The Man Outside

Walter Meierjohann is a Director, Artistic Director and Lecturer (previously Guest Professor for Theatre at MMU.)

He was born in Amsterdam and grew up in Holland, America and Germany. He studied Directing at the Ernst Busch Academy of Arts, Berlin and French Literature at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford.

Walter was the Artistic Director of NEUBAU, the international new writing line at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, International Associate Director at the Young Vic Theatre, London and Artistic Director at HOME: Theatre in Manchester until 2019. 

At HOME, Walter directed the inaugural production of The Funfair (Simon Stephens/Odon von Horvath), The Emperor (a coproduction between the Young Vic, HOME and Teatre de la Ville, Luxembourg with a revival at TFANA, New York in September 2018), Uncle Vanya and the site specific production of Romeo and Juliet in The Victoria Baths (Manchester).

Before joining HOME in 2013, Walter Meierjohann was International Associate Director at the Young Vic in London. There, his productions included the European premiere of In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell McCraney, Kafka’s Monkey, starring award-winning actress Kathryn Hunter. This acclaimed production toured worldwide to Sydney, Melbourne, Athens, Paris, Istanbul, Tokyo, Taipei and New York. 

Walter has worked extensively in Germany and the UK at theatres including The Young Vic, The Barbican,  Residenztheater Munich, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Schauspiel Graz; Theater Freiburg, The Sophiensaele and Arena, Berlin, for Peter Stein’s Faust Ensemble and the renowned Impulse Theatre Festival. 

In Opera, he has assisted the late Klaus-Michael Grueber in his productions of Aida (Nederlands Opera, Amsterdam) and Don Giovanni (Ruhrfestspiele).

Wolfgang Borchert (1921-1947), a German author and playwright, served in the Wehrmacht during World War II. While there, a cut on his hand became infected and he contracted hepatitis, a condition that continued to worsen. In 1946, after the war ended, doctors gave him a year to live. With little time left, he wrote prose and poetry. He wrote The Man Outside in January 1947, shortly before passing away.

Tom Kuhn is Professor of 20th century German Literature at St Hugh's College, University of Oxford, UK, and General Editor of Bloomsbury Methuen Drama's Brecht publications.

Contains themes of suicide and death, war trauma, PTSD, physical disability and political persecution including brief references to antisemitism. Strong language used throughout. 

Pricing and concessions 

Tickets cost £14, but we have £7 concessions tickets available to Hammersmith & Fulham residents, schools, students, or people who are over 65, under 18 or are on Job Seeker's Allowance. You'll just need to provide proof of your eligibility when you collect your tickets at the Box Office. We offer a complimentary ticket for carers, to book please call the box office on 020 8834 0500. If you belong to our Pathways Programme or work with any of our Pathways Partners you are entitled to complimentary tickets. Please contact the box office to book.

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