Nis-Momme Stockmann


Nis-Momme Stockmann is a German writer and theater director. His work includes plays, radio plays, prose, essays and poetry. He also teaches dramaturgy and scenic writing at the Zurich University of the Arts and at the Academy of Arts in Ludwigsburg.

Biography

Nis-Momme Stockmann went to Duborg-Skolen, a Danish gymnasium operated by members of the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig. After graduating from school he studied Tibetian Language and Culture in Hamburg, Media Studies in Odense and was trained as a cook. In 2008 he started studying scenic writing at the Universität der Künste Berlin.
Since 2002, he has been working as a freelance artist - writing, filming, photographing and painting/drawing. In 2005 he founded the „Laboratorium“ - a studio and housing project in an empty primary school.
His multi-award-winning debut play The Man Who Ate The World premiered on 17 December 2009. Since then the play has been restaged at numerous theaters – among others at the Residenztheater München and the Theater Basel.
His plays have been performed at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Residenztheater München, Staatstheater Hannover and Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. They have been translated into several languages and are also staged abroad, e.g. in France, Denmark, Italy and Japan.
Since the 2009/10 season he has been writer in residence at Schauspiel Frankfurt.

Journey to Japan

In February 2012, on the invitation of the Goethe Institute of Japan, Stockmann travelled to Tokyo and from there to the protection zone of the destroyed reactor :de:Fukushima-Daiichi|Fukushima-Daiichi. In his blog Stockmann reported about his journey and wrote about his impressions and encounters. Among many interviews, he also wrote a report for the magazine :de:Konkret|Konkret .
On the basis of his travel journals a scenic collage with the title Happy Island was presented at the Deutsches Theater Berlin.

Awards and Fellowships

2005
2009
2010
2011
2012
From the 2009/10 season to the 2011/12 season Stockmann has been author in residence at the :de:Schauspiel Frankfurt|Schauspiel Frankfurt.
His first play written as author in residence The Blue Blue Sea premiered on 22 January 2010 at the Kammerspiele. It was directed by Marc Langhuss. The radio play version was produced and broadcast by :de:RBB|RBB, brought to live by :de:Milan Peschel|Milan Peschel, Jaecki Schwarz and :de:Chris Pichler|Chris Pichler in the main roles.
Stockmann also wrote and created a literary Varieté in Frankfurt: Herkules Manhattans’ Holistic Compendium of Modern Being Christian Prasno, Les Trucs, Yassu Yabara.
In addition, he runs a literary blog on the website of Schauspiel Frankfurt – Stockmanns’ Appendix.
In the 2010/2011 season his second play Die Ängstlichen und die Brutalen premiered in Frankfurt.
Der Freund krank was his third and last work as author in residence in Frankfurt. It premiered on 27 April 2012.

Collaboration with Les Trucs 

Stockmann works with the 2-piece-thing-orchestra Les Trucs. Together they created the "transmedial Varieté" Herkules Manhattans Holistic Compendium of Modern Live at the :de:Schauspiel Frankfurt|Schauspiel Frankfurt. They also developed and created the theaterproduction "Expedition und Psychiatrie" at the Theater Heidelberg. In April 2012, they toured with "Fuchs frisst Weltraum" – a micro-tour with lyric and music.

Works