Education
Frank Castorf successfully completed his schooling in 1969/70, entering a training for railwaywork.
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Frank Castorf successfully completed his schooling in 1969/70, entering a training for railwaywork.
His work is often associated with postdramatic theatre. Early Years
Castorf"s father was an ironmonger. Between 1970 and 1972 he undertook military service with the army"s National Border Force.
He then, between 1971 and 1976, attended the Humboldt University of Berlin, studying theatrology.
His diploma dissertation, which was formally commended, was entitled "Ground rules for the "development" of Ionesco"s global ideological perspective and artistic-aesthetic position". He made numerous culturally focused visits to Poland during this period.
In 2013, he directed a "deliberately incoherent" production of the Ring Cycle at the Bayreuth Wagner Festival, which was booed by the audience. Secondary material
Hans-Thies Lehmann: Postdramatic Theatre. translated and with an introduction by Karen Jübs-Munby, Routledge, London and New York 2006.
Akademie der Künste Berlin.