Ellen Hofmann

Ellen Hofmann studied fashion- and theatredesign in Berlin and London. From 1993 until 2004 she worked at the Volksbühne-am-Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin. 1996 to 1998 she participated in „house/lights“ by The Wooster Group/ New York City. Since 2004 she works as a freelance costume designer with directors Sebastian Baumgarten, Roger Vontobel, Johanna Wehner, Alia Luque, Christian Friedel in Berlin (Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Deutsches Theater, Berliner Ensemble, Komische Oper), Oper Hannover, Thalia Theater Hamburg, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Burgtheater Wien, Schauspiel Zürich, Schauspiel Frankfurt. Since 2013 she is a guest teacher  for costume design at Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft Hamburg.

Courses in winter semester 2023/24: „On the Proportionality of Means“ Scenographic thinking from campfire to virtual reality