Aleksandr Kapeliush

Aleksandr Kapeliush is a freelance theatre director, performer and songwriter. Born in St Petersburg in 1999, he studied directing at GITIS in Moscow and completed his directing studies at the Academy of Performing Arts Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany, in 2026.

During his time at the Academy, he created several projects: the autobiographical play das Wetter zuhause. ein Wohnzimmerballett, the reworking of Shakespeare’s Ein Sommernachtstraum.a, and DIE MÖWE. NEIN UNSINN., based on Anton Chekhov. das Wetter zuhause. ein Wohnzimmerballett was invited to several festivals, including Körber Studio Junge Regie (Hamburg), Fast Forward Festival (Dresden), Festival PREMIERES (Strasbourg), OPEN OHR Festival (Mainz) and Jüdischen Woche Dresden.

At Stadttheater Gießen, he directed works by Maya Arad Yasur: How to Remain a Humanist after a Massacre in 17 Steps (2024) and Triage (2025). The song recital Freiheit heißt der letzte König (2026) is his third collaboration with the theatre.

His productions explore identity, displacement, multiculturalism, queerness, and the possibility of freedom and self-determination in a world threatened by catastrophe. He is interested in contemporary writing and reinterpretations of classical works, in vulnerable, relatable characters, and in tragicomic situations where it is not clear whether to laugh or cry. Aleksandr lives in Stuttgart and works both in the independent theatre scene and at various theatre venues. His own devised piece is expected to premiere at the Münchner Kammerspiele in the 2027/28 season.