Johannes Nehlsen

Johannes Nehlsen

Johannes Nehlsen was born in Hamburg in 1975. He studied acting at the Hanover University of Music and Theatre from 1998 to 2002. During his studies, he had his first guest appearances at the Schauspielhaus Hannover. He then worked at Deutsches Theater Göttingen until 2006. Johannes Nehlsen has been a freelance actor and director since 2006 and has worked at the Freischwimmer Festival at Kampnagel, Sophiensaele Berlin, the ‘Aua wir leben-Festival/Bern’, the Plattform Festival/Ernst Deutsch Theater Hamburg, Lichthof Theater Hamburg, Theater Bremen, Staatstheater Oldenburg as well as Schauspielhaus and Junges Schauspielhaus Hamburg. He also worked in the independent theatre collectives ‘Die Azubis’ Hamburg and ‘Theater M21’ in Lower Saxony. He is a permanent member of the theatre collectives ‘Show and Tell/Hamburg’ and ‘THEATERBOX’.