Festspielverein Hirschau
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| Festspielverein Hirschau e. V. | |
| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
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| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Hirschau |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | festspielverein-hirschau.de |
| Social media | Facebook · Instagram |
The Festspielverein Hirschau e. V. is an amateur theatre association in the town of Hirschau in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach, Upper Palatinate, Germany. Since 2005 it has staged open-air festival plays, at first every two years, many of them Hirschauer Stückl – comic plays about the foolish pranks for which the town became known, set in the Biedermeier period.[1][2]
History and venue
The association's first production, Die Erbschaft (2005), is set in Biedermeier Hirschau, where a city dweller inherits a property and wants to bring industry to the small town.[3] It was followed in 2007 by Die Steingutfabrik by Roland Fritsch and Dieter Held, about the founding of Hirschau's earthenware factory in 1826, the second "Hirschauer Stückl".[2] The 2013 production was the fifth such play staged in the castle courtyard (Schlosshof).[4] A planned production of In 80 Tagen um die Welt was postponed from 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic; in 2021 the ensemble performed Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht instead and staged the travel adventure in 2022.[5]
Under its then chairman, former mayor Hans Drexler, the association built a new permanent concrete stage with a technical walkway and paved the area in front of the spectator stand.[6] The festival grounds are at the Alte Mälzerei, a former malthouse that also houses a museum of Hirschau earthenware, where the association held its first lantern festival in September 2026.[1][7]
Repertoire
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Die Erbschaft | First production | |
| 2007 | Die Steingutfabrik | Roland Fritsch and Dieter Held | [2] |
| 2009 | S'Braufieber | About the town's communal brewhouse | |
| 2011 | Exerziert is glei | ||
| 2013 | Das Klosterkindl | [4] | |
| 2015 | Der Glockenkrieg | Sixth "Hirschauer Stückl", about a feud with neighbouring Schnaittenbach | |
| 2017 | Der Heldenstammtisch | Werner Asam | Bavarian folk play |
| 2019 | Die Erbschaft | Revival of the 2005 production | |
| 2021 | Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht | [5] | |
| 2022 | In 80 Tagen um die Welt | after Jules Verne | Around the World in Eighty Days |
| 2024 | Das Wirtshaus im Spessart | Comedy | |
| 2025 | Boandl Kramer Blues |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Festspielverein Hirschau e. V. – Startseite, Festspielverein Hirschau e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 15 May 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Die Steingutfabrik (2007), Festspielverein Hirschau e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 15 May 2026.
- ↑ Die Erbschaft (2005), Festspielverein Hirschau e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 16 June 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Das Klosterkindl (2013), Festspielverein Hirschau e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht (2021), Festspielverein Hirschau e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Neubau, Festspielverein Hirschau e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Steingutmuseum, Festspielverein Hirschau e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.