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'''Theaterverein 1930 Rheidt e. V.''' is an amateur theatre association in Rheidt, a district of [[wikipedia:Niederkassel|Niederkassel]] in the [[wikipedia:Rhein-Sieg-Kreis|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis]], [[wikipedia:North Rhine-Westphalia|North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany. Founded in 1930, it stages a comedy each winter, a spring production and a children's play each year, and has performed in the assembly hall of the Alfred-Delp-Realschule in Niederkassel-Mondorf since 1987.<ref name="geschichte">[https://www.theaterverein-rheidt.de/geschichte Die Geschichte des Theatervereins], Theaterverein 1930 Rheidt e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014165710/https://www.theaterverein-rheidt.de/geschichte Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref>

== History ==
The association was founded on 16 November 1930 by 17 men at the inn "Zum Lüches" in Rheidt. After the war years, it has performed almost without interruption since 1957, apart from a pause during the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic in Germany|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="geschichte" /> Its list of winter productions records plays in 1931, 1935, 1936 and 1946, and an annual production from 1957 onwards; in 1963 no play was staged following the death of a cast member.<ref name="winter">[https://www.theaterverein-rheidt.de/winter Winteraufführungen], Theaterverein 1930 Rheidt e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014165740/https://www.theaterverein-rheidt.de/winter Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref>

A youth section was founded in 1977. In 2004 a further group, the "U 30", was formed for younger adults; it performed mostly self-written plays with music each spring, while the winter season was reserved for traditional [[wikipedia:Boulevard theatre (aesthetic)|boulevard comedies]] and folk comedies. Following a change of generations, the adult groups have since merged and now perform together in both spring and winter, using the spring slot to try out new formats. Karl-Heinz Wessel chaired the association from 1978 to 2012; the chair has been held by Markus Linnartz since 2022.<ref name="geschichte" />

== Repertoire ==
The winter productions are mostly comedies and farces, among them ''Die spanische Fliege'' (2008), ''Der wahre Jakob'' (1982 and 2013), [[wikipedia:Erich Kästner|Erich Kästner]]'s ''Drei Männer im Schnee'' (2018) and ''Aufstand in Pumps'' (2025); the association also stages plays written by its own members.<ref name="geschichte" /><ref name="winter" /> In spring 2023 it tried a new format, ''Wer ist der Täter?'': two crime stories by Stefan Keller, presented as a mixture of reading and acting with live sound effects, in which the audience was asked to guess the culprit.<ref name="rag2023">[https://www.rheinische-anzeigenblaetter.de/niederkassel/c-nachrichten/wer-ist-der-taeter_a273656 Theaterverein Rheidt: „Wer ist der Täter?"], Rheinische Anzeigenblätter, 19 March 2023, retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014165835/https://www.rheinische-anzeigenblaetter.de/niederkassel/c-nachrichten/wer-ist-der-taeter_a273656 Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref>

The youth section performs a play for children each September, mostly adaptations of [[wikipedia:Fairy tale|fairy tales]] and children's classics such as ''Emil und die Detektive'', ''Pippi Langstrumpf'' and ''Der Zauberer von Oz''.<ref name="geschichte" /><ref name="jugend">[https://www.theaterverein-rheidt.de/jugend Jugendaufführungen], Theaterverein 1930 Rheidt e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014165935/https://www.theaterverein-rheidt.de/jugend Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Selected winter productions<ref name="winter" />
! Year !! Title !! Notes
|-
| 1931 || ''Wenn Du noch eine Mutter hast'' || Earliest recorded production
|-
| 1957 || ''Das Höchste ist die Liebe'' || Start of the annual productions
|-
| 1982 || ''Der wahre Jakob'' ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Die spanische Fliege'' ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Scheidung auf Kölsch'' || Revived in 2017
|-
| 2014 || ''Othello darf nicht platzen!'' ||
|-
| 2018 || ''Drei Männer im Schnee'' || After Erich Kästner
|-
| 2020 || – || No performance (COVID-19 pandemic)
|-
| 2021 || ''Rheingold'' ||
|-
| 2025 || ''Aufstand in Pumps'' ||
|-
| 2026 || ''[[wikipedia:Funny Money (play)|Funny Money]]'' ||
|}

== Venue ==
Since 1987 the association has performed in the assembly hall of the Alfred-Delp-Realschule in Mondorf.<ref name="geschichte" /> It has a rehearsal room at the Rheidter Werth school.<ref name="rag2025">[https://www.rheinische-anzeigenblaetter.de/niederkassel/c-nachrichten/aufstand-in-pumps_a354990 Theaterverein Rheidt: „Aufstand in Pumps"], Rheinische Anzeigenblätter, 8 October 2025, retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014170025/https://www.rheinische-anzeigenblaetter.de/niederkassel/c-nachrichten/aufstand-in-pumps_a354990 Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref>

== Organisation ==
The Theaterverein is a registered association ([[wikipedia:Voluntary association|e. V.]]). Besides theatre, [[wikipedia:Carnival in Germany, Switzerland and Austria|carnival]] is one of its main activities: it opens each season with a members' evening of carnival speeches and takes part in the Rheidt carnival procession with a float and a walking group. Members of the association have repeatedly reigned as carnival prince, for example in the 1971/72, 1981/82, 1992/93, 2001/02 and 2011/12 seasons.<ref name="karneval">[https://www.theaterverein-rheidt.de/karneval Karneval], Theaterverein 1930 Rheidt e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014170516/https://www.theaterverein-rheidt.de/karneval Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref>

== References ==
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