Robert Schuster
Robert Schuster is a German stage director and drama school teacher.
Schuster studied cultural sciences at Humboldt University of Berlin and stage direction at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin in the early 1990s. Together with his study mate Tom Kühnel, he later realized numerous theatre plays. In 1994, they directed “The Decision” by Bertolt Brecht at the ’’bat Theater’’, Berlin. For this, they were awarded the Austrian “Max Reinhardt Prize”. Shortly later, they directed “Christmas at Ivanov’s” by Alexander Vvedensky at the Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin, for which they received the Friedrich Luft Prize of the city of Berlin.
In 2000, Robert Schuster started directing alone, both for the drama theatre and opera. His stage directions include:
Robert Schuster is a full professor in Stage Direction at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin.
His elder brother is the biophysicist Stefan Schuster.
