Rainer Süßmilch

Rainer Süßmilch, born in Hanover in 1968, trained as an actor in Hamburg, initially a member of the ensemble in Stralsund and Celle, since 1998 a freelance actor, musician and musical director at major theatres in German-speaking countries and increasingly beyond, including the Berliner Ensemble, Thalia Theater Hamburg, Schauspiel Hannover, Theater Basel, Staatsschauspiel Dresden and Schauspiel Frankfurt, the Antwerp Opera and the Norske Teatret Oslo. Collaborations with directors Luk Perceval, Sandra Strunz, Corinna von Rad, Christiane Pohle, Albrecht Hirche, among others. He is also a member and co-founder of a wide variety of music projects, such as the Norwegian ensemble ‘Ljodahått’ led by actor Magne Hāvard Brekke and the quartet ‘Morpheus’, which combines baroque music, jazz and free improvisation.