.. Originally "Dirty Stories" is a a solo theatre piece created, directed and performed by the actor and director Andreas Ceska (that..s me). The "Dirty Stories" where performed over 400 times in a "Public Toilet" in the centre of Vienna (Austria). This theatre piece describes the life of an alcoholic-out of society living- man, reflecting his thougths and emotions while sitting in a water filled bath-tup on stage. I tried to build up a believeble tragedy, but also I put into this piece humor and comedy as a weapon to make this tragedy supportable and understandable for a common public (which is not easy to realise). About 20.000 people came to watch the dirty man taking a bath in a "Public Toilet" downtown- Vienna...that thing worked and was success. Several tours through Germany, Switzerland and Austria followed with this theatre performance. As I do music since I was 9 years old, and as I compose and produce music and CD..s for children theatre productions (which is a differt cup of coffee than that here), I had the idea to transform the mood and emotions of this dirty out of society living protagonist in "Dirty Stories" into music. Many friends of mine are musicians and I got help and courage from them to start with the project "Dirty Songs". Some of the results of that projekt you can listen right here... Hope, it tastes Salut andreas Andreas Ceska Vienna, Austria; Languages: German, English, French, Italian. 1978 - 80: Academic studies in psychology, philosophy and science education at the University of Vienna; 1980 - 83: Dramatic arts studies, acting and pantomime; earned diplomas at the Ecole Internationale De Mimodrame De Paris and Paritätische Prüfungskommission for performing arts in Vienna. Teachers: Marcel Marceau, Maximilian Decroux, Yves and Gerard Lebreton, Egmont Tamiz, Walter Lott (Actors Studio- New York). Since 1981, Mr. Ceska has held featured and leading parts in several theater plays, including Othello and Il phantasmi di Commedia dell..arte, in Venice, Italy; Mimeworks One, in Paris, France; Le Histoire de Soldat, in Toulon, France; Romeo and Juliette, A Shaft of Light, The Emperors New Clothes, The White Disease, e.t.c., in Vienna, Austria; and KIVA, in Columbus, Ohio, Davie and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia, and Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. Leading roles in television production Rilke in Venice for RAI-Italian television and ORF- Austrian television. Leading part in Trauma – a film presented as an Austrian contribution at the BIENNALE-Filmfestival of Venice '92. Instructor for acting and mime at the Centro Culturale Tre Oci and Teatro Santa Marta in Venice, Italy; led acting workshops in Toulon, France. Instructor at theater workshops at the Hospital and Asylum for Mental Deseases, Pierrefeu, France. Co-conception and solo pantomimes in an educational youth series for the Austrian television station, ORF. 1987-88: Actor and mime-choreographer at the Theater der Jugend, Vienna, Austria. 1988- 91: Member of the Actors Studio N.Y., at the Schauspielhaus Wien (Vienna, Austria). 1984-1999: Artistic leader of the independent theater company THEATER STROMBOLI. Productions: Mimeworks, 1984, Kiva , 1985, The Book of Images, 1986, Dirty Stories, 1989-2008, and Cullet Head, 1995. 1996: German National Theater Weimar: The Ax in the Back of the Bishop – a Solo Play for an Unarrested Actor, from Harald Kislinger (coproduction with the German National Theater Weimar and Theater Phönix, Linz, Austria), afterwards these productions toured in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. 1996 - 97: Coproducer and main actor for the play Monsters of Lila at the Theater an der Winkelwiese, Zürich, Switzerland and Die-Theater, Vienna, Austria; these shows toured in Switzerland and Austria. (Coproduction between Theater Bumper to Bumper (Switzerland) and Theater Stromboli (Austria). 1995 - 97: Artistic director of CIRCUS ALIENOS – a journey through the alien world: multicultural theater and animation project for children in a big top, performed in Vienna, Linz, and Innsbruck, Austria, and Festival of Dreams, OHO- Oberwart. 1997- 99, '04: Forchtenstein Fantastisch: Directing and acting in several theater productions and medieval music programs for children between one and ninty-nine (Castle of Forchtenstein, Austria, 70.000 spectators). 1998: Actor in Mistero Buffo by Dario Fo, Studiobühne Villach, Austria; 1999: Actor in Austrian television-production: Kaspar+Melchior+Balthasar, ORF, directed by Kitty Kino. Leading part in Gras dem Vieh und Fleisch dem Menschen, a play by Alexander Widner Klagenfurter Ensemble, Klagenfurt, Austria. 1999: CD-production: Dirty Songs – concert tour in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. CD-production: We are Troubadours, medieval music for children. 2000: Leading part in Closed Society, by Jean Paul Sartre, University of Art, Linz, Austria. 2001: Ritter Kamenbert , a musical for children: actor/singer on tour in Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. 2004: Actor in Austrian television movie (ORF): My Murder, directed by Elisabeth Scharang. 2004-05: Certificate of Cultural Management from the Institute f. Kulturkonzepte, Vienna, Austria. 2005-06: Acting Workshop Instructor at the Istituto di Commedia dell..arte internazonale, Padova (Padua), Italy. Leading role in children’s series for Austrian television (ORF): TOM TURBO. 2002- 08: Co-founder of the company TEATRO BUFFO: Plays and workshops of performing arts for young people. Plays: CIRCUS, Barbara Rosenberger, Andreas Ceska: Clowns, Circus-artist, Pantomime and Music, a show for children that’s been touring since 2002. COMMEDIA DELL.. ARTE…a taste of Italian theatre for children–on tour since 2005. “TROUBADOURS,” Performed fairy tales and music from medieval times…on tour since '06 (guest at the WORLD PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL 2007, Lahore, Pakistan). Workshops with Teatro Buffo: CIRCUS-AIR, 2003- 2008: Conception and realisation of Workshops for children in performing and circus arts. WORLD OF BUFFOONS, 2006- 2008: workshop and theater project for young people in a medieval city (including performances on the old market square). 1989- 2008: DIRTY STORIES, a play for one actor in a bathtub, performed nearly 1000 times and almost continually on tour in Austria, Germany, Switzerland. ..