André Bücker
Artistic Director and General Manager of the Staatstheater Augsburg
André Bücker André Bücker initially studied theater, film, and television studies, as well as history and philosophy, in Bochum. In 1993, he joined the Dortmund Theatre as an assistant director. From 1994, he worked in various capacities for the Weimar Arts Festival and has been a director since 1995. From 1998 to 2000, he was resident director and deputy artistic director in Wilhelmshaven. From 2005 to 2008, he was artistic director of the Nordharz Municipal Theatre in Halberstadt/Quedlinburg. From 2009 to 2015, he served as general director of the Anhalt Theatre in Dessau. There, he directed Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" to great, nationwide acclaim. His final season at the Dessau Theatre was awarded the newly created Federal Theatre Prize by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters.
Bücker was a member of the board of the Eastern Regional Association of the German Stage Association from 2012 to 2015 and is a lecturer at the Faculty of Theatre Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Furthermore, from 2012 to 2018, André Bücker was appointed by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art as chairman of the examination board of the Kassel Drama School.
In addition to his theatre engagements, Bücker was the initiator and artistic director of the International Music Festival “Heaven on Earth – The Cultures of the World as Guests in Luther’s Wittenberg” from 2010 to 2013, which was supported by the Federal Cultural Foundation under the patronage of Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann.
In 2016, he was appointed artistic director of the Augsburg Theatre. Since 2018, he has been artistic director and chairman of the board of the newly founded Augsburg State Theatre Foundation. In 2019, André Bücker was appointed to the board of trustees of the University of Augsburg.
Bücker was a member of the board of the Eastern Regional Association of the German Stage Association from 2012 to 2015 and is a lecturer at the Faculty of Theatre Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Furthermore, from 2012 to 2018, André Bücker was appointed by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art as chairman of the examination board of the Kassel Drama School.
In addition to his theatre engagements, Bücker was the initiator and artistic director of the International Music Festival “Heaven on Earth – The Cultures of the World as Guests in Luther’s Wittenberg” from 2010 to 2013, which was supported by the Federal Cultural Foundation under the patronage of Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann.
In 2016, he was appointed artistic director of the Augsburg Theatre. Since 2018, he has been artistic director and chairman of the board of the newly founded Augsburg State Theatre Foundation. In 2019, André Bücker was appointed to the board of trustees of the University of Augsburg.