BETTINA
KATJA
LANGE

BORN IN 1987 IN LEISNIG, IS A STAGE AND COSTUME DESIGNER.

HER ARTISTIC WORK MOVES BETWEEN FILM, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCES, WITH A FOCUS ON EXPLORING THE DOCUMENTARY POWER OF THEATRE AND DIGITAL MEDIA.

AFTER HER GRAPHIC DESIGN TRAINING, SHE STUDIED STAGE AND COSTUME DESIGN AT THE HOCHSCHULE FÜR BILDENDE KÜNSTE IN DRESDEN, WHERE SHE DISCOVERED HER PASSION FOR EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE.

AFTER HER STUDIES, SHE SPENT SIX MONTHS IN HYDERABAD AND BANGALORE, WHERE SHE DOCUMENTED THE CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY'S CULTURAL SCENE. HER WORK HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCED BY RENOWNED LEADING THEATRES IN GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND SUCH AS THE OPERA AND THE SCHAUSPIELHAUS IN ZURICH, THE BASEL OPERA, THE MUNICH KAMMERSPIELE, THE HEBBEL AM UFER (HAU) BERLIN, THE THALIA THEATER HAMBURG, AS WELL AS THE WHOOSTER GROUP AND THE PERFORMANCE SPACE THEATRE 122 IN NEW YORK, USA. HER LATEST CINEMATIC WORK IS THE CANADIAN, SRI LANKAN FEATURE FILM ROOBHA DIRECTED BY LENIN M. SIVAM, WHICH OPENED AT THE 42ND MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL 2018. THE PLAY KILL THE AUDIENCE, DIRECTED BY RABIH MROUÉ, WILL BE SHOWN BY THE MÜNCHNER KAMMERSPIELE DURING THE CURRENT SEASON.