György Böhm
writer, director, librettist
GYÖRGY BÖHM
Award-winning theatre director, dramaturg and librettist. He is an internationally recognized theatre artist with more than four decades of professional experience. In addition to his theatre stage directions all over Europe, he writes musicals, plays and ballets and directs spectacular mega shows for special events.
BALLET LIBRETTOS
Gott und Nijinsky (choreography: Krisztina Horvath) – Freiburg, Germany
Auf Leonardos Spuren (choreography: Krisztina Horvath) – Freiburg, Germany
Carmina Burana (choreography: Istvan Herczog) – Pécsi Balett
Nosferatu (choreography: Istvan Herczog) – Novi Sad, Croatia
Zorba (choreography: Istvan Herczog) – Pécsi Balett
The Lady of the Camellias (choreography: Istvan Herczog) – Pécsi Balett
Casanova (choreography: William Fomin) – Győri Balett
Bonnie & Clyde (choreography: Balazs Vincze) – Pécsi Balett
Central-Eastern European Macbeth (choreography: Miklós Köllő) – Pesti Vigadó
Underworld Games (choreography: Zoltan Imre) – Szeged Ballet
Four seasons (choreography: Zoltan Imre) – Szeged Ballet
Kafka’s Dream (choreography: Zoltan Imre) – Szeged Ballet
Magic Box (choreography: Zoltán Imre) – Szeged Ballet
Temptation of Saint Anthony (choreography: Zoltan Imre) – Szeged Open Air Stage
Death of a Faun (choreography: György Szakaly) – Csokonai Theatre, Debrecen
Orpheus (choreography: Istvan Herczog) – Pécs Ballet
Die Csardasfürstin (choreography: Tamas Juronics) – not realised
MUSICALS
Hotel Menthol (musical)
Josephine (musical about J. Baker)
One Hand Clapping (musical, based on the novel of Burgess)
Somewhere in Europe (musical)
Bridal Dance (klezmer-musical)
The Sons of the Stone-hearted Man (musical; based on the novel of Mór Jókai)
Der grüne Kakadu (musical; based on the play of Schnitzler)
Nice Summer Day (musical based on the songs of Neoton Família band)
STAGE PLAYS
Children of Arbat (based on the novel of Ribakov)
The Trap (based on the novel of Erzsébet Galgóczy)
(There were large number of other adaptations of novels, musicals, operettas, etc.)
Teljes szöveg
DIRECTING
Andrea Szulák One Woman Show
Bernstein: Mass
Blood Brothers
Cancan by Cole Porter
Comedy of Theatre by Bengt Alfhors
Djungelboken – Helsinki
Dogg’s Hamlet by Tom Stoppard
Enikő Eszenyi’s Show 1. & 2.
Evita
Funny Girl by Jule Styne
Hello, Again!
Hello, Dolly by Jerry Herman
Kissing Woman by Zerkovitz
Le Rouge et Le Noire by Stendhal (by A. Nagy)
Peasant Hamlet by Ivo Bresan
Somewhere in Europe
Sybill by Jacobi
That summer by Lajtai
The Beauty and the Beast (Hungary and Germany)
The Gipsy Baron by Strauss
The Land of Smile by Franz Lehár
The Last Five Years
The Little Prince – opera
The Sons of the Stone-hearted Man
The Viola of Montmartre by Emerich Kálmán
and so on!
PARTICIPATION IN FESTIVALS
2011 – 2021 Die Schöne und das Biest – Tour in Germany – director
(more than 800 performances)
1995, 1994 Sitges, Spain
1994 Copenhagen, Denmark (Festival of Hungarian Culture in Denmark)
1993 Graz, Vienna, Austria
1992 Amsterdam, Netherlands
1992 Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
1995-96 Studies in Marketing & Advertising Management (postgraduate degree)
1980 Special course on aesthetics of theatre and film
1974-79 University of Sciences „Eötvös Loránd”, Budapest, Faculty of Arts
Master of Arts in Cultural Management and World Literature
(Special studies in theory of theatre and drama)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2004 –2016 Creative consultant, Palace of Arts
2001 -2012 Literary manager & director, Budapesti Operetta Theatre on Hungarian Broadway
1997-2001 Creative consultant & literary manager, Municipal Operetta Theatre
Work includes planning of seasons, selection of plays and assignments of authors, translators and directors, advising on casting, invitation of guest artists, editing publications and initiator of festivals, adaptation of plays, permanent supervision of works in progress at the theatre. And
1992- 2006 Literary Manager and Director, National Theatre, Győr
1997- 99 Literary advisor, Vígszínház
1991- 97 Literary Director, Budapesti Kamaraszínház
1996- 97 Gagman, Friderikusz Television Show
1989- 95 Expert of the Hungarian Copyright Protection Office Association
1992- Expert at the Board of Authors’ Copyright, Nominated by the Minister of Culture
1990-96 Head of Chamber of Hungarian Dramaturgs
1986-91 Literary Adviser (dramaturg), Rock Színház (Rock Theatre), Budapest
1987-89 Literary Adviser (dramaturg), Vígszínház (Víg Theatre), Budapest
1982-86 Literary Manager, Hevesi Sándor Színház, Zalaegerszeg
1980-82 Literary Adviser (dramaturg), National Theatre, Szeged
1979-80 Assistant Director, Vígszínház, Budapest
PUBLICATIONS
Various reviews and articles in major theatrical magazines and daily papers (Playboy, Színház, Criticai Lapok, Ellenfény, etc.)
AWARDS
2002 National Nádasdy Kálmán Prize
2000 Best Director – Budapest Spring Festival
1997 Hungarian Republic Order of Merit Small Cross
1993 Award for the Best Dramaturg of the Past Two Seasons (Golden Ring Prize named after Bálint Lajos)
1992 National Jászai Mari Prize
1991, 1987 Best Literary Adviser of the Year
