Heimatbühne Starnberg
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| Heimatbühne Starnberg e. V. | |
| Founded | 8 October 1921 |
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| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Starnberg |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | heimatbuehne-starnberg.de |
The Heimatbühne Starnberg e. V. is an amateur theatre association in Starnberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany. It traces its origins to an amateur theatre that existed in Starnberg in 1870 and dates its founding to the Theatervereinigung Starnberg of 1921; it took its present name before the Second World War.[1]
History
According to its chronicle, a so-called Liebhaber-Theater already existed in Starnberg in 1870; it was taken over by the volunteer fire brigade in 1875 and moved to the gymnastics club TSV 1880 in 1911. In 1915 some players left the TSV to found a theatre club, and on 8 October 1921 the Theatervereinigung Starnberg held its founding meeting. It moved to the municipal hall on the Ludwigshöhe in 1924, was registered as Theatervereinigung Starnberg e. V. in 1926, and moved to the TSV gymnasium at the Brunnanger in 1930. Since 1932 it has belonged to the umbrella associations of amateur theatre, today the Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater (BDAT) and the Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater e. V. It then continued under the name Heimatbühne Starnberg.[1]
During the Second World War the group performed 34 times between July 1943 and June 1944, and after the requisition of the TSV hall it held Heimatabende (folk evenings) in Starnberg and the surrounding villages. In 1946 Hans Zellner obtained a licence from the American military government to resume performances, and an official refounding meeting took place in 1947. After the TSV terminated the use of its gymnasium in 1949, a plan for a Heimathaus with a theatre for the town failed. In 1954 the group performed Annette Thoma's festival play Wittelsbach at the celebrations for the 85th birthday of Crown Prince Rupprecht in Leutstetten. From 1961 to 1968 it played in the Schlosstheater cinema, and from 1968 in the new school gymnasium at the Hirschanger. In 1969 it staged Matheis bricht's Eis by Georg Queri. The association celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1971 and was entered in the register of associations as Heimatbühne Starnberg e. V. on 18 January 1980. In 1994 it inaugurated the new Schlossberghalle with Birnbaum und Hollerstauden, and in 1998 it started a youth theatre group. Hans Zellner, who had led the group for decades and was its last surviving founding member, died in 1998.[1]
Repertoire
The Heimatbühne has staged Bavarian folk plays and comedies, festival plays for the town's anniversaries in 1962 and 1987, and Max Dingler's Easter play Auferstehung, recorded by Bayerischer Rundfunk in 1989. Several productions since 2003 were joint productions with the Kasbrettl cabaret group.[1]
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2002 | Der Wittiber | |
| 2003 | Zeit werd's | With the Kasbrettl |
| 2004 | Die drei Gspusi der Zenta | |
| 2005 | Die 3 Eisbären | |
| 2006 | Bleib cool Mama | |
| 2007 | Der Gwissenswurm | |
| 2009 | Die Auferstehung | |
| 2009 | Der Wunschpunsch | |
| 2010 | Ein langes Wochenende | |
| 2011 | Moral | |
| 2012 | Die Bewerbung | With the Kasbrettl of the Kolpingsfamilie Starnberg, for the town's 100th anniversary[2] |
| 2014 | Graf Schorschi | |
| 2015 | Charley's Tante | After Charley's Aunt |
| 2016 | vorschriftsmäßig?!? | With the Kasbrettl |
Venue
Since 1994 the Heimatbühne has performed in the Schlossberghalle in Starnberg; earlier venues included the hall on the Ludwigshöhe (from 1924), the TSV gymnasium (from 1930), the Schlosstheater (1961–1968) and the school gymnasium at the Hirschanger (from 1968).[1]
Awards
According to its chronicle, the Heimatbühne received the main prize and a cash prize in the competition Laien spielen um die Wette of Bayerischer Rundfunk with its 1969 production of Matheis bricht's Eis.[1]