Philipp Löhle

Philipp Löhle is one of the most internationally performed German-speaking playwrights of his generation. He studied History, Theatre and Media Sciences, as well as German Literature, at Erlangen and Rome. In 2008, Philipp Löhle received a scholarship to participate in the International Playwrights’ Residency at the Royal Court Theatre in London. His first play, Kauf-Land, premiered at the Theater Erlangen in 2005.

For Genannt Gospodin (which could be seen at the Sala Beckett in 2013 under the title of Àlies Gospodin) he received the Promotion Award from the Federation of German Industries. In 2008, Lilly Link received the jury prize at the Stückemarkt in Heidelberg. Philipp Löhle has been nominated several times for the Mülheim Drama Prize: in 2008 for Genannt Gospodin, in 2012 for Das Ding and in 2014 for Du (Normen).

He has been an author in residence at the Maxim Gorky Theatre in Berlin, the Nationaltheater Mannheim and the Staatstheater Mainz. He maintains a close artistic collaboration with the director Jan Philipp Gloger. Internationally, he has led writing and theatre workshops in Japan, Spain, Austria, Burkina Faso, Italy, Argentina, Ukraine, and Cuba.

Since the 2018/19 season, Philipp Löhle has been resident “Haustronaut” (astronaut) at the Nuremberg State Theatre, where he also conducts the Reingequatscht and Shownado formats.