Schlampenlichter
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| Schlampenlichter e. V. | |
| Founded | 2010 |
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| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Nuremberg |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | schlampenlichter.org |
| Social media | Facebook · Instagram |
Die Schlampenlichter e. V. is an amateur theatre group in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, that describes itself as Nuremberg's gay theatre.[1] It grew out of plays staged since the mid-1980s at the annual Christmas-market meeting of the Nürnberger Lederclub, became a registered association in 2010 and stages one self-written comedy a year, traditionally in Franconian dialect and rhyme.[2]
History
The group's origins lie in the gay leather community. Every year, on the second weekend of Advent, the Nürnberger Lederclub (NLC) holds its Christkindlesmarkttreffen, whose highlight is the premiere of a new play on the Saturday evening. The idea came from NLC member Günter Hollweck in the 1980s. At first the plays were mostly based on classical operas; from the 2000s operettas, musicals, film classics and boulevard comedies were also adapted, leading to original pieces such as Die Ledermaus, Der Zauberer von QUOZ and Die Trepp’n und’s Biest, written in Franconian dialect and rhyme. After Hollweck's death, Reinhold Ehrlinger became a driving force of the group in 1997 and took over the writing.[2]
In January 2003, after the premiere of My Fair Leder, the members discussed the group's future, as the effort of each production had grown and there was a wish to play more than once or twice a year. In June 2005 the group performed outside Nuremberg for the first time, with Odysseus at the Oberangertheater in Munich; the Munich guest performances were dropped in 2009 for cost reasons and replaced by additional performances in Nuremberg. Since 2007 a single experienced actor has directed the productions; after the long-time director left in 2015, direction was taken over from within the group. In 2010 twelve founding members turned the group into a registered association.[2] Its audience, at first almost entirely visitors of the leather meeting, has become mixed.[2]
After Tod auf der Pegnitz (2019/20), the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the group's work; at Christmas 2020 it presented a 15-minute video Christmas story instead. It returned to the stage in December 2022 with Des Wahnsinns fette Beute, and in 2023 staged Irgendwas mit iX, the play originally planned for 2020.[2] With this production it won third place in the boulevard category of the Larifari Bavarian amateur theatre prize in 2025.[3] By September 2026 all performances of its 2026/27 production Abseits im Wunderland were sold out.[1]
Repertoire
The group writes its own plays: trashy, comic and often chaotic pieces that hold up a (distorting) mirror to the audience, many of them parodies of operas, musicals, fairy tales and films.[2]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | My Fair Leder | |
| 2003 | Der Zauberer von Quoz | |
| 2004 | Odysseus | Also first guest performance in Munich, June 2005[2] |
| 2005 | Die Treppn und des Biest | |
| 2006 | Das Blasinstrument | |
| 2007 | Heidl | |
| 2008 | Tutu PeauPeau in Mord in vollen Zügen | Subtitle Tutu PeauPeaus erster Fall |
| 2009 | W wie Tell | Subtitle Schwule Schweizer schwören besser! |
| 2010 | Prinz reloaded! | Subtitle Ein gar grimmiges Märchen |
| 2011 | Take Off | Subtitle Lauter Tunten Unterwegs |
| 2012 | Die Bradworschd-Fürsting | |
| 2013 | Draff konsd Gifd nemma | |
| 2014 | Der Storch im Gewitter | |
| 2015 | Leck mich Fred! | |
| 2016 | AlWin und die Wunder(sch)lampe | |
| 2017 | Gesucht: Gleitzeitfee für feste Stellung | |
| 2018 | Im heißen Hengst | Subtitle …da bist bedient! |
| 2019 | Tod auf der Pegnitz | |
| 2020 | Weihnachten mit den Schlampenlichtern | Video, Live aus dem Homeoffice |
| 2022 | Des Wahnsinns fette Beute | |
| 2023 | Irgendwas mit iX | Third place, Larifari 2025, boulevard category[3] |
| 2024 | Moulinette Rosè | |
| 2025 | In drei Teufels Namen | |
| 2026 | Abseits im Wunderland | Performances November 2026 to February 2027[1] |
Venue
The group plays in the Hubertussaal, Dianastraße 28, in Nuremberg, on the first floor of the building;[5] the hall, with about 300 seats and an Art Nouveau interior, also serves as the second venue of the Gostner Hoftheater.[6]
Organisation
Die Schlampenlichter offers supporting memberships.[5]
Awards
In 2025 the group won third place in the boulevard theatre category of the Larifari – Bayerischer Amateurtheaterpreis of the Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater e. V. for Irgendwas mit iX.[3][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Die Schlampenlichter e.V., Die Schlampenlichter e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026. Archived on 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Die Geschichte der Schlampenlichter, Die Schlampenlichter e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026. Archived on 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Preisverleihung LARIFARI 2025, Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026. Archived on 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Unsere vergangenen Werke, Die Schlampenlichter e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026. Archived on 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wissenswertes, Die Schlampenlichter e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026. Archived on 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Gostner Hoftheater, Congress- und Tourismus-Zentrale Nürnberg, retrieved 21 October 2026.