About Volker Hesse
Born 1944. Volker Hesse is a German theatre director.
Volker Hesse (born 30 December 1944) is a German Theatre producer. Between 2001 and 2006 he was the Theatrical Director at Berlin's Maxim Gorki Theater. More recently he has been working in Switzerland. His doctoral dissertation concerned the theatrical work of Bernhard Diebold ("Das theaterkritische Werk Bernhard Diebolds").
He took acting lessons with Will Quadflieg and then worked as an assistant to theatre directors such as Leopold Lindtberg and Hans Hollmann. The controversial opening ceremony was described as "disturbing", "demonic" and akin to a depiction of a "sex-orgy".
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Who is Volker Hesse?
German theatre director
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Volker Hesse was born on 30 December 1944 in Hunsrück.
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Volker Hesse is a theatre director.
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Volker Hesse is German.
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