Sebastian Hartmann, born in Leipzig in 1968, is a director and set designer. After studying acting at the ‘Hans Otto’ Theatre Academy in Leipzig, he worked as an actor, followed by his own directing work from the mid-1990s. From 1999 to 2003 he was in-house director at the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin. He has directed at the Deutsches SchauSpielHaus Hamburg, the Burgtheater Vienna, the Deutsches Theater Berlin and the theatres in Basel, Cologne, Magdeburg, Frankfurt, Tallinn and the National Theatre Oslo. From 2008 to 2013, he was the director of Schauspiel Leipzig, which he renamed Centraltheater. His productions KRIEG UND FRIEDEN, ERNIEDRIGTE UND BELEIDIGTE, DER ZAUBERBERG and DER EINZIGE UND SEIN EIGENTUM were invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen.
