Michael Amerstorfer
Born in Innsbruck, Austria.
1987 Moved to England.
1992-95 University of Kent at Canterbury: BA (Hons) in Comparative Literary Studies and German
1997-98 Postgraduate Certificate of Education, University of Greenwich
Publications:
The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF produced two of my screenplays,
“Schwester Martha verzichtet auf ihr Glück” (by Josef Kirschbichler) and “Lebensbilder von Adalbert Stifter”,
three radio plays,
“Besuch mich im Mondschein”, “Ferngespräch”, “Melodrama”
and four soundscapes,
“Astins”, “I Ritmi Chioggioti”, “Bien- Bienvenue” and “Hausmusik”.
The BBC broadcast three scripted talks in the World Service.
Print media:
Contributions to NEUES FORVM, das FENSTER, LITERATUR UND KRITIK, DER STANDARD, TIROLER TAGESZEITUNG, WIENER ZEITUNG and ZWISCHENWELT,
STAND Magazine (Newcastle) Vol 36, CONNECTIONS (Whitstable, Kent)
Translation:
K.G. Knight. Johann Michael Moscherosch. Satiriker und Moralist des siebzehnten Jahrhunderts. Akademischer Verlag Stuttgart 2000.
Teaching: German, International Baccalaureate, 2012 – 2019 at CATS College, Canterbury, England
Stage plays:
Besuch mich im Mondschein, Theater am Landhausplatz, Innsbruck 1981
Die beste Medizin (after Molière)
Theatergruppe Lendorf, Lendorf 2016
Stalltheater Königstetten 2017
Bogentheater Innsbruck 2018
Directing:
Besuch mich im Mondschein, Theater am Landhausplatz, Innsbruck 1981 Die Nachgeborenen, Radio play by Martha Fügenschuh, ORF, Studio Tirol 1984,
Melodrama, Radio play, ORF, Studio Tirol 1985,
Fotolabor, Short Film (16mm), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC9Xvums3UM
Astins, Soundscape, ORF, Kunstradio 1992
I Ritmi Chioggioti, Soundscape, ORF, Kunstradio 1994, https://youtu.be/6kdSFlx4g7Q
Bien – Bienvenue, Soundscape, ORF, Kunstradio 1996
Hausmusik, Soundscape, ORF, Kunstradio 1997
Medicine Man (after Molière), an extract, for a Green Room Event at the Playhouse Theatre, Whitstable, Kent, 2017
Scaramouche Jones by Justin Butcher, Playhouse Theatre, Whitstable, Kent, 2019
