manuel lutgenhorst

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Born in Munich in 1948. In 1968 he began to work in Germany as a set, costume and lighting designer for theatre. 1978 he moved to New York. 1984 he started to explore Asian theatre.

Now he works as a Production Designer / Director

 

2007

Orfeo, Salaya BKK
Barber of Seville St. polten,

produce, direct, design
lights

2006

 

 

2005

Eclipse - Patravadi Theater Bkk
Theater of the New Ear - New York, London, Los Angelas
Re-visiting India - Madras, Calcutta
Quartett, BKK,
Happy Prince, Amy trumpeter, Kentucky Opera,
Burma Festival, Kitamai, Rangoon,
Salaya Games, BKK,

lights and set
sets and lights
video
design concept
lights
co-director
writer,director, producer

2004

Happy Prince, Oscar Wilde, The Kitchen, NY,
Breadshop, B.Brecht, Michoo Company, Seoul,
Animal Magnetism Poland,

Lighting design
director, designer
lights and set

2003

Video documentations - revisiting Indonesian artists
Out of Time, Sincha Hong Seoul Art Center,
Choi Sung Hui, Michoo Company, Seoul Art Center,
Phaulkon Part 2, Bangkok, Tadu Contemporary Art Gallery,

video, edit
lighting, set
set design, media
co-producer, director, co-writer

2002

Ecco Porco Part 2, PS122 - Mabou Mines, New York.
Kiss of the Spiderwoman, National Theater Bangkok,
The Tale of Phaulkon, part 1, ESC Chiangmai,
220 Year Bangkok performance, Light/Sound Show,
World Cup Opening Ceremony, Korea, Seoul,

set, design
production design
co-writer, co-producer, director, concept collaborator, concept, set, light
techn. director

2001

Ecco Porco part1, Mabou Mines, New York, Lee Breuer,
Siberian Journey, Vit Horjes, La Mama, New York,
Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Bangkok, Thai Cultural Center Group 28,

production design
concept design
production design

2000

Isan counts 13, Seoul International theater Festival, Dir. Lee Breuer,
Animal Magnetism, Mabou Mines - Lee Breuer, St. Ann's Center, New York,
Aroka - Musical  Performance, Thai Cultural Center, Bangkok, Tonchai McIntyre, Grammy

lighting
set/light design
Production design

1999

Angels don't Dance, Show Case Performance, Neighborhood Theater - New York
Good Woman of Sezchuan Brecht and Liqai, Workshop Performance - ESC, Chiangmai,

set design
co-producer

1998

Empty Space Chiangmai -- ESC, Opening of a new ArtHouse, Chiangmai, Thailand
13th Asian Games Bangkok, Opening and Closing Ceremony

Director
Concept/Production Design

1997

Road to Seoul, Myung Soo, Kim, DTW, New York,
700 Year Celebration of the City of Chiangmai, Performance for His Majesty the King, Wat Suan Dok, Chiangmai,
'Intrusion' Social Installation Chiangmai,

Prod. Designer
Prod. Designer

Installation

1996

Royal Performance for Their Majesties of England and Thailand,Wat Chai Wattanaram, Ayuthaya
Shoo Shoo, Far Away Michoo Company, Seoul,Korea, Best Production, Best Design
BBB - Business of Fools, 2. International Workshop Festival, Chiangmai, Bangkok, Potsdam ,

Prod. Designer
Designer and director
Co Producer

 1995

Production Design Class Saeng Arun Art Center, Bangkok,

Teacher

1994

Sculpture From Nothing, Babe, Germany ,
Ku Quam - the movie, Euthana Mukdasnit, Bangkok , Academy Award,
Art Festival Babe, Germany,
My Life For You, 40 Years Celebration For Her Royal Highness, Military Academy Thailand
Dnu Concert, Thai Cultural Center, Bangkok,
Dream And Reality, Tongchai - Grammy, Thai Cultural Center, Bangkok,
Rhinoceros, Camus, Rassami Paoluengtong, Royal Theatre, Bangkok,

Installation
Prod. Designer
Sculpture
Writer, Director
Prod. Designer
Prod. Designer
Co- Director/designer

1993

Bird Tongchai Show, Indoor Stadium Bangkok, Prod.
Sitenon Chai, Rassami Paoluengtong, Bangkok, Prod.

Designer
Designer

1984/92

Video and Photo Documentation of artists, groups, historical events in
India, Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand

Video Maker

1992

What Is Art? What Is Religion? International Workshop Festival, Arthouse Bona, Bali,
 BBB - Bali - Catalog - text - in German
 BBB - Bali - Catalog-  text - in English
Iphigenia In Tauris, Nina Winthrop, John Cale, Cunningham Studio, New York,

Producer

Designer

1991

Shadow Of Time - Image Opera Trilogy, Michou Theatre, Munye Theatre, Seoul
Toe Nail General O, Michoo Theatre, Sohn Jin Chaek, Munye Theatre, Seoul

Writer/Director/Designer
Stage Designer

1990

Path of the Brave, Movie - Euthana Mukdasnit, Bangkok, Academy, Critic, Film Board Award
Paektu Mountain, Sohn Jin Chaek, National Theater, Seoul,
Arthouse Bona, 1990/93, Opening of the Arthouse with 40 int. partners, Bali,

Prod. Designer
Concept Designer
Founder

1989

Three Kingdom, Michoo Theatre, Sohn Jin Chaek, Munye Theatre, Seoul,

Concept Designer

1988

Awakening Project - Indonesia,
5. Asian Journey -
Request Concert, Parco LTD, Tokyo,

Concept
Photo / Video
Director

1987

Request Concert, - Opening Jakarta, Rehearsal in Seoul,
Oedipus, Rendra, Jakarta,
Man of la Mancha, Euthana Mukdasnit, National Theater Bangkok,
4. Asian Journey -
Walking Sound / Stabat Mater, Somei Satoh, Kayko Satoh, St Ann's, New York

Direct/Designer
Lighting Designer
Stage Designer
Photo / Video
Writer/ Director/Designer

1986

3. Asian Journey -
Request Concert, Opening in Calcutta, Madras, Bombay,
Reso, Rendra, Jakarta,

Photo / Video
Direct/Designer
Lighting designer

1985

Journey Through Sacred Time, Somei Satoh, St. Ann's, New York
Palladium Discotheque, Dance Floor, Jules Fisher, NY,
2. Asian Journey-

Writer/Director/Designer
Concept /Stage Designer
Photographer

1984

Mercedes, Brasch, Stuttgart,
1. Asian Journey-
Request Concert - An Intercultural Theatre Project Preparing six original productions to be presented in six major Asian cities: Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Jakarta, Tokyo and Seoul.. Each production adapted Franz Xavier Kroetz' silent mono-drama to the living style and culture in which it was staged. Collaboration with Rustom Bharucha.
Glengary Glen Ross, Peter Palitzsch, Dusseldorf,
Farewell - Adjusted, La Mama Etc, New York ,

Designer
Photographer
Research
Set/Costume Designer
Writer /Director Designer

1983

Farewell - A Cabaret, Wilma Theater, Philadelphia,
Garden Of Earthly Delight, Martha Clarke, New York,
Carmina Burana, Arts At St. Anns, New York,
Trouble with Europe, Freudenberger, Manhattan Theatre
Coronation of Poppea, John Haber, Xenox Discothek, NY,  
Tales Of Hollywood, Peter Palitzsch, Dusseldorf,

Writer/Director/Designer
Set Designer
Set Designer
Set Designer
Set Designer
Set / Costume

1982

Drawings And Theatre Design Exhibition, New York, Washington. Nürnberg
The Bybee Collection, Fine Arts Museum, Houston,
Request Concert, Joanne Akalaitis, Woman Interart, New York, Obie Award,
Zastrozzi, Andrej Serban, Public Theater, New York,

Painter
Designer
Set Designer
Costume/Set

1981

H, R.G. Mohnnau, Matthias Raue, Ohio Space, New York,
The Panther, Phillip Glass, Houston Grand Opera, La Mama, New York
P P P Theater Company was founded, New York,
Fuhrerbunker, Charlie Weber, American Place, New York,
Studio 54 , Jules Fisher, New York,

Writer/Director/Designer
Writer/Director/Designer
Director
Set Designer
Concept/Designer

1980

Silver Lake, Kurt Weill, Harold Prince, NYCity Opera,
Eugene Onegin, Opera, Bremen , Designer
Cosi Fan Tutti, Opera, Bremen ,

Set Designer
Designer

1968-1979

Hansel und Gretel, Bremen, Basel, Wuppertal,
Tosca, Bremen,
Trommeln in der Nacht, Bremen,
Untier von Samarkand, Nurnberg,
Audience und Vernisage, Havel Bremen,
Kammersanger, Bremen
Liebelei, Darmstadt
 Frau von Kauenhofen, Darmstadt
Musik, Wedekind, Darmstadt
Die Capricen der Marianne, Musset, Darmstadt
 A Wintertale, Shakespeare, Nurnberg
Sonntagskinder, Reinshagen, Braunschweig
No Exit, Sartre, Nurnberg

Set, Costume, Light Design

 

Nora, Ibsen, Nurnberg
Tartuffe, Moliere, Nurnberg
Antigone, Brecht, Nurnberg
Agnes Bernauerin, Nurnberg
Sachs Abend, Nurnberg
Der grosse Wolf, Kiel
Cyankali, Munchen
Hedda Gabler, Kiel
Isles of Slaves, La Dispute, Mariveaux, Kiel

Set, Costume, Light Design

 

Mass für Mass, Shakespeare, Saarbrucken
Dr. Faustus, Eissler, Kiel
 Danton's Death, Buchner, Kiel, Nurnberg
Kleinburgerhochzeit, Brecht, Kiel
 As You Like It, Shakespeare, Kiel
Der Teufel und der liebe Gott, Camus, Treppe
 Danton's Tod, Kiel
Waiting For Godot, Beckett, Kiel
 Die falsche Munze, Gorki, Kiel
The Posessed, Camus, Kiel
TRILOGY
Come And Go, Beckett, Kiel
Orestes, Euripides, Kiel
The Frogs, Aristophanes, Kiel

Set, Costume, Light Design

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Oedipus, Kiel
Monsieur Chasse, Feydeau, Kiel
Die Hose, Carl Sternheim, Berlin
Castrop, Wiesbaden
Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind, Berlin

 Set, Costume, Light Design