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'''Dat Bremmer Knubbetheater e.V.''' is an amateur theatre group in [[wikipedia:Bremm|Bremm]], a wine-growing village on the [[wikipedia:Moselle|Moselle]] in the [[wikipedia:Cochem-Zell|Cochem-Zell]] district, [[wikipedia:Rhineland-Palatinate|Rhineland-Palatinate]], Germany. Founded in 1999, it has staged comedies in the local Bremm dialect since 2000.<ref name="historie" />

== History ==
Theatre in Bremm goes back to the years before [[wikipedia:World War I|World War I]], when the village's [[wikipedia:Men's chorus|male voice choir]] (''Männergesangverein'') staged a play every Christmas in the hall of a local inn. Its activities, and with them the plays, stopped during both world wars; the choir resumed regular comedies and musical plays in 1947 and gave up theatre for good at the end of the 1950s.<ref name="historie" />

In early 1999 young people from Bremm founded a new theatre group as a section of the local gymnastics and sports club (''Turn- und Spielverein''), and from then on called it ''Dat Bremmer Knubbetheater''. The group later became a registered association of its own.<ref name="historie" /> The name refers to the ''Bremmer Knubbe'', a local term for big, strong men with a good appetite for food and drink, as needed for the hard work in the vineyards and fields.<ref name="historia" />

The group's first production, ''Schwarzenbach im Umweltfieber'', premiered on 8 April 2000 in the Bremm gymnasium, with advice from the befriended theatre club Moselblümchen from [[wikipedia:Reil, Germany|Reil]].<ref name="historie" />

== Repertoire ==
The group stages one comedy (''Lustspiel'') a year, performed in the Bremm dialect; since 2007 the titles of its productions have also been in dialect.<ref name="historie" /><ref name="stuecke" /> Several of the plays are set in Bremm itself or refer to local places such as the Calmont.<ref name="stuecke" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions (incomplete)<ref name="stuecke" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
|-
| 2000 || ''Schwarzenbach im Umweltfieber'' || || First production, premiere on 8 April 2000<ref name="historie" />
|-
| 2001 || ''Das verflixte Klassentreffen'' || ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Der ledige Bauplatz'' || ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Mord im Hühnerstall'' || ||
|-
| 2004 || ''Familienkrach im Doppelhaus'' || ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Wer gibt hier den Ton an'' || ||
|-
| 2006 || ''Die Silberhochzeit'' || ||
|-
| 2007 || ''Dat gäht off kän Gäßehoot'' || ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Blaues Blut un Linsesopp'' || ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Vill Ungeräach im't Erwe'' || ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Dä verkaafte Grußvadda'' || ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Hl. Laurentius stieh us bäi'' || ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Bat ze vill es, es ze vill'' || ||
|-
| 2013 || ''Mät Fuhm, Flint un Fissemadente'' || ||
|-
| 2014 || ''Ä stärk Steck äm Colmätgleck'' || ||
|-
| 2015 || ''Ä Hos voll schräjer Viejel'' || ||
|-
| 2016 || ''Schwäzz gebrannd un wees geflaggd'' || after Regina Rösch || Dialect version of ''Frühlingserwachen''; three-act play, eight actors<ref name="play2016" /><ref name="rz2016" />
|-
| 2017 || ''Klunker, Klies un Kaviar'' || || Dialect version of ''Kaviar und Hasenbraten''; nine actors, five performances<ref name="play2017" /><ref name="rz2017a" />
|}

The regional newspaper ''[[wikipedia:Rhein-Zeitung|Rhein-Zeitung]]'' reported full houses for the 2016 production and sold-out performances of the 2017 production, with audiences also coming from the surrounding area.<ref name="rz2016" /><ref name="rz2017b" />

== Venue ==
The group's first production in 2000 was staged in the Bremm gymnasium (''Turnhalle'').<ref name="historie" /> The productions of 2016 and 2017 were performed in the multi-purpose hall (''Mehrzweckhalle'') in Bremm.<ref name="rz2016" /><ref name="rz2017b" /> In 2017 it rented the former flat above the Raiffeisenbank in the village centre as a rehearsal space, where props can be stored between rehearsals.<ref name="rz2017a" />

== Organisation ==
Besides its own productions, the association has hosted a guest cabaret evening at the Calmont-Forum in Bremm in July 2022.<ref name="site" /> It supports cultural and community projects in the village financially; in 2017 it donated 2,000 euros towards the upkeep of Bremm's forest playground.<ref name="blick2017" />

== References ==
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<ref name="site">[https://www.bremmer-knubbetheater.de/ Dat Bremmer Knubbetheater e.V. – Die Bremmer Laienspielgruppe], Dat Bremmer Knubbetheater e.V., retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260614104230/https://www.bremmer-knubbetheater.de/ Archived] on 14 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="historie">[https://www.bremmer-knubbetheater.de/historie/ Historie], Dat Bremmer Knubbetheater e.V., retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027040243/https://www.bremmer-knubbetheater.de/historie/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="stuecke">[https://www.bremmer-knubbetheater.de/stuecke/ Stücke], Dat Bremmer Knubbetheater e.V., retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260608104516/https://www.bremmer-knubbetheater.de/stuecke/ Archived] on 8 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="play2016">[https://www.bremmer-knubbetheater.de/stuecke/2016-schwaezz-gebrannd-un-wees-geflaggd/ 2016 – Schwäzz gebrannd un wees geflaggd], Dat Bremmer Knubbetheater e.V., retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027040357/https://www.bremmer-knubbetheater.de/stuecke/2016-schwaezz-gebrannd-un-wees-geflaggd/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="play2017">[https://www.bremmer-knubbetheater.de/stuecke/2017-klunker-klies-un-kaviar/ 2017 – Klunker, Klies un Kaviar], Dat Bremmer Knubbetheater e.V., retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027040435/https://www.bremmer-knubbetheater.de/stuecke/2017-klunker-klies-un-kaviar/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="historia">[https://www.bremm.info/historia/knubbe.htm Bremmer Knubbe], Historia Bremum – Die Geschichte(n) der Ortsgemeinde Bremm an der Mosel am Calmont, 27 June 2009, retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027040502/https://www.bremm.info/historia/knubbe.htm Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="rz2016">[https://www.rhein-zeitung.de/region/aus-den-lokalredaktionen/kreis-cochem-zell_artikel,-dat-bremmer-knubbetheater-brennt-schwaezz-un-flaggd-wees-ein-filmriss-beschert-manch-peinliche-frage-_arid,1456454.html Dat Bremmer Knubbetheater brennt „schwäzz un flaggd wees“: Ein Filmriss beschert manch peinliche Frage], Rhein-Zeitung, 15 March 2016, retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027040531/https://www.rhein-zeitung.de/lokales/kreis-cochem-zell/dat-bremmer-knubbetheater-brennt-schwaezz-un-flaggd-wees-ein-filmriss-beschert-manch-peinliche-fr_arid-1456454.html Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="rz2017a">[https://www.rhein-zeitung.de/lokales/kreis-cochem-zell/bremmer-knubbetheater-was-verbirgt-sich-im-mysterioesen-kuvert_arid-1623242.html Bremmer Knubbetheater: Was verbirgt sich im mysteriösen Kuvert?], Rhein-Zeitung, 14 March 2017, retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027040704/https://www.rhein-zeitung.de/lokales/kreis-cochem-zell/bremmer-knubbetheater-was-verbirgt-sich-im-mysterioesen-kuvert_arid-1623242.html Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="rz2017b">[https://www.rhein-zeitung.de/lokales/kreis-cochem-zell/auf-der-bremmer-theaterbuehne-geht-es-rund-geklaute-diamanten-sorgen-fuer-chaos_arid-1631928.html Auf der Bremmer Theaterbühne geht es rund: Geklaute Diamanten sorgen für Chaos], Rhein-Zeitung, 2 April 2017, retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027040730/https://www.rhein-zeitung.de/lokales/kreis-cochem-zell/auf-der-bremmer-theaterbuehne-geht-es-rund-geklaute-diamanten-sorgen-fuer-chaos_arid-1631928.html Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="blick2017">[https://www.blick-aktuell.de/Berichte/So-ein-Theater-296776.html So ein Theater!], Blick aktuell, 8 November 2017, retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027040759/https://www.blick-aktuell.de/Berichte/So-ein-Theater-296776.html Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
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