Georg Schütky

The Austrian director studied music theater directing at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin and assisted Peter Konwitschny, Tatjana Gürbaca, Vera Nemirova, Tilman Knabe and Lorenzo Fioroni, among others. He was a permanent assistant director at the Staatstheater Mainz for two seasons.
His productions have taken him to the Staatsoper Berlin, the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, the Munich Biennale für neues Musiktheater, Theater Basel, Parkaue Berlin, Oper Graz, Next Liberty Theater Graz, Philharmonie Berlin, HAU2, Oper Leipzig, as well as to various festivals such as the Dramtiker*innenfestival at Schauspielhaus Graz and Steirischer Herbst. In 2018, he was commissioned by the governing mayor of Berlin to design the official ceremony for the Day of German Unity of the Federal Republic of Germany as a brilliant celebration of diversity, broadcast live on ARD. Since 2025, he has also been teaching on the Master's degree course in Music and Theater Mediation at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.

His work is characterized by lived inclusion and the staging of amateur actors, choirs and collectives, such as the “Originale” productions at the Berlin State Opera or the village operas “Die Nacht von Allerheiligen” and “Regina”, for which he received the Styrian State Culture Prize in 2022. He is a research fellow of the Berlin Senate and the Fonds Darstellende Künste. In the 2023/2024 season, he made his debut with Rameau's opera “Zoroastre” at Theater Münster and dedicated himself to the young Mozart with the children's opera house at the Staatsoper Berlin in “Einfach Mozart”. He staged the first inclusive version of “Beggar's Opera” at Oper Graz and the world premiere of “Wie geht's, wie steht's” at the Munich Biennale für neues Musiktheater. He made his directorial debut at Theater Basel with the same piece in November 2024. Most recently, he directed the inclusive production of “Die Heimkehr der Vorfahren” at Schauspiel Magdeburg, Mischa Spoliansky's revue play “Wie werde ich reich und glücklich?” at Theater Münster and “Undine” at Next Liberty Theater Graz.

Georg Schütky | Regisseur für Schauspiel und Musiktheater