Gregor Runge

Gregor Runge, born in Dresden, studied theater studies and comparative literature in Bochum and worked for the Impulse and FAVORITEN theater festivals, among others. From 2011 he worked as a dramaturg primarily with Samir Akika/Unusual Symptoms and the Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster. In 2012 he went to Theater Bremen as dramaturg. In 2015 and 2017 he co-directed the international performing arts festival OUTNOW! in cooperation with Schwankhalle Bremen. He has worked on projects for the Goethe-Institut in Novosibirsk and for the Goethe-Institut Ukraine. Since the 2018/2019 season, he has been co-directing the dance division of Theater Bremen with the company Unusual Symptoms together with Alexandra Morales. Under their co-direction, productions with internationally renowned choreographers such as Faye Driscoll, Adrienn Hód, Máté Mészáros and Núria Guiu Sagarra are created alongside the work of house choreographer Samir Akika. Two of the works created since then were invited to the Tanzplattform Deutschland in 2020. Gregor Runge is a regular member of various juries, including the board of trustees of the Fonds Darstellende Künste from 2018 - 2021 and for the state of NRW. In addition, he initiated and is responsible for the concert series Theater Bremen CLUB, which regularly presents artists* from the global jazz and pop landscape for the first time in Bremen.