Ewald Palmetshofer

Ewald Palmetshofer studied theology and philosophy in Vienna. In 2008, the German theatre journal Theater Heute named him “most promising author of the year”. His play Hamlet is Dead. No Gravity (Hamlet ist tot. Keine Schwerkraft) was commissioned by the Schauspielhaus Vienna and had its world premiere there in 2007. It was invited to the contemporary theatre competition Mülheimer Theatertage in 2008, as was his next play Faust hat Hunger uns Verschluckt sic han einer Grete (premiere in April 2009 at the Schauspielhaus Vienna) in 2010. During the 2007/08 season he was author in residence at the Schauspielhaus Vienna, and during that of 2010/11, at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, in Germany. His latest play, Robbers. House of Debt (Räuber. Schuldengenital), had its world premiere in December 2012 at the Burgtheater Vienna. His plays have premiered at the Schauspielhaus Vienna, the Schaubühne Berlin, the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Schauspiel Dresden and the Burgtheater Vienna, among other theatres. He currently teaches at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

A staged reading will be held at the Sala Beckett of Palmetshofer’s Hamlet és mort. No hi ha força de gravetat as part of the events for Fabulamundi, during the 9th edition of the Obrador d’estiu (2014).