born 1973, Lutherstadt Eisleben, German Democratic Republic After completing his studies at the Berlin Academy of Dramatic Arts "Ernst Busch", Christian Weise worked as an actor and puppeteer at the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the Schauspiel Frankfurt and the TaT Frankfurt. Since 2001 he has worked as a director, with productions at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Neues Theater Halle, Columbia University (New York), the Schauspiel Köln, the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Salzburg Festival. From 2005 to 2007 he was house director at the Neues Theater Halle. Christian Weise worked regularly at the Staatstheater Stuttgart under the direction of Hasko Weber from 2005 to 2013, and this collaboration has continued since then at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar. Under the direction of Maria Viktoria Linke he worked several times at the Theater Augsburg from 2015 to 2017. Since 2013 he has worked regularly at the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin. Christian Weise also works as a guest lecturer at the HfS “Ernst Busch” Berlin. He has a long and intensive collaboration with the artistic director Christian Holtzhauer, the dramaturge Beate Seidel, the musician and composer Jens Dohle, the artist Julia Oschatz and the author Soeren Voima.
