Richter is the author of theater and audio plays, translator and theatre director who has worked for numerous theatres, including
Deutsches Schauspielhaus and the
Hamburg State Opera, both in Hamburg; the
National Theatre in
Oslo, Norway; the
Vienna State Opera in
Vienna, Austria; and the
Bavarian State Opera in
Munich. He was resident director at the
Schauspielhaus Zürich in
Zurich, Switzerland, from 2000 to 2004; at the
Schaubühne in
Berlin from 2006 to 2010; and at the
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in
Düsseldorf from 2011 to 2012. Since 2015, he has been
Artiste associé at the
National Theatre of Strasbourg in
Strasbourg, France; and since 2017, he has been working as resident director at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Richter was elected "director of the year" by theater critics in a survey of the monthly
Theater heute in August 2018. His production of
Elfriede Jelinek's play
Am Königsweg in Hamburg was voted "production of the year 2018". In February 2019, he received a Special
Teddy Award at the
Berlin International Film Festival. Richter was visiting professor for directing at the
Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. In 2019, he started to serve a five-year term as professor of performing arts at the
Danish National School of Performing Arts in
Copenhagen, Denmark. Starting with the 2020/2021 season, Richter was to be leading director at the
Munich Kammerspiele in Munich. His plays have been translated into more than twenty-five languages and have been produced all over the world.
Plays (selection) •
Alles in einer Nacht, premiered at the Hamburg Kammerspiele 1996, Fischer-Verlag •
Kult – Geschichten für eine virtuelle Generation, (trilogy)/premiered at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus 1996: Portrait Image Konzept (Teil 1), Section (Teil 2), KULT (Teil 3), Fischer-Verlag •
Gott ist ein DJ, premiered at the Staatstheater Mainz 1998, Fischer-Verlag •
Nothing Hurts, premiered in Utrecht 1999, Fischer-Verlag •
Peace, premiered at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz 2000, Fischer-Verlag •
Electronic City, (Sieben Sekunden), Fischer-Verlag •
Das System, premiered at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz 2004, Fischer-Verlag •
Unter Eis, premiered at Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz 2004, Fischer-Verlag •
Hotel Palestine, premiered at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz 2004, Fischer-Verlag •
Die Verstörung, premiered at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz 2005, Fischer-Verlag •
Verletzte Jugend, premiered at Festival Liége / Theatre National Bruxelles 2009, Fischer-Verlag •
Trust, premiered at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz 2009, Fischer-Verlag •
My Secret Garden, premiered at
Festival d'Avignon 2010, L'Arche Éditeur, Paris, 2010, Fischer-Verlag
Awards • 2001: Audio play award of the
Academy of Arts, Berlin for
Nothing hurts – Szenen und Samples, directed by
Antje Vowinckel • 2013:
Friedrich Luft Preis for best production in Berlin and Potsdam for the production of
For the Disconnected Child at the
Schaubühne Berlin • 2018:
Director of the year and
Production of the year for the production of
Am Königsweg by
Elfriede Jelinek at the
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, elected by the monthly
Theater heute • 2019: Chevalier de l'
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres • 2019:
Special Teddy Award Literature Deiters, Franz-Josef: "'Ich habe also nach einer Form gesucht, Theater als Forum zu begreifen'. Falk Richters Theater des politischen Aktivismus'. In: Franz-Josef Deiters: Neues Welttheater? Zur Mediologie des Theaters der Neo-Avantgarden. Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 2022, pp. 55-84. ISBN 978-3-503-20998-9. ==References==