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'''Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein''' is a [[wikipedia:Senior theatre|senior theatre]] group in [[wikipedia:Nierstein|Nierstein]], [[wikipedia:Rhenish Hesse|Rhenish Hesse]], [[wikipedia:Rhineland-Palatinate|Rhineland-Palatinate]], Germany.<ref name="site" /> Founded in 2015 as a project of the town's senior citizens' office, it develops its own scene collages under the direction of a theatre educator.<ref name="klangakt" />

== History ==
The group was initiated by the senior citizens' office (Seniorenbüro) of Nierstein in February 2015 as the town's first senior theatre group, with support from the Dr. Wegener-Stiftung.<ref name="hoepp" /><ref name="grusswort" /> The first participants came to a taster workshop advertised in the local press; several of them were still members ten years later.<ref name="klangakt" /> In December 2015 the group showed a humorous Christmas sketch at several Christmas parties in Nierstein.<ref name="archiv" />

Its first full-length production, ''Koffer auspacken'', premiered on 27 October 2016 in the Altes E-Werk in Nierstein before a sold-out audience and was repeated on 25 November 2016 in the Alte Festhalle in [[wikipedia:Flonheim|Flonheim]]; the ensemble then consisted of ten women and two men.<ref name="hoepp" /> During the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]] the group rehearsed online and later met in a park; the development of ''Die schwarzen Witwen'' took almost three years because of the interruptions.<ref name="archiv" /><ref name="witwen" />

In 2025, its tenth year, the group staged ''DamenWahl''.<ref name="aktuell" /> The theatre educator who had led the group since 2015 handed it over to a successor in summer 2025.<ref name="klangakt" /><ref name="site" /> In November 2025 the group premiered a revue for the 800th anniversary of the town charter of [[wikipedia:Oppenheim|Oppenheim]] in the courtroom of the old district court there.<ref name="giggle" />

The group gave its size as 12 ensemble members in 2023, 13 participants on its website and 14 members in 2025.<ref name="swr" /><ref name="site" /><ref name="giggle" />

== Repertoire ==
The group does not perform published plays. About every one and a half to two years it develops a production of about one hour on a chosen theme, built from improvised scenes, the participants' own memories, literary texts and songs; music plays a central part in the productions.<ref name="klangakt" /> Between the large productions it gives smaller workshop performances.<ref name="site" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions (incomplete)<ref name="archiv" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
|-
| 2015 || Christmas sketch || devised by the group || Shown at several Christmas parties in Nierstein
|-
| 2016 || ''Koffer auspacken'' || devised by the group, after [[wikipedia:Kurt Tucholsky|Kurt Tucholsky]] || Premiere 27 October 2016, Altes E-Werk<ref name="koffer" /><ref name="hoepp" />
|-
| 2018 || ''Barfuß im Regen'' || devised by the group || Workshop performance February 2018, premiere April 2018, Altes E-Werk; guest performances in Friesenheim and Horrweiler<ref name="barfuss" />
|-
| 2022 || ''Die schwarzen Witwen'' || devised by the group || Black comedy; performed in Schwabsburg<ref name="witwen" /><ref name="klangakt" />
|-
| by 2024 || ''Strandgut'' || devised by the group, with texts by the [[wikipedia:Brothers Grimm|Brothers Grimm]], Goethe, Eichendorff, Heine and others || Altes E-Werk<ref name="strandgut" />
|-
| 2025 || ''DamenWahl'' || devised by the group || On women in art and society; premiere May 2025<ref name="aktuell" /><ref name="klangakt" />
|-
| 2025 || ''800 Jahre Oppenheimer Stadtrecht – eine Revue der Momente'' || devised by the group || Premiere 22 November 2025, old district court, Oppenheim<ref name="giggle" />
|}

== Venue ==
The group rehearses weekly in the Protestant family centre (Johannes-Busch-Haus) in Nierstein.<ref name="site" /> Its large productions have premiered in the Musik- und Kulturclub Altes E-Werk in Nierstein.<ref name="hoepp" /><ref name="strandgut" />

== Organisation ==
The group is a programme of the senior citizens' office of the town of Nierstein rather than a club, run much like an adult education course.<ref name="klangakt" /><ref name="site" /> It has cooperated with the Geschichtsverein Nierstein: at the official ceremony for the 1275th anniversary of Nierstein on 6 May 2017 it read and acted the historical passages of the association chairman's speech, and in July 2018 it took part in the association's time-travel revue ''Fer en guude Freund habbe mer immer noch en bessere''.<ref name="archiv" /><ref name="freund" /><ref name="klangakt" />

== References ==
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<ref name="site">[https://aha-theater.de/sample-page/ Wer wir sind], Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027202419/https://aha-theater.de/sample-page/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="archiv">[https://aha-theater.de/archiv/ Archiv], Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027202515/https://aha-theater.de/archiv/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="aktuell">[https://aha-theater.de/aktuell/ Aktuell], Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027202546/https://aha-theater.de/aktuell/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="grusswort">[https://aha-theater.de/aktuell/grusswort/ Grußwort], Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 12 September 2016, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027202624/https://aha-theater.de/aktuell/grusswort/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="hoepp">Wolfgang Höpp: [https://aha-theater.de/archiv/koffer-auspacken/ Koffer auspacken – ein Artikel von W. Höpp], Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 17 November 2016, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027202732/https://aha-theater.de/archiv/koffer-auspacken/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="koffer">[https://aha-theater.de/archiv/koffer-auspacken/das-war-koffer-auspacken/ Das war Koffer auspacken], Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 4 April 2017, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027202804/https://aha-theater.de/archiv/koffer-auspacken/das-war-koffer-auspacken/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="barfuss">[https://aha-theater.de/archiv/das-war-barfuss-im-regen/ Das war Barfuss im Regen], Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 27 October 2018, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027202832/https://aha-theater.de/archiv/das-war-barfuss-im-regen/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="freund">[https://aha-theater.de/archiv/fer-en-guude-freund-habbe-mer-immer/ „Fer en guude Freund habbe mer immer], Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 28 August 2018, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027202900/https://aha-theater.de/archiv/fer-en-guude-freund-habbe-mer-immer/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="witwen">[https://aha-theater.de/die-schwarzen-witwen/ Die schwarzen Witwen], Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, 18 May 2022, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027203036/https://aha-theater.de/die-schwarzen-witwen/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="strandgut">[https://aha-theater.de/strandgut/ Strandgut], Aha!!!-Theater aus Nierstein, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027203116/https://aha-theater.de/strandgut/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="swr">[https://www.swr.de/heimat/rheinhessen/theater-mit-83-100.html Mit 83 auf der Bühne – Seniorentheater gegen Einsamkeit], SWR Heimat, 13 February 2023, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027203235/https://www.swr.de/heimat/rheinhessen/theater-mit-83-100.html Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="klangakt">Heike Mayer-Netscher, Clara-Franziska Plum: [https://klangakt.ub.uni-muenchen.de/klangakt/article/download/110/326/388 Von wegen alt – aha – die machen Theater! Theater und Musik im Aha!!!-Theater Nierstein], Klangakt, vol. 3, no. 2, 2025, doi:10.5282/klangakt/110, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027203415/https://klangakt.ub.uni-muenchen.de/klangakt/article/download/110/326/388 Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="giggle">[https://giggle.tips/experience/4d7aa0a6-4275-493a-8035-2ccec4649602/aha-theater-tour-through-the-history-of-oppenheim AHA Theater: Tour through the history of Oppenheim], giggle.tips, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027203433/https://giggle.tips/en/experience/4d7aa0a6-4275-493a-8035-2ccec4649602/aha-theater-tour-through-the-history-of-oppenheim Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
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