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The '''Artus Ensemble – Verein für erlebbare Geschichte''' (AE) is a non-profit amateur theatre association based in [[wikipedia:Mering|Mering]] in the district of [[wikipedia:Aichach-Friedberg|Aichach-Friedberg]], [[wikipedia:Swabia (Bavaria)|Bavarian Swabia]], Germany. Founded in 2010, it stages plays based on local and regional history.<ref name="home" />

== Repertoire ==
The ensemble describes its concept as telling local history in a lively way, with psychologically detailed, dramatic and partly grotesque plays.<ref name="home" /> Its productions include:<ref name="archiv" />
* ''BruderHerz'', a drama about the events around the first documentary mention of Mering on 14 November 1021, with Emperor [[wikipedia:Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry II]] and his brother [[wikipedia:Bruno of Augsburg|Bruno]], Bishop of Augsburg, as characters.
* ''BluatLech'', a one-act play by Martina Drexler about a 19th-century German-Jewish criminal case, based on the non-fiction book ''Mord am Lech'' by Yehuda Shenef and directed by Hubert Schmucker. The play was mentioned in the ''Jüdischer Almanach'' 2019 of the [[wikipedia:Leo Baeck Institute|Leo Baeck Institute]] Jerusalem.
* ''Vergiss mein nicht – Ein Meringer Vermächtnis'', a one-act play for the centenary of Mering's elevation to a market town.
* ''Brecht – auf zum Frieden'', based on [[wikipedia:Bertolt Brecht|Bertolt Brecht]]'s story ''Der Augsburger Kreidekreis'', set in the [[wikipedia:Thirty Years' War|Thirty Years' War]].

In 2026 the ensemble performed ''Nix für Narren'', set in the 15th century, about the town clerk [[wikipedia:Hermann Bote|Hermann Bote]] and the figure of [[wikipedia:Till Eulenspiegel|Till Eulenspiegel]].<ref name="home" />

== Awards ==
For ''BluatLech'', the author Martina Drexler received the ''Verdienstmedaille im Amateurtheater'' (medal of merit in amateur theatre) of the district of Aichach-Friedberg.<ref name="archiv" />

== References ==
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<ref name="home">[https://artus-ensemble.de/ Artus Ensemble], Artus Ensemble, retrieved 15 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261015095715/https://artus-ensemble.de/ Archived] on 15 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="archiv">[https://artus-ensemble.de/archiv/ Archiv], Artus Ensemble, retrieved 15 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261015095855/https://artus-ensemble.de/archiv/ Archived] on 15 October 2026.</ref>
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