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The '''Heimatbühne Obergiesing e. V.''', now called '''Münchner Heimatbühne e. V.''', is an amateur dialect theatre in the [[wikipedia:Obergiesing|Obergiesing]] district of [[wikipedia:Munich|Munich]], Bavaria, Germany. Since 1990 it has performed Bavarian folk plays (''bayerisches Volkstheater'') in the parish hall of the church Königin des Friedens, many of them written by its long-time leader Sepp Hofmann.<ref name="az" /><ref name="dewiki" />

== History ==
According to the ''Abendzeitung'', the Heimatbühne Obergiesing has played Bavarian folk theatre in the Pfarrsaal Königin des Friedens since 1990, with an emphasis on tradition and dialect, and aims to train dialect actors and to preserve the dialect. Its audience comes from all over Bavaria as well as from Austria, Switzerland and [[wikipedia:South Tyrol|South Tyrol]].<ref name="az" /> In 2017 Sepp Hofmann, a native of South Tyrol, had run the theatre for 27 years and brought a new play to the stage every year; its actors came from Upper and Lower Bavaria, the Palatinate, Franconia, Tyrol and other regions, each speaking their own dialect.<ref name="hallo2017" /> The German Wikipedia list of Munich theatres gives its current name as ''Münchner Heimatbühne e. V.''<ref name="dewiki" />

== Repertoire ==
The theatre usually stages one play a year in spring, with about nine performances. Productions include Sepp Hofmann's three-act folk play ''Aufruhr in Oberberg'' (April–May 2013),<ref name="wa2013" /> the Bavarian folk play classic ''Der Geisterbräu'' (April 2016, nine performances)<ref name="wa2016" /> and a rural play written by Hofmann with eleven actors in spring 2017.<ref name="hallo2017" /> Once it played two new comic one-acters by Hofmann on one evening.<ref name="az" />

== Venue ==
The theatre plays in the parish hall (''Pfarrsaal'') of the church Königin des Friedens at Werinherstraße 50 in Munich-Giesing, where South Tyrolean snacks are served during the performance.<ref name="wa2016" /><ref name="hallo2017" />

== References ==
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<ref name="az">[http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.heimatbuehne-obergiesing-komisches-und-koestliches.fbc2650a-727f-4c78-8fc6-732e804cef3a.html Heimatbühne Obergiesing: Komisches und Köstliches], Abendzeitung München, retrieved 18 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261020151524/https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/muenchen/stadtviertel/komisches-und-koestliches-art-521638 Archived] on 20 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="dewiki">[https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liste_der_Theater_in_M%C3%BCnchen&oldid=270486154 Liste der Theater in München], German Wikipedia, retrieved 18 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="hallo2017">[https://www.hallo-muenchen.de/muenchen/ost/heimatbuehne-obergiesing-sucht-aktuelle-bauernstueck-noch-eine-schauspielerin-7359745.html Heimatbühne Obergiesing sucht für das aktuelle Bauernstück noch eine Schauspielerin], Hallo München, 4 February 2017, retrieved 18 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261020151625/https://www.hallo-muenchen.de/muenchen/heimatbuehne-obergiesing-sucht-aktuelle-bauernstueck-noch-eine-schauspielerin-7359745.html Archived] on 20 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="wa2013">[https://www.wochenanzeiger.de/mwa132829 Obergiesing · In drei Akten], Wochenanzeiger, 8 April 2013, retrieved 18 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261020151654/https://www.wochenanzeiger.de/mwa132829 Archived] on 20 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="wa2016">[https://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/mwa174933 Der Geisterbräu auf der Heimatbühne Obergiesing], Wochenanzeiger, 31 March 2016, retrieved 18 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261020151738/https://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/mwa174933 Archived] on 20 October 2026.</ref>
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