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The '''Schaumburger Bühne e. V.''' is an amateur theatre group in the [[wikipedia:Schaumburg (district)|Schaumburg district]] of [[wikipedia:Lower Saxony|Lower Saxony]], Germany, affiliated with the district's adult education centre (''Volkshochschule Schaumburg''). Founded in 1985, it tours with comedies, classics and crime plays to venues around Schaumburg, with premieres in [[wikipedia:Obernkirchen|Obernkirchen]].<ref name="about" />

== History and organisation ==
The ensemble, which describes itself as semi-professional, was founded in 1985. Its season is offered as a half-year course of the Volkshochschule and begins each summer with weekly rehearsals, held at the comprehensive school (IGS) in Obernkirchen. Since 2001 the actor and director Jürgen Morche has been its artistic director.<ref name="about" />

As a touring theatre the group performs in Obernkirchen, [[wikipedia:Stadthagen|Stadthagen]], [[wikipedia:Bückeburg|Bückeburg]], [[wikipedia:Bad Eilsen|Bad Eilsen]] and [[wikipedia:Rehburg-Loccum|Rehburg-Loccum]], and has also played in Bordenau, [[wikipedia:Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia|Blomberg]] and Kleinenbremen.<ref name="about" />

== Repertoire ==
The repertoire consists mainly of sophisticated comedies, as well as classic plays and crime plays.<ref name="about" /> Besides the main production of each season, the group stages summer projects such as ''Radiomorde'' (2021) and ''Reizende Wäsche'' (2022–2023), and in 2024 took part in a short-play festival in [[wikipedia:Osnabrück|Osnabrück]].<ref name="projekte" />

On New Year's Eve 2024 it performed Norman Robbins's black comedy ''Schau nicht unters Rosenbeet'' to a full house in the hall of the Ratsgymnasium in Stadthagen; the ''Schaumburger Nachrichten'' reported minutes of applause and compared the play to ''[[wikipedia:Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' and [[wikipedia:Agatha Christie|Agatha Christie]]'s ''[[wikipedia:And Then There Were None|And Then There Were None]]''.<ref name="rosenbeet" /> Its 2025/26 production was ''Wer ist im Bett mit dem Butler?'', and for 2026/27 it is staging [[wikipedia:Neil Simon|Neil Simon]]'s farce ''Gerüchte… Gerüchte…'' (''[[wikipedia:Rumors (play)|Rumors]]'').<ref name="home" />

== References ==
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<ref name="about">[https://www.schaumburgerbuehne.de/ueber-uns/ Über uns], Schaumburger Bühne e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261015074612/https://www.schaumburgerbuehne.de/ueber-uns/ Archived] on 15 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="projekte">[https://www.schaumburgerbuehne.de/projekte/ Projekte], Schaumburger Bühne e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261015074647/https://www.schaumburgerbuehne.de/projekte/ Archived] on 15 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="rosenbeet">[https://www.schaumburgerbuehne.de/mit-spass-in-die-silvesternacht-schaumburger-buehne-begeistert-mit-schau-nicht-unters-rosenbeet/ Mit Spaß in die Silvesternacht – Schaumburger Bühne begeistert mit „Schau nicht unters Rosenbeet“] (reprint of an article by Vera Skamira, ''Schaumburger Nachrichten'', 1 January 2025), Schaumburger Bühne e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260607164015/https://www.schaumburgerbuehne.de/mit-spass-in-die-silvesternacht-schaumburger-buehne-begeistert-mit-schau-nicht-unters-rosenbeet/ Archived] on 7 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="home">[https://www.schaumburgerbuehne.de/ Schaumburger Bühne e.V. – Wir machen Theater], Schaumburger Bühne e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260607173322/https://www.schaumburgerbuehne.de/ Archived] on 7 June 2026.</ref>
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