Biography
The bilingual director and playwright Henry Mason (book, lyrics and direction) was born in London, grew up in Germany and Austria and studied Theatre Practice and German at the University of Exeter, UK.
His wide-ranging work focuses particularly on musical theatre, from musicals to Baroque opera, theatre for young audiences and the works of Shakespeare.
The versatile, multi-award-winning artist has directed and written for institutions including the Salzburg Festival, Volksoper Wien, Wiener Staatsoper, Oper Graz, Landestheater Linz, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Stadttheater Baden, RSAMD Glasgow, Oper Dortmund and Tiroler Landestheater, where he most recently directed Mozart's »Idomeneo«. He served as head of theatre for young audiences at Landestheater Linz, as well as principal stage director and deputy artistic director at Theater der Jugend Wien. Alongside numerous independent projects, Mason was artistic director of Theater in der Kulturfabrik in Upper Austria from 2011 to 2018, together with John F. Kutil and Brigitta Waschnig.
Also working as a translator, Henry Mason has written numerous plays, many of them for young audiences, as well as musical librettos. His collaborations with composer Thomas Zaufke include »Der Hase mit den Bernsteinaugen« (2019