At the age of 76: theater maker Carl Hegemann is dead

He was an exotic in the theatre who had nothing to do with the project managers and hardworking workers, PR machines and trend hunters of the present. Now dramaturge Carl Hegemann died.

Hegemann has shaped the discourse on German-speaking stages for decades – «September 5» wins in Germany.

Carl Hegemann was quirky, extroverted, his anarchic energy has decisively influenced the Berliner Volksbühne. Now the dramaturg and philosopher has died.

He was one of the most influential theatremen of the past 35 years. The dramaturge and thinker Carl Hegemann worked among other things at the Berliner Volksbühne. There he was a co-op of Christoph Schlingensief and Frank Castorf.

The Berliner Volksbühne was always famous and also a little notorious for its productions. Carl Hegemann also had a part in this. Carl Hegemann, the long-time dramaturge of the Berliner Volksbühne, is dead. Hegemann died at the age of 76 last Friday, as the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz announced.For decades, Hegemann has shaped the German-speaking theatre discourse – as a keen thinker, passionate cultural critic and bold innovator, accordi…

The Berliner Volksbühne was always famous and also a little notorious for its productions. Carl Hegemann also contributed to this.