Klaus Fehling


Klaus Fehling is a German writer, dramaturge, director, and musician.

Biography

After training as a bookseller, he worked as a journalist, PR manager, director's assistant and dramaturgy assistant, and theater critic. In 2002, he received a residency scholarship for performing arts at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart. From 2003 to 2004, he was a fellow of the Stuttgart Economic Club at the Literature House.
In 1989, together with Mark Benecke, he founded the Schlager-punk band Die Blonden Burschen. Since 2007, under the stage name “Wolfgang 'James' DIN,” he has been the guitarist and vocalist for the band Die Promovierten Praktikanten. Together with Uli Winters, he composes and writes songs, including for actor/singer Waldemar Kobus.
Since 2002, he has worked as a dramaturge for theater and opera productions across Germany. For the Cologne theater collective Futur3, he regularly writes texts and is an associated member of the collective as an author and dramaturge.
His plays have been performed by various ensembles in Germany, Serbia, Thailand, Singapore, the US, Italy, Japan, and Norway.
From 2013 to 2016, he taught dramaturgy and creative/scenic writing at the Theater Academy Cologne.
In 2011, he founded the Luftschiff-Verlag publishing house in Bodenheim am Rhein. The company moved to Cologne in 2013 and ceased operations in late 2014.

Publications

  • Park Chan-Kyong/Klaus Fehling: Koreans who went to Germany, Germany/Korea 2003Alle Türen offen, 2004Sternstunden für Nachfolger. Unternehmergeschichten. Risiken & Nebenwirkungen – Theaterstück Kong – Monolog für einen fremden Helden Nicht mein Bein / Ingame – zwei Hörstücke Lampyriden – Theaterstück
  • ''Der Vielfraßtag''

Plays

The Infinite Library, premiere: Stuttgart 1996, directed by Michael StaabThe Real Forensic, premiere: Cologne 2000, directed by Max SchumacherLight/Lampyriden, premiere: Berlin 2003Knocking Signals. Beacons. Smoke Signals., premiere: Stuttgart 2003, directed by Marcel KellerJudged in the City, premiere: Cologne 2005, directed by Marcel KellerSigrid's Risks, premiere: Cologne 2006, directed by Stefan H. Kraft
  • Klaus Fehling and the Futur3 ensemble: The Scent, the Money, and the City, premiere: Cologne 2006Risks and Side Effects, premiere: Theater Osnabrück 2008, directed by Marcel KellerMoles, premiere: Cologne 2008, directed by Christina VayhingerKong – Monologue for an Unknown Hero, premiere: Cologne 2009, directed by Christina Vayhinger
  • Klaus Fehling and the Futur3 ensemble: One Night in Afghanistan, premiere: Cologne 2010, directed by André ErlenTalking Dogs, premiere: Cologne 2014 Inge Olson is Coming, premiere: Cologne 2014, directed by Klaus FehlingThe City of Turtles, premiere: Cologne 2015, directed by André ErlenCold Duck, premiere: Cologne 2015, directed by Klaus FehlingValuable – You’re Best as Yourself, premiere: KJT Dortmund 2018, directed by Johanna WeissertNo-Go Area, premiere: Cologne 2018, directed by André Erlen

Radio plays

Knocking Signals. Beacons. Smoke Signals., audio piece with music, 2006Not My Leg, radio play, prod. WDR 2007Ingame, radio play, prod. WDR 2009Kong, radio play, 2012End of the Season, radio play, prod. WDR 2019Top Secret Mission, radio play, prod. WDR 2021

Music

  • Die Blonden Burschen: Ihre größten Misserfolge, 2013
  • Wolfgang DIN: Finally Stop, 2013Unmoved, 2017Center of the World, 2020
  • Brigitte Angerhausen & Klaus Fehling – Funkenflug, 2022

Awards