Stemann studied
German literature and
philosophy at the
University of Hamburg, and
drama, theatre and
directing at the
Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. Later he also studied at the theatre academy in Hamburg with
Jürgen Flimm and
Christof Nel. He has been active in his chosen field of profession since 1995. The first time he received national attention was through the production of his
Trilogy of Terror in 1997 at
Kampnagel in Hamburg and Hoftheater Gostner in
Nuremberg (
Antigone by
Sophocles,
The Seagull by
Anton Chekhov,
Leonce and Lena by
Georg Büchner). Furthermore, Stemann production of
Werther by
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Nuremberg (1997), featuring
Philipp Hochmair, is played at present in numerous national and international theatres. In 2002 Nicolas Stemann was invited to the
Berlin Theatertreffen for the first time, for his part in the production of
Hamlet. A year earlier, in 2001, this production had already been invited by the Frankfurt-oriented TAT and has been staged at Experimenta 7. Stemanns international recognition was mainly due to his theatrical productions based on texts by
Elfriede Jelinek. His production
The Work which premiered at the Academy Theatre in Vienna, was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen and international festivals in 2004. In 2007
Ulrike Maria Stuart was premiered at the
Thalia Theatre in Hamburg, and subsequently invited for the Berlin Theatertreffen. Nicolas Stemann staged regularly at the
Burgtheater in Vienna, the
Deutsches Theater in Berlin and the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. He regularly works with
stage designer Katrin Nottrodt,
costume designer Esther Bialas, multimedia artist Claudia Lehmann and dramaturg . From the 2019/2020 season, he will be co-director of
Schauspielhaus Zürich together with dramaturge
Benjamin von Blomberg. == List of productions ==