director of the drama section at the Salzburg Festival, then moved on to work as a freelance opera and theatre director again in the 2006/2007 season. From 2011 to 2019, he was the artistic director of the Residenz Theatre ("Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel"). Since September 2019, Kušej is director of the Burgtheater Vienna. Selected stage productions Theatre 1988: Play – K-Werk, Graz 1988: The Sinking of the Titanic – Schauspielhaus, Graz 1990: Faith, Hope and Charity – Mladinsko Theatre, Ljubljana 1991: Scandal after Cankar – Mladinsko Theatre, Ljubljana 1992: The Dream as a Life – Schauspielhaus, Graz 1993: Intrigue and Love – Stadttheater, Klagenfurt and Staatstheater Stuttgart 1993: Herzog Theodor von Gotland – Staatstheater, Stuttgart 1994: The Prince of Homburg – Staatstheater, Stuttgart 1995: Die Unbekannte aus der Seine – Staatstheater, Stuttgart 1995: Clavigo – Staatstheater, Stuttgart 1996: Richard III – Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin 1997: Oedipus Rex – Staatstheater, Stuttgart 1998: Tales from the Vienna Woods – Thalia Theater, Hamburg 1999: Cleansed – Staatstheater, Stuttgart 2000: Hamlet – Salzburg Festival and Staatstheater, Stuttgart 2000: The Ghost Sonata – Thalia Theater, Hamburg and Stadttheater, Klagenfurt 2001: Belief and Home – Burgtheater, Vienna 2001: Edward II (play) – Thalia Theater, Hamburg 2002: Faith, Hope and Charity – Burgtheater, Vienna 2004: A Flea in Her Ear – Thalia Theater, Hamburg and Stadttheater, Klagenfurt 2005: König Ottokars Glück und Ende – Burgtheater, Vienna 2006: The Belle Vue – Thalia Theater, Hamburg and Stadttheater, Klagenfurt 2007: Woyzeck – Residenz Theatre, Munich 2009: The She-Devil – Burgtheater, Vienna 2011: The Vast Domain – Residenz Theatre, Munich 2012: Hedda Gabler – Residenz Theatre, Munich 2012: The Anarchist – Residenz Theatre, Munich 2012: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant – Residenz Theatre, Munich (German theatre prize Der Faust for Best Direction of a stage play) 2013: In Agony – Residenz Theatre, Munich and Vienna 2014: Goethe's Faust – Residenz Theatre, Munich 2015: Eugène Labiche's ICH ICH ICH – Residenz Theatre, Munich 2016: The Crucible by Arthur Miller – Burgtheater, Vienna 2017: Phädra’s Night, a project by Albert Ostermaier and Martin Kušej – Residenz Theatre, Munich 2018: Noises Off by Michael Frayn – Residenz Theatre, Munich Opera 1998: Fidelio – Staatsoper Stuttgart 1999: Salome – Graz Opera House 2001: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali – Staatsoper Stuttgart 2002: Don Giovanni – Salzburg Festival 2004: Carmen – Staatsoper, Berlin 2007: The Magic Flute – Zurich Opera 2010: The Flying Dutchman