Rocko
Schamoni Direction

Rocko Schamoni, born in Kiel in 1966, is an author, entertainer, musician, actor and stage artist. In the 1980s, he founded the punk rock band ‹Warhead›, which was later renamed ‹Die Götter›, and toured Germany with ‹Die Toten Hosen› and ‹Die Goldenen Zitronen›. He is co-founder of the legendary ‹Golden Pudel Club› in Hamburg's Hafenstrasse and works on various projects with the German singer and author Schorsch Kamerun. Together with his colleagues Jacques Palminger and Heinz Strunk, he runs the humorous Studio Braun from the end of the 90s. In 2012, they released the film ‹Fraktus› about a fictional techno band in the 80s. His first book, ‹Risiko des Ruhms›, was published in 2000, followed four years later by the bestselling novel ‹Dorfpunks›. This describes his memories of his youth as a village punk in the late 70s and early 80s. Studio Braun staged the play ‹Dorfpunks - Die Blüten der Gewalt›, based on the book, at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg in 2008. In 1998, Rocko Schamoni composed music for Christoph Nel's production of Elfriede Jelinek's ‹Ein Sportstück› at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus. In 2000 and 2002, he produced the music for the plays by Goldene Zitronen singer Schorsch Kamerun at the same theatre. In 2010, Studio Braun's play ‹Rust – Ein deutscher Messias›, based on the life of Mathias Rust, premiered there. He works as a director at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg, the Thalia Theatre and the Deutsches Theater Berlin, among others. In the current 25/26 season, he is directing the play ‹Die Ritter des Mutterkorns› at Theater Basel.