Rome. Performed in French 22 November-11 December 1994, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Gennevilliers. Also Orléans, Berlin, Istambul.

1993 The Winter's Tale (Shakespeare). Director. Set Designer: Giorgio Barberio Corsetti and Stéphane Braunshweig. Costume Designer: Frédéric Rebuffat. Lighting Designer:Marion Hewlett. Composer:Gualtiero Dazzi. With Olivier Cruvellier (Camillo), Vincent Massoc (Polixenes), Pierre-Alain Chapuis (Leontes), Irina Dalle (Hermione), Chantal Lavallée (Mamilius and Emilia), Yedwart Ingey (Antigonus), Sophie Daull (Paulina), Jean-Marc Eder, Christophe Guichet, Lisa Erbès (cello). 12-22 October, Centre Dramatique National d'Orléans-Loiret, Orléans; 9-13 October, Maillon, Strasbourg; 7 January-6 February, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Gennevilliers). Also, in Edinburgh.

1994 Amphytrion (Kleist). Director and Set Designer. Lighting and Costume Designer:Marion Hewlett. With Claude Duparfait, Flore Lefebvre des Noëttes, Daniel Znyk, Jean-Marc Eder, M. Rouabi, Lisa Erbès (cello). 12-16 July, Avignon Festival. 22 November-11 December, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Genne-villiers. Also shown in Orléans and Strasbourg.

1994 Paradis verrouillé (inspired by the writings of Kleist: On a Theatre of Marionettes and Penthesilea). Director and Set Designer. Lighting and Costume Designer:Marion Hewlett. 21 March-8 April, Théâtre de l'Athénée, Paris.

1994 Bluebeard's Castle (Bartok). Director. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Set Designer: Bernard Michel. Costume Designer: Bettina Julian Walter. Lighting Designer: Marion Hewlett. With the French National Orchestra, and Eva Marton ( Judith), Cszaba Airizer (Blue Beard). 26-30 April, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.

1995 Fidelio (Beethoven). Director. Conductor: Daniel Barenboïm. Set Designer: Giorgio Barberio Corsetti. Lighting Designer:Marion Hewlett. With the Berlin Staatskapelle, and Johan Botha, Carola Catherine Malfitano (Leonore), Carola H...