Rufus Didwiszus born 1967 in Köln, grew up in Berlin and Stuttgart. 1989-1994 studies of set and costume design at the Academy for Fine Arts in Stuttgart. Professor: Jürgen Rose.
Didwiszus worked for
Komische Oper Berlin
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Bayerische Staatsoper
Opernhaus Zürich
Opera national de Paris
Opera national du Rhin
Opera national de Lyon
Royal Opera Stockholm
Ballett Zürich
Stuttgarter Ballett
Schaubühne Berlin
Deutsches Theater Berlin Schauspielhaus Hamburg
Muenchner Kammerspiele
Bolshoi Theatre Moscow
TAT Frankfurt Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm, Aarhus Teater,
Betty Nansen Teatret Copenhagen
Sydney Theatre Company Salzburger Festspiele Wiener Festwochen Edinburgh festival Avignon festival
Festival Aix En Provence
a.o.
He has created sets for Barrie Kosky, Christian Spuck, Thomas Ostermeier, Sasha Waltz,
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui,
Christian Stückl, Stefan Larsson, Tomas Alfredson, Christian Lollike a.o.
Rufus has been a guest lecturer for
set design and architecture in Berlin and Munich.
Since 2004 he is creating, directing and designing his own music-theatre performances together with Joanna Dudley.
work:
2021
Bayerische Staatsoper München
set for "Der Rosenkavalier"
(Richard Strauss)
dir.: Barrie Kosky
Komische Oper Berlin
set for "Oedipe"
(George Enescu)
dir.: Ewgeny Titov
Bolshoi Theatre Moscow
set for "Orlando"
(original production)
choreographer: Christian Spuck
Stuttgarter Ballett
set for "Cassiopeias Garden"
(original production)
choreographer: Christian Spuck
2020
Opernhaus Zürich
set for "Boris Godunov"
Modest Mussorgski)
dir.: Barrie Kosky
Ballett Zürich
set for "Sleeping Beauty"
(Tchaikovsky)
choreographer: Christian Spuck
Festival Aix-en-Provemce
set for "Le Coq d´Or"
(Rimsky-Korsakov)
dir.: Barrie Kosky
design for "we will slam you with our wings"
a video installation by Joanna Dudley
2019
Salzburger Festspiele
set for "Orphee aux enfers"
(Jaques Offenbach)
dir.: Barrie Kosky
Ballett Opera Zurich
set for "the little matchstick girl"
(Helmut Lachenmann)
choreographer: Christian Spuck
Opera Bastille Paris
set for "Prince Igor"
(Alexander Borodin)
dir.: Barrie Kosky
2018
Dramaten Stockholm
set for "Höst och Vinter"
(Lars Noren)
dir.: Stefan Larsson
Opera Zurich
set for "Die Gezeichneten"
(Franz Schreker) dir.: Barrie Kosky
Ballett Opera Zurich
set for "Winterreise"
(Hans Zender)
choreographer: Christian Spuck
Komische Oper Berlin
set for: "La Boheme"
(G.Puccini)
dir.: Barrie Kosky
2017
Deutsche Oper Berlin
set for "Der fliegende Holländer"
(Richard Wagner)
dir.: Christian Spuck
Ballett Zürich
set for "The Nutcracker"
(P.I.Tchaikovsky)
choreographer.: Christian Spuck
2016
Komische Oper Berlin
set for "Die Perlen der Cleopatra"
(Oscar Straus)
dir.: Barrie Kosky
Maxim Teatern Stockholm
set for "Macbeth" (Shakespeare)
dir.: Stefan Larsson
Royal Opera Stockholm
set for "Medea" (Daniel Börtz)
dir.: Stefan Larsson
2015
Betty Nansen Teatret Copenhagen
set for "Madame de Sade"
(Yukio Mishima)
dir.: Stefan Larsson
Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm set for "Madame de Sade"
(Yukio Mishima)
dir.: Stefan Larsson
2014
Komische Oper Berlin
set for "La Belle Helene"
(Jaques Offenbach)
dir.: Barrie Kosky
2014 Opera Zurich set for "La fanciulla del West" (Giacomo Puccini) dir.: Barrie Kosky
2014
Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm
set for "Richard III" (W. Shakespeare)
dir.: Stefan Larsson
2013
Aarhus Teater
set for "all my dreams come true" (Chrisian Lollike)
dir.: Christian Lollike 2013
Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm
set for "Dangerous Liaisons"
(Christopher Hampton)
dir.: Stefan Larsson
2012
Aarhus Teater
set for "Ghosts" (H.Ibsen)
dir.: Mick Gordon
Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm set for "Fanny and Alexander" (Ingmar Bergman) dir.: Stefan Larsson
2011 Sydney Theatre Company set for "Blood Wedding" (F.G. Lorca) dir.: Iain Sinclair
2010 Sydney Theatre Company workshop with Andrew Upton and Joanna Dudley, working title "daydream nation"
Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm set for "August: Osage County" (Tracy Letts) dir.: Stefan Larsson
Aarhus Teater set for "Fanny and Alexander" (Ingmar Bergman) dir.: Stefan Larsson
Aarhus Teater set for "Romeo and Juliet" (Christian Lollike/ W. Shakespeare) dir. Christian Lollike
2009 Sophiensaele Berlin co-creator/director and set for "Louis and Bebe" co-created and performed by Joanna Dudley and Dirk Dresselhaus aka Schneider TM
Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm set for "Killinggänget At Dramaten" (Killinggänget) dir.: Tomas Alfredson
Chambermade Opera Melbourne co-development, set and costumes for “Beneath” dir.: Douglas Horton
Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm set for "Autumn Sonata" (Ingmar Bergman) dir.: Stefan Larsson
Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm set for "Scenes From A Marriage" (Ingmar Bergman) dir.: Stefan Larsson
2008 Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm set for "The Ugly One" (Marius v. Mayenburg) dir.: Emil Graffmann
Bozar Brussels co-creator/director for a staged performance concert in the exhibition "Kunstschatten Uit Wallonie" performed by Joanna Dudley and Capilla Flamenca
Elverket Stockholm set for „Security“ (Richard Hobert) dir.: Richard Hobert
Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm set for „Tre Kronor“ (three plays of A.Strindberg) dir.: Maria Aberg, Jagos Marcovic, Åsa Kalmer opening show for the 100th anniversary of the Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm
2007 Concertgebouw Bruges, co-creator/director and set for „Who killed Cock Robin“ performed by Joanna Dudley and Capilla Flamenca
Elverket Stockholm set for „The Buried Child“ (Sam Shepard) dir.: Stefan Larsson
Radialsysthem Berlin co-creator/director, set and light for „The Scorpionfish“ performed by Joanna Dudley
2006 Elverket Stockholm set and costume for „Blasted“ (Sarah Kane) dir.: Stefan Larsson
Elverket Stockholm set for „An Optic Triology“ (A.Bin Sa´ad) dir.: Mick Gordon
Elverket Stockholm set for „Blackbird“ (David Harrower) dir.: Eva Dahlman
Berlin, Sonambiente Festival design and dramaturgy consultant for Joanna Dudleys sound installation "Tom´s Song"
2005 Kammerspiele Munich set for „Before Sunrise“ (Gerhard Hauptmann) dir.: Thomas Ostermeier
Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm set for „Vera“ (Christina Lugn) dir.: Stefan Larsson
2004 Schaubuehne Berlin co-creator/director and set for „Colours may fade...“ performed by Joanna Dudley and Juan Kruz Diaz De Garajo Esnaola
Elverket Stockholm set for „Terrorism“ (Presnjakov-Brothers) dir.: Stefan Larsson
Elverket Stockholm set for „The Pillowman“ (Martin Mc Donagh) dir.: Stefan Larsson
2003 Les Ballets C de la B set for „Foi“ dir/choreogr.: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Royal Dramatic Theatre Strockholm set for “King Lear” (Shakespeare) dir.: Stefan Larsson
2002 Kammerspiele Munich set for “Der Starke Stamm" (Marielouise Fleisser) dir.: Thomas Ostermeier
Academy for Fine Arts Munich guest-lecturer for set-design
Edinbourgh-Festival/ Schaubuehne Berlin set for “The Girl OnThe Sofa” (Jon Fosse) dir.: Thomas Ostermeier
Nationaltheater Mannheim set for „Shooting Iphigenie“ (Sören Voima) dir.: Christian Weise and Christian Tschirner
2001 TAT-Frankfurt set for “The Ring Cycle” (Richard Wagner) dir.: Tom Kühnel
TAT-Frankfurt set for „Master Olof“ and „The Father“ (August Strindberg) dir.: Robert Schuster
technical supervisor for the theatre festival „Experimenta“ TAT Frankfurt
2000 Staatstheater Stuttgart with the band “Friedrichs” music-arrangements and and stage musician for “The White Wolf” (Paul Maar/ Mathias Thurow) dir.: Henning Bock
Salzburger Festspiele/ Schaubuehne Berlin set for “The Name” (Jon Fosse) dir.: Thomas Ostermeier
Highschool for Fine Arts Berlin- Weissensee guest-lecturer for architecture, post graduate studies
Schaubuehne am Lehniner Platz set and videoinstallation for “Crave” (Sarah Kane) dir.: Thomas Ostermeier European Theatre Prize, prize for best set Torun festival (Poland)
1999 Schauspielhaus Hamburg set for “Fireface” (Marius v. Mayenburg) dir.: Thomas Ostermeier
Jewish Museum Berlin set for “Dialoge 2” dir./choreogr.: Sasha Waltz
Deutsches Theater Berlin co-costume with Bernd Skodzig for “The Blue Bird” (Maurice Maeterlingk) dir.: Thomas Ostermeier
1998 Baracke Deutsches Theater Berlin set for “Shopping and Fucking” (Mark Ravenhill) dir.: Thomas Ostermeier invited to „Theatertreffen Berlin“ and Avignon festival
Baracke Deutsches Theater set for “Below The Belt” (Richard Dresser) dir.: Thomas Ostermeier invited to „Theatertreffen Berlin“ and Avignon festival 1997 Staatstheater Darmstadt set for “Moby Dick” (Hereward/ Kaye) dir.: Laura Berman
1996 Opera Leipzig set and costume for “Don Quichotte” (G.-F.Telemann) dir.: Sandra Leupold 1995 Kammerspiele Munich set and costume for „Death Dance” (August Strindberg) dir.: Christian Stückl
Kammerspiele Munich set for “Roberto Zucco” (B.-Marie Koltes) dir.: Christian Stückl
close collaborators:
artistic partner: Joanna Dudley
costume design:
Victoria Behr Bernd Skodzig
Janosch Mallwitz
Mads Dinesen
Emma Ryott
Klaus Bruns
light design: Max Keller
Franck Evin Urs Schönebaum Jens Sethzman
music and sound design: Dirk Dresselhaus aka Schneider TM
