Nicolas Charaux (F/AT)

was born in Lunéville, France. He studied literature and theater studies at the Université d’Angers and the Université de Tours, followed by a degree in directing at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna from 2011 to 2014. His graduation production, DIE AFFÄRE RUE DE LOURCINE by Eugène Labiche, was invited to the Körber Studio Junge Regie at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg in 2014. That same year, together with his set and costume designer Pia Greven, he won the Young Directors Project at the Salzburg Festival with Walter Kappacher’s DER ABSCHIED. Since then, Nicolas Charaux has directed productions at venues including the Burgtheater in Vienna, the Berliner Ensemble, the Volkstheater in Munich, the Theater Freiburg, the Wuppertaler Bühnen, the Meininger Staatstheater, and the Theater Chemnitz. Since 2021, he has also been working as an acting coach at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.