Hamlet

Claudius; Ghost

Born in Switzerland in 1973. Urs Jucker was a member of the Schaubühne ensemble from 2008 to 2014. From 1995 to 1999 he studied acting at the Hochschule der Künste Bern, before being appointed as a permanent member of the ensemble at the Theater Neumarkt in Zürich, working with artists including Elias Perrig, Corinna von Rad, Christian Pade, Crescentia Dünsser and Simone Blatter. From 2003 to 2006 he was a permanent member of the Theater Basel where he worked with directors such as Ruedi Häusermann, Barbara Frey, Sebastian Nübling, Niklaus Helbling, Samuel Schwarz, Matthias Günther, Lars-Ole Walburg, Rafael Sanchez and Stefan Müller. From 2006 to 2008 he worked with the Theatergruppe 400asa, the Theater Luzern, the Theater Freiburg, and others. Urs Jucker has acted in films including Vitus (Direction: Fredi Murer, 2006), René (Direction: Tobias Nölle, 2007), for which he won the Best Actor Prize at the Lille Short Film Festival in 2009, and Manipulation (Direction: Pascal Verdosci, 2010).

Claudius; Ghost

Born in Quedlinburg in 1959. Thomas Bading has been a member of the Schaubühne ensemble since 1999. He studied acting at the Hans Otto theatre school in Leipzig. Engagements at the Neues Theater Halle and the Deutsches Theater Berlin, including Kriemhilds Rache by Friedrich Hebbel (Direction: Thomas Langhoff, 1994), A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (Direction: Jürgen Gosch, 1997) and Monsieur Chasse by Georges Feydeau (Direction: Thomas Langhoff, 1998).

Thomas Bading directed William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2003), Hamlet (2005), Romeo and Juliet (2008) and As You Like It (2012) at Burghofspiele Eltville. Furthermore he appeared in film productions such as No Place To Go (Direction: Oskar Roehler, 1999), Drei (Direction: Tom Tykwer, 2010), Barbara (Direction: Christian Petzold, 2011) and Rosas Kinder – Rosas Bettwurst (Direction: Robert Thalheim, 2012). Appearances in television productions include Drei in einem Bett by Wilhelm Engelhardt (2012), Der Fall B. by Kilian Riedhof (2014) and Weissensee (2010, 2011, 2014) by Friedemann Fromm, for which he was awarded the German Actors Award in the category Best Ensemble in 2014.

Hamlet

Born in Berlin in 1976. Lars Eidinger has been a member of the Schaubühne ensemble since 1999. From 1995 until 1999 he studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. During his studies he had a guest engagement at the Deutsches Theater Berlin for two years in productions such as Preparations for Immortality by Peter Handke (1997) and The Maid of Orleans by Friedrich Schiller (1998) under Jürgen Gosch’s direction. Since 2005 he has also acted in films, e.g. in Alle Anderen (direction: Maren Ade, 2009), Hell (direction: Tim Fehlbaum, 2011), Was bleibt (direction: Hans-Christian Schmid, 2012) and Mackie Messer – Brechts Dreigroschenfilm (direction: Joachim A. Lang, 2018). In 2014 he was awarded the Grimme Preis as best actor for his role in the film Grenzgang (direction: Brigitte Maria Bertele, 2013). He has also acted in international Films such as High Life (direction: Claire Denis, 2018), Dumbo (direction: Tim Burton, 2019), Die Zeit, die wir teilen (direction: Laurent Larivière, 2022) and White Noise (direction: Noah Baumbach, 2022). Apart from that he acted in several television series, e.g. in Babylon Berlin and Tatort. Parallel to his acting career he also works as a musician, e.g. for Thomas Ostermeier’s productions Nora by Henrik Ibsen (2002), Der Würgeengel by Karst Woudstra (2003) and Mourning becomes Electra by Eugene O’Neill (2006). At the Schaubühne he has hosted the Autistic Disco – Pop is pop and art is art since 2002. Also participates in contemporary art projects: together with Sebastian Bieniek he did the photo series Bodyscapes, Face in Face and Bi-Body (all 2017); together with John Bock he developed a performance as part of the solo show Im Moloch der Wesenspräsenz (2017) at the Berlinerische Galerie. He has directed The Robbers by Friedrich Schiller (2008), Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (2013) and, together with John Bock, he created Peer Gynt as an interdisciplinary project at the Schaubühne.

Gertrude; Ophelia

Born 1986 in Eisenach. Since 2011 Jenny König has been an ensemble member of Schaubühne. She studied acting from 2006 to 2009 at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, where she won a scholarship in 2008. She made theatre appearances during her studies at Staatstheater Hannover as well as at Nationaltheater Mannheim. From 2009 to 2011 she was a permanent member of the ensemble at Nationaltheater Mannheim. There, she appeared i. a. in the German premiere of Freie Sicht by Marius von Mayenburg and Gespräche mit Astronauten by Felicia Zeller (Direction: Burkhard C. Kominski, 2009). Further appearance in the films Pergamon Poems (Direction: Felix von Boehm, 2012), Die bewohnbare Grenze (Direction: Marina Höxter, 2016), Aenna Burda (Direction: Franziska Meletzky, 2017) as well as in Waiters (AT) (Direction: Natascha Sinelnikova, 2018). In addition, she has been active as a speaker for NDR, WDR and RBB. In 2011 she was awarded Best Young Actor for her role as Isabella in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2011) by the TheaterGemeinde Berlin and Theater heute. In 2016, she was nominated again for her role in Ophelias Zimmer (Direction: Katie Mitchell, 2015) by Theater heute.

Polonius; Osric

Born in Rostock in 1969. Robert Beyer has been a member of the Schaubühne ensemble since 1999. From 1992 to 1996 he studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art Berlin. In 1996 he acted at the bat-Studiotheater in a number of productions including The Unknown Woman by Alexander Blok (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier) and in Gewisse Anzahl Gespräche by Alexander Vvedensky (Direction: Gennadi Bogdanov and Christian von Treskov). In 1996 he played Moritz Stiefel in Frank Wedekind’s Spring Awakening at the Schauspiel Leipzig (Direction: Johanna Schall). From 1996 to 1999 he was engaged at the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf where he played roles including Mortimer in Schiller’s Maria Stuart (Direction: Dietrich Hilsdorf, 1996), Johannes in Einar Schleef’s production of Salome (1997) and Crampas in Effi Briest after Theodor Fontane (Direction: Kazuko Watanabe, 1998). In 1999, he performed at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg as Kurt in Fireface by Marius von Mayenburg (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 1999). Numerous television and film roles include The Baader Meinhof Complexe (Direction: Uli Edel, 2007), Miss Stinnes Motors Round the World (Direction: Erica von Moeller, 2008), Between the lines – Tote haben keinen Hunger (Direction: Sven Bohse, 2013), The Book Thief (Direction: Brian Percival, 2013), Pinocchio (Direction: Anna Justice, 2013), Alles muss raus – Eine Familie rechnet ab (Direction: Dror Zahavi, 2014) and bestefreunde (Direction: Jonas Grosch and Carlos Val, 2015).

Horatio; Guildenstern

Born in Bochum in 1990. Damir Avdic has been a member of the ensemble since the season of 2016/17. He studied acting at the Folkwang Universität der Künste in Bochum. During his studies he started to perform in several plays at the Schauspielhaus Bochum, including Spiel des Lebens by Lütz Hübner (Director: Martina van Boxen, 2012) and Eisenstein by Christoph Nußbaumeder (Director: Anselm Weber). From 2013 – 2016 he was committed to the Schauspielhaus Bochum and starred in productions such as Wunschkinder by Lutz Hübner and Sarah Nemitz (Director: Anselm Weber, 2016), Familiengeschäfte by Alan Ayckbourn (Director: Marius von Mayenburg, 2016) and Ein Sommernachtstraum by William Shakespeare (Director: Christina Paulhofer, 2014).

Laertes; Rosencrantz

Born 1978 in Leipzig. Konrad Singer has been an ensemble member of Schaubühne since season 2016/17. He studied acting from 2002 to 2006 at Folkwang Universität der Künste in Boch. In 2005 he played in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Direction: Thomas Dannemann) at Schauspielhaus Bochum. Early engagement at Berliner Ensemble where he played i. a. in Antigone by Bertolt Brecht (Direction: George Tabori, 2006), Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller (Direction: Peter Stein, 2007), The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht (Direction: Robert Wilson, 2007) and Die Spuren der Verirrten by Peter Handke (Direction: Claus Peymann, 2007). From 2008 to 2015 he was a member of the ensemble at Theater Freiburg. There he played i. a. in Oresteia by Aeschylus (Direction: Felicitas Brucker, 2009), 1984 by George Orwell (Direction: Tom Kühnel, 2009) and An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen (Direction: Christoph Frick, 2015). In season 2015/16 he could be seen as guest at Theater Freiburg in Oedipus by Sophokles (Direction: Felicitas Brucker) as well as in Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare (Direction: Tom Kühnel) at Schauspiel Hannover. Roles for TV and film i. a. in Der Kriminalist (Direction: Christian Görlitz, 2018) and Zwischen uns die Mauer (Direction: Norbert Lechner, 2019).