Theaterburg Burghausen
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The Theaterburg Burghausen is an amateur theatre association in Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1988, it is best known for its annual summer theatre in the courtyard of the Bergerhof estate and stages comedies, dramas, socially critical plays and dialect pieces.[1][2]
| Theaterburg Burghausen e. V. | |
| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
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| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Burghausen |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | theaterburg.de |
History
The Theaterburg was founded on 4 July 1988 by twelve former members of the Burghausen theatre group "Herzogstadt", who wanted to stage modern and socially critical plays alongside the town's traditional Helmbrecht plays and Advent fairy-tale performances. Its first project was a scenic reading of Christmas stories and verse by Martin Walser at the Müllerbräu inn, which also served as the founders' meeting place. The first summer production at the Bergerhof followed in 1989, a programme of Hans Sachs one-act plays directed by the association's first chair; afterwards the group chose to work mainly with professional directors.[3]
The group rehearsed at first in the Müllerbräu, then in a youth leisure centre and at the Theaterhof Priessental. From 1993 the town of Burghausen provided former warehouses as rehearsal space, with room for a rehearsal stage, costume store and props; in 2018 the group moved into premises of the Burghausen fire brigade.[2][1]
A youth group, "Quo Vadis", was formed in 1996, and a children's group, "TheBuKids", in 2000; both staged their own productions.[3][2] According to the association, several former members later trained at drama schools and work as professional actors.[1] During the COVID-19 pandemic the group paused its work after the 2020 production.[2]
Repertoire
The repertoire ranges from light comedy and Bavarian pieces to drama, historical and experimental plays.[4] The main production each year is the Sommertheater am Bergerhof, usually a comedy; the 27th edition took place in 2019. Productions for the autumn and winter, often socially critical plays, were staged in the Stadtsaal, the Bürgerhaus or the Helmbrechtsaal. The group also performed short scenes at the historic Burgfest and took part in the Helmbrecht plays.[2][3]
After 2020 the group staged Molière's Der eingebildete Kranke (The Imaginary Invalid) at the Bergerhof summer theatre to mark the 400th anniversary of the author's birth, and later the comedy Schick mir keine Blumen by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore.[5][2]
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Adventsgedanken | Scenic reading of texts by Martin Walser[3] | |
| 1989 | Einer flog über das Kuckucksnest | Dale Wasserman | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 1989 | Bunter Theaterabend | Hans Sachs | One-act plays; 1st Sommertheater am Bergerhof |
| 1990 | Deutschstunde – eine Nabelschau | Markus Ballerstaller | 2nd Sommertheater |
| 1991 | Opern auf Bayerisch | Paul Schallweg | 3rd Sommertheater |
| 1991 | Florian, Brechtl & Co. | G. F. X. Unterforsthuber | |
| 1992 | Valentinaden | Karl Valentin | 4th Sommertheater |
| 1992 | Mr. Bat's Meisterstück oder Die total verjüngte Oma | Christine Nöstlinger | |
| 1993 | Ein Wildschütz kommt selten allein | Lotte Llacht | 5th Sommertheater |
| 1994 | Gundel Gantners Nadel | after William Stevenson, adapted by Till R. Lohmeyer | 6th Sommertheater[6] |
| 1994 | Biedermann und die Brandstifter | Max Frisch | The Fire Raisers |
| 1995 | Der Trauschein | Ephraim Kishon | 7th Sommertheater |
| 1996 | Schweig, Bub! | Fitzgerald Kusz | 8th Sommertheater |
| 1997 | Es war die Lerche | Ephraim Kishon | 9th Sommertheater |
| 1997 | Amaretto | Ingo Sachs | Youth group Quo Vadis |
| 1997 | Höchste Eisenbahn | Josef Wittmann | |
| 1998 | Letzter Wille | Fitzgerald Kusz | 10th Sommertheater |
| 1999 | Currywurst mit Pommes | Frank Pinkus and Nik Walsh | 11th Sommertheater |
| 1999 | Kinder des Teufels | Felix Mitterer | Youth group Quo Vadis |
| 2000 | Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen | Joseph Kesselring | Arsenic and Old Lace; 12th Sommertheater |
| 2000 | Medicus | Bernhard Künzner and Erika Hinterleuthner | Scenes about a quack doctor, historic Burgfest; also 2001, 2002 and 2008 |
| 2000 | Unternehmen Arche Noah | Elke Heidenreich | Performances on 14–15 March 2001 in the Bürgerhaus[7] |
| 2000 | Clown Fredos Reise in wundersame Welten | TheBuKids | Children's group, own piece |
| 2001 | Die verzauberte Stadt | Dietrich Taube | Fairy-tale play |
| 2001 | Wolfi und Familie Geiß | Gabriele Osterwald | Children's group |
| 2001 | Unkaputtbar | Günter Jankowiak | Youth group Quo Vadis |
| 2001 | Helmbrecht-Spiele | Participation | |
| 2002 | Otello darf nicht platzen | Ken Ludwig | Lend Me a Tenor; 13th Sommertheater |
| 2002 | Die Welle | Reinhold Tritt | Youth group Quo Vadis |
| 2003 | Gretchen 89 ff. | Lutz Hübner | 14th Sommertheater |
| 2003 | Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe | Alfred de Musset | |
| 2004 | Wenn auf der Burg die Gespenster hausen | Lisa Hanöffner | Also 2005 |
| 2004 | Helmbrecht-Spiele | Participation | |
| 2005 | Außer Kontrolle | Ray Cooney | Out of Order; 15th Sommertheater |
| 2005 | Watten, Wagner, Wichs | Bernhard Setzwein | |
| 2006 | Dinner für Spinner | Francis Veber | The Dinner Game; 16th Sommertheater |
| 2007 | Don Quixote | after Miguel de Cervantes | 17th Sommertheater |
| 2007 | Ein ungleiches Paar | Neil Simon | Female version of The Odd Couple[8] |
| 2008 | Ladykillers | after William Rose | Crime comedy after The Ladykillers; 18th Sommertheater |
| 2009 | Funny Money | Ray Cooney | Funny Money; 19th Sommertheater |
| 2010 | Männerhort | Kristof Magnussen | 20th Sommertheater |
| 2010 | Die 8 Frauen | Robert Thomas | |
| 2011 | Murder by Sex | Joan Shirley | 21st Sommertheater |
| 2012 | Dumm gelaufen | Markus Voell | 22nd Sommertheater |
| 2013 | Bussi Kathi | Wolfgang Ramadan | After The Taming of the Shrew; 23rd Sommertheater |
| 2015 | Unkraut | Fitzgerald Kusz | Satirical comedy; 24th Sommertheater |
| 2016 | Schlafzimmergäste | Alan Ayckbourn | Bedroom Farce; 25th Sommertheater |
| 2016 | Hrabal und der Mann am Fenster | Bernhard Setzwein | About Bohumil Hrabal[9] |
| 2017 | Brandner Kaspar und das ewig' Leben | Kurt Wilhelm | Kultursommer Raitenhaslach |
| 2018 | Der Neurosenkavalier | Gunther Beth and Alan Cooper | Boulevard comedy; 26th Sommertheater |
| 2019 | Achtung Internet! Lügen haben kurze Beine | Ray Cooney, translated by Horst Willems | 27th Sommertheater |
| 2020 | Hotel zu den zwei Welten | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt | [10] |
Venue
The summer productions take place in the inner courtyard of the Bergerhof, an estate in Burghausen; other productions have been staged in the town's Stadtsaal, Bürgerhaus and Helmbrechtsaal.[1][3] The 2017 production was part of the Kultursommer at Raitenhaslach.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Über uns, Theaterburg Burghausen, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 22 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Theaterburg Burghausen (former website: Über uns, Produktionen), Theaterburg Burghausen, archived 25 January 2025, retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Geschichte – Die pure Lust am Spiel, Theaterburg Burghausen, archived 11 April 2004, retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Unsere Projekte, Theaterburg Burghausen, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Theaterburg Burghausen (former website), Theaterburg Burghausen, archived 27 March 2023, retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Archiv, Theaterburg Burghausen, archived 11 April 2004, retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Vorschau, Theaterburg Burghausen, archived 23 May 2001, retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Ein ungleiches Paar, Theaterburg Burghausen, 19 October 2007, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Hrabal und der Mann am Fenster, Theaterburg Burghausen, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Hotel zu den zwei Welten, Theaterburg Burghausen, retrieved 22 October 2026. Archived on 22 October 2026.