Luis August Krawen is a German director and visual artist working on the verge of theatre and digital art.

He grew up in Berlin, where he was a member of P14, the young people's theatre club of Volksbuehne, for several years and studied Applied Theatre Studies in Gießen, as well as Stage Design at UdK.

In the last couple of years Luis has particitpated in numerous productions at many different houses such as  Schauspielhaus Zürich, Staatsoper Hamburg, Muenchner Kammerspiele, Residenztheater, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Maxim-Gorki-Theater, Volkstheater Wien, Burgtheater Wien, Staatsoper Wien and Bayreuther Festspiele (and more).  

In 2020 he was invited to be artist in residence at Muenchner Kammerspiele, where he got the opportunity to develop his own works. As part of this he showed the installation "The Shire", which was invited to multiple festivals, as well as the performance "Nightcore". "Planet Magnon", a feature-length animated movie starring the ensemble of Muenchner Kammerspiele, premiered mid 24 at Filmfest München. He then continued his directing practice at Staatstheater Nürnberg.

In the season 26/27 Luis is WORX director at Berliner Ensemble.

Contact

assistenz@l-a-k.com

Luis is represented by Schaefersphilippen

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