He then pursued three years of practical graduate studies at the Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique (the technique of Étienne Decroux) in London; commedia dell'arte with Maestro Antonia Fava in Italy; and finally at London's Circus Space, now the National Centre for Circus Arts.
[citation needed] He began his professional career with Franz Xaver Kroetz's Through the Leaves, starring Ann Mitchell and Simon Callow, at Southwark Playhouse: the production was transferred to the West End.
[1] His commercial debut was Martin Sherman's Bent, starring Alan Cumming and newcomer Chris New, followed by the UK's first national revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America for Headlong Theatre.
Kramer created the award-winning production of King Kong in Melbourne, Australia starring Esther Hannaford.
His Magic Flute at the Grand Théâtre de Genève was cancelled by the director of the Grand Théâtre owing to the artistic angle taken by Kramer, who wanted to focus on the violence present in the opera, whereas the director wanted a more festive and traditional approach.