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Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V. is an amateur theatre group based in Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.[1] Founded in 1999, it stages lesser-known plays, stage adaptations of films and novels, and musicals, usually one production every one or two years.[2][3]

History

Randfall Productions was set up in the winter of 1999 as an independent theatre group, and performed its first play, MacBest, from 2000 to 2001. In June 2003 the group became a registered non-profit association.[2] The name refers to that first production: in Terry Pratchett's Discworld, the "Randfall" (rim fall) is the edge where the seas pour off the disc into space. The group also reads the word as "special case" and says it chooses plays that are rarely performed.[2]

In 2013 it gave the first performance of Das Arschloch, die Fee und die drei Wünsche by Jan Dottermann, who also appeared in the production.[4][3] With AnarchoShnitzel schrieen sie (2014) the group performed in Hesse for the first time, in Taunusstein. For Party für eine Leiche (2016) it engaged an outside director for the first time and toured Bingen, Kirn, Taunusstein and Neustadt/Weinstraße-Hambach. After that production most of the ensemble left; the four remaining members recruited new players and staged Ralf Königs Lysistrata in 2018.[3]

The musical Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten – Frühling für Hitler premiered on 7 March 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was given only once more, in the open air in Simmertal, before the group paused its performances.[3] The group resumed in 2023 with a modern version of Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray, set in a disco, after it had not received the rights to the play it originally chose.[3][5]

Repertoire

The group plays comedies, satires, stage versions of films and novels, and musicals; Das Arschloch, die Fee und die drei Wünsche was a world premiere.[3][4]

Productions[3]
Year Title Author Notes
2000 MacBest after Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters, stage version by Stephen Briggs First production; premiere November 2000[6]
2003 König Johann Friedrich Dürrenmatt after William Shakespeare's King John Premiere 7 November 2003[7]
2005 Der Menschenfeind (The Misanthrope) Molière, version by Hans Magnus Enzensberger Premiere 18 November 2005[8]
2006 Four Rooms after the film Four Rooms by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Premiere 27 October 2006[9]
2008 Haltestelle. Geister. Helmut Krausser Premiere 29 February 2008[10]
2009 Mr. Pilks Irrenhaus Ken Campbell Premiere 15 May 2009[11]
2009 Mendy – Das Wusical Helge Schneider Musical; premiere 16 October 2009[12]
2011 Reservoir Dogs after the film Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino Premiere 8 April 2011[13]
2011 Hexen. Eine Zeitreise. Gabriele Klippel Premiere 25 November 2011[14]
2013 Das Arschloch, die Fee und die drei Wünsche Jan Dottermann World premiere 8 March 2013; also performed in Nierstein-Schwabsburg[4]
2014 AnarchoShnitzel schrieen sie Roland Spranger after the novel by Oliver Maria Schmitt Premiere 21 November 2014[15]
2016 Party für eine Leiche after Patrick Hamilton's Rope Premiere 2 December 2016 at the youth centre "Die Mühle"; tour 2017[16][17]
2018 Ralf Königs Lysistrata Ralf König after Aristophanes' Lysistrata Premiere 27 October 2018 at the Haus des Gastes; guest performances in 2019[18][17]
2020 Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten – Frühling für Hitler Uwe Heynitz, after Mel Brooks' The Producers Musical; premiere 7 March 2020[19]
2023 Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray Cornelia Wagner after Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray Premiere 4 March 2023 at the Haus des Gastes; also performed in Wiesbaden[20][5]
2024 Helges Leben Sibylle Berg Premiere 23 March 2024 at the Haus des Gastes; tour to Geisenheim and Simmertal[21][1]
2026 Adams Äpfel after the film Adam's Apples by Anders Thomas Jensen Announced for March 2026; marked as postponed on the group's homepage[22][23][1]

Venue

In Bad Kreuznach the group performs at the youth centre Jugendzentrum „Die Mühle“, in the Loge of the Haus des Gastes and at the Kolpinghaus.[3] It has also given guest performances in Alf on the Moselle, Idar-Oberstein, Mainz, Bingen, the Smeissers Scheune theatre in Nierstein, Neuruppin, Taunusstein, on the Kyrburg in Kirn and at the Theater in der Kurve in Neustadt/Weinstraße-Hambach.[3]

Organisation

From 2007 until the late 2010s the group had a partnership with the theatre association ToB (Theater ohne Bühne) in Neuruppin.[2]

Awards

The group received the Kulturpreis der Stadt Bad Kreuznach, a prize awarded by the town of Bad Kreuznach, for 2010; the group's website calls it the Kunstpreis and dates the presentation to early 2012.[2][24]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mitgliedsbühnen, Landesverband Amateurtheater Rheinland-Pfalz, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 11 June 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Verein – Über uns, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Stücke – Übersicht, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Das Arschloch, die Fee und die drei Wünsche, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tickets für Dorian Gray nun überall erhältlich, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., 31 January 2023, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  6. ↑ MacBest, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  7. ↑ König Johann, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  8. ↑ Der Menschenfeind, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  9. ↑ Four Rooms, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  10. ↑ Haltestelle. Geister., Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  11. ↑ Mr. Pilks Irrenhaus, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  12. ↑ Mendy – Das Wusical, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  13. ↑ Reservoir Dogs, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  14. ↑ Hexen. Eine Zeitreise., Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 15 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Anarchoshnitzel schrieen sie, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  16. ↑ Party für eine Leiche, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Mitgliedsbühnen, Landesverband Amateurtheater Rheinland-Pfalz, archived 27 March 2023, retrieved 27 October 2026.
  18. ↑ Ralf König: Lysistrata, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  19. ↑ Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten: Frühling für Hitler, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  20. ↑ Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 15 July 2026.
  21. ↑ Helges Leben: die Auftritte, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., 26 February 2024, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  22. ↑ Anders Thomas Jensen: Adams æbler – Adams Äpfel, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
  23. ↑ Theaterverein Randfall Productions, Theaterverein Randfall Productions e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 15 July 2026.
  24. ↑ Kulturpreis der Stadt Bad Kreuznach, German Wikipedia, retrieved 27 October 2026.
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