Stephan Märki does not extend Cottbus contract
Stephan Märki, Artistic Director of Staatstheater Cottbus since the 2020/21 season, will not extend his contract at Brandenburg's only multi-genre theater, which expires in summer 2025, at his own request.
At the start of the 2020/21 season, Märki took over the artistic direction of the Staatstheater Cottbus as artistic and opera director. The Staatstheater is the only multi-genre theater in the state of Brandenburg. With its artistic productions in the fields of musical theater, drama, ballet and concerts, it is also recognized beyond the region.
Born in Bern in 1955, Stephan Märki became director of the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam in 1993. In 2000, he moved to the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle (DNT) in Weimar as General Director. In 2011 and 2012, he merged the Bern Symphony Orchestra and the Stadttheater Bern to form the four-genre Konzert Theater Bern. In 2012, he took over the management of the Konzert Theater Bern until his immediate resignation in 2018. His resignation was the result of a relationship with the theater's Head of Communications that was incompatible with the theater's governance.
