Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein
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Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein is a senior theatre group in Nierstein, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.[1] Founded in 2015 as a project of the town's senior citizens' office, it develops its own scene collages under the direction of a theatre educator.[2]
History
The group was initiated by the senior citizens' office (Seniorenbüro) of Nierstein in February 2015 as the town's first senior theatre group, with support from the Dr. Wegener-Stiftung.[3][4] The first participants came to a taster workshop advertised in the local press; several of them were still members ten years later.[2] In December 2015 the group showed a humorous Christmas sketch at several Christmas parties in Nierstein.[5]
Its first full-length production, Koffer auspacken, premiered on 27 October 2016 in the Altes E-Werk in Nierstein before a sold-out audience and was repeated on 25 November 2016 in the Alte Festhalle in Flonheim; the ensemble then consisted of ten women and two men.[3] During the COVID-19 pandemic the group rehearsed online and later met in a park; the development of Die schwarzen Witwen took almost three years because of the interruptions.[5][6]
In 2025, its tenth year, the group staged DamenWahl.[7] The theatre educator who had led the group since 2015 handed it over to a successor in summer 2025.[2][1] In November 2025 the group premiered a revue for the 800th anniversary of the town charter of Oppenheim in the courtroom of the old district court there.[8]
The group gave its size as 12 ensemble members in 2023, 13 participants on its website and 14 members in 2025.[9][1][8]
Repertoire
The group does not perform published plays. About every one and a half to two years it develops a production of about one hour on a chosen theme, built from improvised scenes, the participants' own memories, literary texts and songs; music plays a central part in the productions.[2] Between the large productions it gives smaller workshop performances.[1]
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Christmas sketch | devised by the group | Shown at several Christmas parties in Nierstein |
| 2016 | Koffer auspacken | devised by the group, after Kurt Tucholsky | Premiere 27 October 2016, Altes E-Werk[10][3] |
| 2018 | Barfuß im Regen | devised by the group | Workshop performance February 2018, premiere April 2018, Altes E-Werk; guest performances in Friesenheim and Horrweiler[11] |
| 2022 | Die schwarzen Witwen | devised by the group | Black comedy; performed in Schwabsburg[6][2] |
| by 2024 | Strandgut | devised by the group, with texts by the Brothers Grimm, Goethe, Eichendorff, Heine and others | Altes E-Werk[12] |
| 2025 | DamenWahl | devised by the group | On women in art and society; premiere May 2025[7][2] |
| 2025 | 800 Jahre Oppenheimer Stadtrecht – eine Revue der Momente | devised by the group | Premiere 22 November 2025, old district court, Oppenheim[8] |
Venue
The group rehearses weekly in the Protestant family centre (Johannes-Busch-Haus) in Nierstein.[1] Its large productions have premiered in the Musik- und Kulturclub Altes E-Werk in Nierstein.[3][12]
Organisation
The group is a programme of the senior citizens' office of the town of Nierstein rather than a club, run much like an adult education course.[2][1] It has cooperated with the Geschichtsverein Nierstein: at the official ceremony for the 1275th anniversary of Nierstein on 6 May 2017 it read and acted the historical passages of the association chairman's speech, and in July 2018 it took part in the association's time-travel revue Fer en guude Freund habbe mer immer noch en bessere.[5][13][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Wer wir sind, Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Heike Mayer-Netscher, Clara-Franziska Plum: Von wegen alt – aha – die machen Theater! Theater und Musik im Aha!!!-Theater Nierstein, Klangakt, vol. 3, no. 2, 2025, doi:10.5282/klangakt/110, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Wolfgang Höpp: Koffer auspacken – ein Artikel von W. Höpp, Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 17 November 2016, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Grußwort, Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 12 September 2016, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Archiv, Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Die schwarzen Witwen, Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 18 May 2022, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Aktuell, Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 AHA Theater: Tour through the history of Oppenheim, giggle.tips, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Mit 83 auf der Bühne – Seniorentheater gegen Einsamkeit, SWR Heimat, 13 February 2023, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Das war Koffer auspacken, Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 4 April 2017, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Das war Barfuss im Regen, Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 27 October 2018, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Strandgut, Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ „Fer en guude Freund habbe mer immer, Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 28 August 2018, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.