Elias Perrig
Born in Hamburg, Germany. Perrig became a director by learning in the theatre. He had studied biochemistry before he worked as a directing assistant at Lucerne Theater. He then worked at Theatre am Neumarkt as an assistant director. Later he worked at Lübeck Theatre, Kassel State Theatre, Konstanz Theatre, Hannover Theatre, Zürich Theatre, Theatre am Neumarkt and at the Theater in Kiew. From 1999 to 2005 he was a regular director at Stuttgart State Theatre. In 2006 he took over the direction of acting at the Basel Theatre. After working there for six years, he decided to be a free-lance director so as to better engage in the creation of artistic works.
Perrig has directed more than 80 theatre works so far. In addition to plays of writers such as Shakespeare, Brecht, and Goethe, modern dramas account for a considerable part of his works. He is good at dealing with the subtle emotions of the characters. Therefore, instead of changing the original scripts, he always aims to interpret and demonstrate different understandings of the works by altering the actors’ way of expression.
