Theater-Schmiede Bobingen
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| Founded | 1989 |
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| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
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| Headquarters | Hiltenfingen |
| Country | Germany |
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| Website | theater-schmiede.de |
The Theater-Schmiede Bobingen is an amateur theatre group in Bobingen, in the district of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.[1] Founded in 1989 in a Catholic parish of Bobingen, it stages comedies, serious folk plays, fairy-tale plays and crime plays, and since 2009 has revived the tradition of passion plays in the town.[1][2]
History
In 1988, when a Catholic kindergarten was being built in Bobingen-Siedlung, the leader of the youth working group of the parish Heilige Familie decided with young people of the parish to raise money for it with a play. In 1989 the group gave two performances of Pizza à la Schrapfing under the name Theater-Schmiede and donated the proceeds to the parish for the kindergarten. Five years later it was revived with the aim of staging one play a year in Bobingen-Siedlung. From 1996 it also played at the Laurentiushaus in the town centre, using its own stage set, and part of its takings each year goes to charitable causes.[1]
At its tenth anniversary in 1999 the group turned from rural farce (Bauerntheater) to boulevard comedy, and from 2003 it aimed at two productions a year, one in spring and one in autumn. In April 2005 it founded a children's and youth section, the Schmiedlinge, for players aged 8 to 15. In 2009 it staged a passion play in Bobingen for the first time in almost 250 years and has since repeated it at intervals.[1] It celebrated its 25th anniversary on 30 August 2014.[3]
The town of Bobingen awarded its Kulturpreis 2012 to the group's founder and director,[4] and its Kulturpreis 2020, presented in July 2021, to a long-standing actor of the group who had played the title role in its 2019 production of Jedermann.[5][2] In autumn 2026 the group announced the premiere of D'Artagnan und die drei Musketiere, a play in three acts written by its director after Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers, with 55 performers.[6]
Repertoire
The repertoire ranges from farces and boulevard comedies (including plays by Ray Cooney and Peter Millowitsch) to serious folk plays such as Ludwig Thoma's Magdalena, fairy-tale and adventure plays, crime plays such as Agatha Christie's Die Mausefalle, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Jedermann. The passion plays were written by M. Bernard.[2] Between 1989 and 2015 the group also performed short Christmas plays and nativity plays.[2]
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Pizza à la Schrapfing | U. Kling | Farce; first production |
| 1994 | Wer steckt in der Lederhose – Alois – Aloisia? | R. Hüttinger | Farce; spring |
| 1996 | Jedem die Seine – und mir die Meine | F. Rieder | Comedy; spring |
| 1997 | Die Verjüngungskur – oder die alten Sünder | H. Gnade | Comedy; spring |
| 1998 | Pizza à la Schrapfing | U. Kling | Autumn; revival of 1989 production |
| 1999 | Das Heiratsgenie – oder die alten Kameraden | F. Rieder | Comedy; spring |
| 1999 | Lügen über Lügen | W. G. Pfaus | Boulevard comedy; autumn |
| 2000 | Einer spinnt immer | W. Reinehr | Farce; autumn |
| 2001 | Quartett im Doppelbett | W. Reinehr | Comedy; autumn |
| 2002 | Currywurst mit Pommes | Pinkus / Walsh | Satire; autumn |
| 2003 | Der rote Jackl | G. Maier | Serious folk play; spring |
| 2003 | Liebesgrüße aus Schwabing | Peter Millowitsch | Boulevard comedy; autumn |
| 2004 | Magdalena | Ludwig Thoma | Serious folk play; spring |
| 2004 | Und ewig rauschen die Gelder | M. Cooney | Boulevard comedy; autumn |
| 2005 | Komödianten | P. Landstorfer | Folk play; spring |
| 2005 | Der Lumpenlois | S. Faltermaier | Serious folk play; autumn |
| 2006 | Die blaue Maus | C. Laufs | Boulevard comedy; spring |
| 2006 | Die Abenteuer des kleinen Muck | after Wilhelm Hauff | Fairy-tale play; autumn |
| 2007 | Wegkreuz | M. Vitus | Serious folk play; spring |
| 2007 | Und alles auf Krankenschein | Ray Cooney | Boulevard comedy; autumn |
| 2008 | Die Mausefalle | Agatha Christie | Crime play; spring; The Mousetrap |
| 2008 | Die Prinzessin und das Bettlermädchen | Kolarik after Mark Twain | Adventure play; autumn |
| 2009 | Maria Magdalena | M. Bernard | Passion play; spring |
| 2009 | Ein toller Dreh | Anthony Marriott / Foot | Boulevard comedy; autumn |
| 2010 | Maria Magdalena | M. Bernard | Passion play; spring; revival of 2009 production |
| 2010 | Der Glöckner von Notre Dame | Hahn after Victor Hugo | Autumn |
| 2011 | Der Bräutigam meiner Frau | Schwartz / Lengbach | Boulevard comedy; spring |
| 2011 | Der Korbflechter von Bagdad | Schilmann / Lankenau | Fairy-tale play; autumn |
| 2012 | Jesus oder Barabbas | M. Bernard | Passion play; spring |
| 2012 | Aladdin und die Wunderlampe | M. Hinrichs | Fairy-tale play; autumn |
| 2013 | Gute Besserung | B. Gombold | Comedy; spring |
| 2013 | Schneewittchen | R. Schneider after the Brothers Grimm | Fairy-tale play; autumn |
| 2014 | Gnadentod | I. Storz-Popp | Spring |
| 2014 | Das Phantom der Oper | C. Wagner after Gaston Leroux | Autumn |
| 2015 | Matthäus der Zöllner | M. Bernard | Passion play; spring |
| 2016 | Der schwarze Berg | O. A. Krätke | Fantasy fairy-tale play; spring |
| 2016 | Amnesie für Fortgeschrittene | K. A. Hahn | Comedy; autumn |
| 2017 | Judas der Verräter | M. Bernard | Passion play; spring |
| 2017 | Der schwarze Abt | M. Hahn after Edgar Wallace | Crime play; autumn |
| 2018 | Sindbad der Seefahrer | J. Bodinus | Fairy-tale play; spring |
| 2019 | Jedermann | Hugo von Hofmannsthal / Wekwerth | Summer; open-air |
| 2019 | Jedermann | Hugo von Hofmannsthal / Wekwerth | Autumn |
| 2023 | Grand malheur | B. Gombold | Comedy; spring |
| 2024 | Der ungläubige Thomas | M. Bernard | Passion play; spring |
| 2025 | Guns 'n' Nuns | K. Hinkelmann | Crime comedy; autumn |
| 2026 | D'Artagnan und die drei Musketiere | the group's director, after Alexandre Dumas | Premiere scheduled for 23 October 2026, Singoldhalle[6] |
Venue
The group first played in Bobingen-Siedlung and from 1996 also at the Laurentiushaus in Bobingen; from 2004 it played only at the Laurentiushaus. From 2009 it also used the stage of the Singoldhalle, the town's event hall, and since 2014 it has performed only there.[1]
Organisation
The passion plays have their own website.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Chronik, Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 22 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Archiv, Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 22 October 2026.
- ↑ 25 Jahre Theater-Schmiede – Dankgottesdienst und Feier, Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Kulturpreis 2012, Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Kulturpreis 2020, Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 22 October 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Aktuelles, Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 17 June 2026.
- ↑ Passionsspiele Bobingen, Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 22 October 2026.