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Michel Driesse


First of all let me introduce myself. My origins come from the Netherlands, the country where I studied and worked for the first part of my professional career. The first years I dedicated to being a performer in musicals, shows and TV, but soon it was clear that my strengths lay more towards the artistic side of the table and I started working on developing concepts and direct/stage various music productions.

My first assignment as an assistant director was for the British company Merlin Entertainments for several walk-through productions in San Francisco, Berlin, Singapore, Shanghai (2018) and London, the last one in co-operation with Dreamworks.

In Warsaw, Poland I had the opportunity to direct a musical with the songs of the legendary band Queen, followed shortly by directing Roman Polanski’s »Dance of the Vampires« in Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Munich and Cologne.

I have also created several concepts and directed Live music arena tour productions for Semmel Concerts, one of the biggest touring companies in Germany for Artists like Alvaro Soler – Santiano - Kerstin Ott – Ben Zucker, where I create yearly stage shows and arena tour productions. I was responsible for the look and feel of their live shows including performance and content concepts. Together with Bavaria Entertainment we were strong enough to win the pitch of the ZDF “Giovanni Zarrella Show”, where I was part of the team as creative producer for the first year.

Since July 2024 I work parallel in the Netherlands, for Stage Entertainment as associate director for Moulin Rouge the Musical! In Utrecht.

 

 
     
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Alex Christensen
Alvaro Soler
Ben Zucker
Bonnie Tyler
Cleymans zingt SPRING Antwerpen
Die Giovanni Zarrella Show - ZDF
Eloy de Jong
Florian Silbereisen
Giovanni Zarrella
Kerstin Ott
Künstler gegen Aids Gala 2023 
Mary Roos
Moulin Rouge de Musical in Utrecht
Oonagh
Patty Brard
Santiano
Schlagernacht des Jahres 2019
Schlagernacht des Jahres 2020
Singalong Studio 100 Rotterdam
Sing meinen Song Live - Staffel 6
Sing meinen Song Live - Staffel 7
The Kelly Family  


Airforce One & Afroforce One Records
Bavaria Entertainment GmbH
BB Promotion
Beatrix Theater Utrecht
Berliner Aidshilfe e.v.
Budde Music Germany
Codarts the Netherlands
Deutsches Theater München
Dreamworks
Endemol Netherlands
Friedrichstadt Palast
Jürgens Management München
MDR
Medialane the Netherlands
Merlin Entertainments Asia
Merlin Entertainments Germany
Merlin Entertainments UK
Merlin Entertainments USA
Mewes Entertainment Group GmbH
MMP Event
MPS Hanseatic GmbH
Musical Dome Köln
Palladium Theater Stuttgart
Premium Projects Berlin
Premium Projects Doha
Schaubühnen Oper Wuppertal
Semmel Concerts Entertainment GmbH
Seven.One Entertainment Group 
Seven.One Starwatch 
Sony
Stage Entertainment Germany
Stage Entertainment the Netherlands
Studio 100 Live
Teatr Rampa Warsaw
Theater an der Elbe Hamburg
Theater des Westens Berlin
TUI - Mein Schiff
Universal
ZDF

 

 
     
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Staging of artists, hosts, bands and music-productions in any form, size and way.

Developing a concept, often in a further stadium in cooperation with stage, light and content designers.

Planning of content for LED or video walls, effects, pyrotechnics or moving stages as well as moving truss systems or hydraulics stages.

Developing the product from kick-off meeting until tourstart.

Accompanying and maintaining the quality throughout the playing or tour time.

Finding the right look and feel or in some cases a storyline in close co-operation with the artists, manager and producer.

As director finding the right creative team and designers that are suitable for the product.

 
     
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BLACKOUT Stage Concept Productions

Michel Driesse

+49 178 7700072

info(at)blackoutstaging.com

 

 

 

 
     
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