Nora Schlocker
Born in Rum (Austria), she studied directing at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. From 2008 to 2011, she worked as a resident director at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, from 2011 to 2014 at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, and from 2015 to 2020 at Theater Basel. She also directed productions at the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, Schauspielhaus Wien, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Residenztheater München, Centraltheater Leipzig, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Deutsches Theater Berlin and Schauspielhaus Bochum.
Since the 2019/2020 season, she has been a resident director at the Residenztheater, where in 2019 she gave the premieres of »Die Verlorenen« by Ewald Palmetshofer and Roland Schimmelpfennig’s »Der Kreis um die Sonne«. For the format »Resi zoomt«, she directed »Superspreader« by Albert Ostermaier (2020) and »Finsternis« by Davide Enia in its German-language premiere (2021), which she adapted for the Residenztheater stage in 2021/2022. This was followed by her productions of »Agnes Bernauer« by Franz Xaver Kroetz, »Der Turm« by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, as well as the world premiere of Kevin Rittberger’s »Der Entrepreneur« and »Anne-Marie die Schönheit« by Yasmina Reza. In 2024, she directed the courtroom drama »Prima Facie« by Suzie Miller and »Maria Stuart« by Friedrich Schiller. She also adapted »Die Rückseite des Lebens« by Yasmina Reza for the stage.
Productions
With her great monologue »Anne-Marie the Beauty«, the internationally most-performed contemporary playwright Yasmina Reza has written an eulogy to the art of acting, at the centre of which an almost-diva speaks out against her insignificance without dot or comma: Robert Dölle in a humorous and touching play-within-a-play.
Anne-Marie die Schönheit (Anne-Marie the beauty)
Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel »Lolita« became a bestseller, albeit a controversial one. Since its publication, it has been the subject of heated debate, with accusations of pornography and calls for a ban on publication on the one hand, and admiration for its literary finesse on the other. The author viewed his title character – who has become a dubious myth – through the eyes of her stepfather. In her successful debut novel, Lea Ruckpaul allows Dolores Haze to survive and recounts the story of years of abuse in retrospect, with the analytical insight of an adult woman who does not wish to be understood solely as a victim.
Bye Bye Lolita
Intrigues, conspiracies, political intrigues - Schiller's tragedy depicts the power struggle between the English Queen Elizabeth I and the Scottish Queen Mary Stuart. But what if only chance decides between power and powerlessness? Then the roles could also be »swapped«. For each performance, a draw is held to decide which of the two actresses will play the victor or the vanquished.
Maria Stuart
Tessa Ensler is a successful lawyer whose supreme discipline is the defence of defendants in sexual assault cases. Then she herself is raped - by a colleague. She reports him and is now on the other side of the cross-examination - as the victim. With »Prima Facie«, Suzie Miller gives a voice to millions of women who suffer violence worldwide.
Prima Facie
Playwright Yasmina Reza (»James Brown Wore Curlers«) is fascinated by court cases, and her collection of short stories summarises her observations from recent years. She laconically and pointedly observes the moments when incomprehensible deeds must be judged, conflicting statements must be found to be true or false, and often entire lives hang in the balance – and, almost in passing, captures a panorama of human existence. Resident director Nora Schlocker adapts the texts for the stage.
Die Rückseite des Lebens