*1968 in Lutherstadt-Wittenberg

Christian Tschirner trained as an animal keeper and later studied acting at the Ernst Busch University for Dramatic Arts in Berlin. He worked as an actor in Frankfurt/Main and then became a freelance director and author. He has been a dramaturge since 2009, first at Schauspiel Hannover and then at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg from 2013. Since the 2019/2020 season, he has been the chief dramaturge at the Berliner Schaubühne theatre.