🇬🇧 English: “I don’t play roles. I seek to reflect truths that others may not dare to show.”

Emotional depth meets multilingual versatility

 ENGLISH

 Patrick Gabriel stands out for his ability to portray the inner turmoil and  emotional depth of his character with remarkable intensity. 

His performances go beyond acting - they resonate, linger in memory, and leave a profound impression through his dedication and passion.

The Süddeutsche Zeitung describes his portrayal of Macbeth as "deeply impressive", highlighting how he embodies the inner conflict between scruples and the thirst of power.

Marianne Sägebrecht, the iconic lead actress of the Oscar nominated film "Bagdad Café", praised his leading performance 

as a prostitute in the play DIVA (2024) as:

" ...  one of the strongest and  most profound performances  I've seen in 40 years."

With his smooth lingual skills and cultural versatility, Patrick Gabriel has established himself as a charismatic character actor capable of bringing complex roles  to life with emotional depth and authentic presence, both nationally and internationally.

This is acting with soul.

2024 - DIVA (D. Dobbrow) - Role: Prostitute (lead)

AZ (D. Schwan)

(Interview with Marianne Sägebrecht, main actress in the Oscar-nominated film "Bagdad Café" - Out of Rosenheim)

...That is love! In the last 40 years of my life I have never seen such a strong, deep acting performance as of Patrick Gabriel. There’s a lot of pain in it, I still have goose bumps ...

Süddeutsche Zeitung (I.Gnau)

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... The main character, Patrick Gabriel, convinces with his intense play, gives the nameless prostitute an external hardness.

His apparent serenity in front of the client Becker and his unspeakable act cannot hide, however, the despair that dominates him. The longing search for remission, which he himself cannot afford, makes Gabriel feel with all his body and in this way shows the public the inner tear of his character ...

Munich Merkur (B.Brosch)


...an outstanding performance by actor Patrick Gabriel. In his role as a hustler he almost completely denies the whole production, lives his role expressively and - sweaty and visibly strained - has earned the final and long-lasting plaid ...

The main actor shines

...in the 90 minutes he lays his life out ... Gabriel shines in all facets of the feelings he has to show as a main character: grief, joy, psychosis, longing and ambivalence - always with the highest gestural and physical expression.

Süddeutsche Zeitung (Southgerman Newspaper)

 ... Macbeth, whose inner struggle between scruples and greed for power is shown deep impressively by Patrick Gabriel ...

Münchner Merkur

... The portrayal of the path of love and suffering turned out brilliantly ... by Caroline Betz as Lady Macbeth and her vain-ambitious, defiant-youthful, virile-warlike in the end but increasingly to himself despairing husband Macbeth, whom Patrick Gabriel embodies sensually ...

Representante:

Pérez & Suárez

International Management, Madrid

tel.: +34 688 238 498

mail: juan@perez-suarez.com

About ME - English 10/2022

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Reviews from german newspapers

2019


The great fall of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth - Role: Macbeth

Süddeutsche Zeitung

... Macbeth, whose inner struggle between scruples and lust for power is deeply impressive shown by Gabriel ...

Münchner Merkur

Brilliant was the portrayal of the love and suffering ... by Caroline Betz as Lady Macbeth and her vain-ambitious, defiant-youthful, virile-warlike but in the end increasingly despairing of himself husband, who was sensually portrayed by Patrick Gabriel ...


2017


The Goat or Who is Sylvia? - Role: Martin Gray

Münchner Merkur
... Martin, strongly played by Patrick Gabriel ... Outstanding is the dialogue between Martin and Stevie (Sandra Heuer) ... Equally strong the conversation between Martin and his son ...

Süddeutsche Zeitung
... Gabriel as Martin Gray grabs you with his acting devotion ...

2015
German premiere
A Steady Rain / Role: Joey (Protagonist)

Süddeutsche Zeitung
... Patrick Wolff and Patrick Gabriel, who has already appeared in several of Seidel's productions, embody Joey and Denny in the truest sense of the word ... „A Steady Rain" is based entirely on the intense acting of its two justly acclaimed leading actors; after all, Bernd Seidel had wanted a real actor's play ... The suspense, carried by the two main actors, lasts until the end …


Münchner Merkur
... After two and a half hours, the actors have earned the great applause ... The duo kept up the tension in emotionally charged monologue and dialogue, expressed pathos and larmoyanz rather cool and so corresponded to the American original ...


Hannoversche Allgemeine
... Gabriel and Wolff are able to carry the production through its more than two hours ... „A Steady Rain" is a play of US-American style and is worthwhile especially because such plays are not often seen on German stages.


Mindener Tagblatt
Patrick Gabriel and Patrick Wolff embody with bravura the fragile friendship of two different policemen ... The two-person play „A Steady Rain" lives from their strong acting ... Gabriel and Wolff succeed in keeping the tension in the emotionally hard play until the end and not only for that there is a lasting applause.


Rhein Main Press
... The external conflict and the ambivalence of the friends, which becomes more and more obvious, drive the suspense until the end and also kept the audience in suspense until the last minute.


2014
Amphitryon / Role: Sosias


Münchner Merkur
... First of all, Patrick Gabriel brilliantly proves that one could always do the obvious with Kleist's beginning: a comedy solo! His Sosias, as the best Sosiasses always were, is in grave danger of upstaging the rest of the evening's mimes. But Gabriel doesn't overdo it as he puzzles over the sudden doubling of himself, capable of ravishing comic miniatures ...


Süddeutsche Zeitung
... Especially Gabriel succeeds in unfolding great comedic talent without robbing his character of dignity.

Stirnberg Zeitung Recklinghausen - Ruhrfestspielhaus Recklinghausen
... The actors are great throughout. Most rebellious is a bitingly sharp-tongued Sosias, the servant of Amphitryon alias Patrick Gabriel ...

Mindener Tageblatt
... First and foremost, Patrick Gabriel as Amphitryon's servant uses his ability to articulate Kleist's verses deftly, with great variety and pointedness, to create a shrewd, nuanced character ...

Südkurier Singen
... Particularly noteworthy in their roles are Dennenesch Zoudé ... as well as Patrick Gabriel as Sosias, who even received scene applause.

Delmenhorster Kreisblatt
... Outstanding is not only the linguistic duel between Patrick Gabriel and Manuel Klein as Sosias and Merkur ...

Fuldaer Zeitung
... The audience is fascinated by the linguistic art of the poet, especially since at the beginning from the auditorium and then throughout so wonderfully spoken as by the excellent Patrick Gabriel as the servant Sosias. Dennenesch Zoudé also stands out among the ensemble of six….



2013
The Pelican / Role: Fredrik

Süddeutsche Zeitung
... Gabriel plays the role of Fredrik very convincingly; he is broken and rebellious at the same time, coming across as a youngster who has grown old too soon, holding his own in a duel with his mother. He aches and coughs, hunched and yet full of emotion ....

Münchner Merkur
... Patrick Gabriel embodied the son Fredrik. With remarkable expressiveness in speech as well as facial expressions and gestures, he turns the slim student of law, who is preparing for his exams, into a freezing and coughing wretched figure, key figure of the drama. During crying fits, he goes to extremes ....


2012 The Chinese Nightingale & The Soldier's Tale /
Role: Narrator (12 roles)


Wolfsburger Nachrichten
... The narrator Patrick Gabriel achieved a very great effect ... This was a narrative tour de force - a masterpiece ...

Münchner Merkur
... Gabriel's language is not only pure rhetoric, but imbued with musicality ...

Süddeutsche Zeitung
... Gabriel has an enormous two-hour workload to master ... He manages to create lively dialogues instead of a monotonous mishmash of voices ....

2011
MACBETH / Role: Macbeth

Münchner Merkur
Impressive and expressive, the most diverse emotional worlds were revealed when Macbeth (Patrick Gabriel) writhed in despair or looked down triumphantly from the throne ...


Süddeutsche Zeitung
... The leading actor was outstanding, that is beyond doubt. Gabriel not only plays the role of Macbeth, he seems to live it ...

 
2009
The Misanthrope / Role: Alceste (Protagonist)

Süddeutsche Zeitung
... The nobleman Alceste, magnificently performed by Patrick Gabriel ...

AZ - Molière's Marilyn Manson

... The rocker would also have enjoyed the look of Gabriel ... Greatly performed by Patrick Gabriel ...

Münchner Merkur
... Alceste, a tragic figure, to which Seidel and Gabriel give an exploding force ....

Oberbayerisches Volksblatt
... Undaunted, in this Gabriel impresses ...


2008
The Pelican / Role: Fredrik

Münchner Merkur
... In the ensemble especially Patrick Gabriel captivates as the rebellious vegetating. The young mime impresses with swinging facets ....

Süddeutsche Zeitung
... impressive "Hamlet" of the mini-family (Patrick Gabriel) ...


2007
Schweig Bub! / Role: Uncle Willi

Süddeutsche Zeitung
... And especially Aunt Anna and horny Uncle Willi (Patrick Gabriel), who were the highlights of this evening, so adorably comedically portrayed by Gabi Beck and Patrick Gabriel (as an original mixture of Loriot's Grandpa Hoppenstedt and Otto) ....

15 Years on Stage (photo-gallery)

One of my hobbies - playing with fire!

Macbeth (Shakespeare)