Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V.
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| Founded | 1989 |
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| Members | 99 (as of 2014) |
| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
| Member of | Landesverband Amateurtheater Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Diez |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | theodissa-buehne-diez.de |
| Social media | Facebook · Instagram · YouTube |
The Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V. (also Theodissa-Bühne Diez) is an amateur theatre group in Diez in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.[1] It stages one production a year, mainly comedies, partly in the Hessian-Nassau dialect, and in recent years murder mystery dinners, in Diez and neighbouring villages.[1][2]
History
The group grew out of a course at the local Volkshochschule in 1989 and became an independent registered association in 1991.[2] Its founder also wrote the plays it performed in its first five seasons.[2][3] In 1997 the group hosted the annual meeting of the Landesverband Amateurtheater Rheinland-Pfalz e. V. in Diez, and in 1998 it took part in a television recording by SWR.[2]
In 2014 the association had 99 members and had counted 451 visitors in the previous season, but only six active performers. Instead of a full-length play it therefore staged an evening of one-act plays and sketches, and it gave no guest performances that year.[4] The single performance in November 2014 drew about 270 spectators.[3]
During the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 production was cancelled and rehearsals moved to Zoom; in 2021 the group published recorded sketches on YouTube.[5][6] The group counts its anniversaries from the 1991 registration and celebrated its 20th, 25th and 30th anniversaries in 2011, 2016 and 2021.[7][8][2]
Repertoire
The group's repertoire consists mainly of comedies by authors such as Walter G. Pfaus, some of them in local dialect.[2][3] Since 2017 it has regularly staged murder mystery and "Gruseldinner" (horror dinner) productions in which the audience is invited to guess the culprit.[2][9]
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Flughafen Frankfurt 19 Uhr 5 | the group's founder | |
| 1992 | Froste Nichte | the group's founder | |
| 1993 | Ohne Mantelfutter | the group's founder | |
| 1994 | Heavy Beethoven | the group's founder | |
| 1995 | Wann starb Johann Gottlieb Fichte | the group's founder | |
| 1996 | Die blaue Maus | ||
| 1997 | Nichts als Kuddelmuddel | ||
| 1999 | Das Tal der Suppen | ||
| 2001 | Wo ist die Kette von Henriette | ||
| 2002 | Die Leiche im Schrank | Walter G. Pfaus | |
| 2003 | Keine Ruhe in der Truhe | Walter G. Pfaus | |
| 2004 | Diagnose Alptraum | Dan Emperore | |
| 2006 | Ein Krimi für das Schlossgespenst | Werner Lachmann | |
| 2007 | Glaubersalz zum Nachtisch | ||
| 2008 | Verwandte und andere Nachbarn | Walter G. Pfaus | |
| 2009 | Schlachtfest bei Schmidt | Robert Lange | |
| 2010 | Ab heute sind wir pleite | Walter G. Pfaus | |
| 2011 | Mörder mögens messerscharf | Christine Steinwasser | |
| 2012 | Amnesie für Fortgeschrittene | Karl-Heinz Alfred Hahn | |
| 2013 | Das gestörte Schäferstündchen | Walter G. Pfaus | |
| 2014 | Papagei mit Folgen, Oma allein im Haus, Der Ruf des Uhus, Der Schliwwer | Papagei mit Folgen by the group's founder | Four one-act plays; Der Schliwwer in dialect[3] |
| 2015 | Am laufenden Band | Pieces about what can go wrong at rehearsals and performances[10] | |
| 2016 | Manchmal darf's auch Shakespear sein / Camping ist lustig | One-act plays; 25th anniversary season[8] | |
| 2017 | Klappe Tod, die zweite | Murder mystery dinner[11] | |
| 2018 | Himmlisches Gericht | [12] | |
| 2019 | Besuch auf Schloß Hagenstein | "Gruseldinner"; further performance in January 2020[13] | |
| 2021 | Es fährt kein Zug nach irgendwo | Postponed from 2020[5][14] | |
| 2022 | Jetzt oder nie | Murder mystery dinner | |
| 2023 | Auf Amtswegen | ||
| 2024 | Ist das Mord – oder gehört das zum Stück? | Murder mystery dinner with a Western theme[15] | |
| 2025 | Radau auf der Gartenschau | Thomas Haug | Comedy in three acts; four sold-out performances[16][17] |
| 2026 | Mord in der Manege | a member of the group | Murder mystery dinner[9] |
Venue
The group has no theatre of its own and rehearses weekly in the Haus der Vereine in the Diez district of Freiendiez.[18] In the 2010s it performed in the SV-Halle in Freiendiez and the Lahnblickhalle in Altendiez.[10][8] Later productions were staged in a restaurant, in a car dealership's premises in Diez (2025) and, from 2026, in a restaurant in Heistenbach with an additional performance in the village hall of Wasenbach.[11][16][9]
Organisation
Besides its annual production, the group has given sketch evenings, including on the open-air stage (Seebühne) in the Diez Generationspark in 2018 and 2019, and held a clown workshop in 2019.[2][12] It has taken part in the Diez carnival parade (Dreierbundzug), ran a small spring market in 2022 and presented itself at the town's Vereinsgarage club fair in 2025.[19][2][18] Members also go on theatre trips, for example to Lübeck in 2016 and to Augsburg with a visit to the Augsburger Puppenkiste in 2025.[20][21]
Awards
In 2019 the group received the Kulturpreis der Stadt Diez, the culture prize of the town of Diez.[2][22]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Theodissa-Bühne Diez e.V., Kulturland Rheinland-Pfalz, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Historie, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 12 July 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eine muntere Truppe, Nassauische Neue Presse, 29 November 2014, reproduced on the website of the Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Theodissa-Bühne will mit Einakter und Sketchen punkten, Nassauische Neue Presse, 21 June 2014, reproduced on the website of the Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ohne Kunst und Kultur wird's still, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 1 November 2020, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Sketche zu Corona-Zeiten, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 24 March 2021, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 20. Jubiläum, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 6 April 2011, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Aufführungstermine im Jubiläumsjahr 2016, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 22 September 2016, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Mord in der Manege – Aufführungstermine, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 7 July 2026, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 „Theater am laufenden Band“, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 4 October 2015, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Termine und Aufführungen im Jahr 2017, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 17 May 2017, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Termine und Aufführungen 2018, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 11 June 2018, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Weitere Termine für das Krimidinner, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 5 March 2019, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Theodissa-Bühne Diez: Abenteuer auf einem trostlosen Bahnhof, Rhein-Lahn-Zeitung, retrieved 26 October 2026.
- ↑ Unsere Proben haben begonnen, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 6 June 2024, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Radau auf der Gartenschau, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 1 October 2025, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Radau auf der Gartenschau, Landesverband Amateurtheater Rheinland-Pfalz, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 11 June 2026.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Vereinsgarage in Diez, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 1 October 2025, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Dreierbundzug 2016, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 14 February 2016, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Theodissa-Bühne in Lübeck, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 7 May 2016, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 12 July 2026.
- ↑ Vorhang zu und ein Applaus für unsere Reise!, Theodissa-Bühne-Diez e.V., 1 October 2025, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Seit 30 Jahren aktiv: Kulturpreis der Stadt Diez geht an die Theodissa-Bühne, Rhein-Lahn-Zeitung, retrieved 26 October 2026.