Walter Meierjohann is a theatre director working in Britain. He is artistic director, theatre, of

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, the centre for international contemporary arts, theatre and film formed by the merger of

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Walter Meierjohann appointed at merged Manchester venue
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Career

In 2002, Meierjohann was asked by Peter Stein to direct

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’s ''A Long Christmas Dinner'' with Stein’s Ensemble in Berlin, and in the same year, he was nominated for a festival award for his production of '' The Just'' by

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. In 2004 Meierjohann joined the State Theatre of Dresden as founder and Artistic Director of NEUBAU: an international New Writing theatre. Other productions in Germany include: '' Waiting for Godot'', '' Long Day’s Journey into Night'', ''

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'', and '' Mary Stuart''. Meierjohann joined the

Young Vic The Young Vic Theatre is a performing arts venue located on The Cut, near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth. The Young Vic was established by Frank Dunlop in 1970. Kwame Kwei-Armah has been Artistic Director since February 201 ...

in 2007 as International Associate Director. His productions there include: the European premiere of ''In the Red and Brown Water'' by Tarell McCraney, and ''Kafka’s Monkey'',Kafkas Monkey at Young Vic
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’s ''Report to an Academy'', starring award- winning actress

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and adapted by

Colin Teevan Colin Teevan (born 1961 in Dublin) is an Irish playwright, radio dramatist, translator and academic. Teevan has premiered works in the National Theatres of Ireland, Scotland and the Royal National Theatre in London, He has been a regular collabo ...

. Other recent UK productions include: ''Unleashed'' at The Barbican,Unleashed at the Barbican
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''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at Nottingham Playhouse
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, and ''All My Sons'' at The Curve.All My Sons the Curve Theatre Leicester
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References

External links

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