Theatergruppe Siemens München
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| Theatergruppe Siemens München e. V. | |
| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
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| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Neubiberg |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | theater-ensemble-tgsm.de |
| Social media | Facebook · Instagram · YouTube |
The Theatergruppe Siemens München e. V. is an amateur theatre association based in Neubiberg near Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Together with the Theatergruppe Süd-München e. V. it forms the Theater-Ensemble tgsm, which stages two productions a year as well as children's plays, improvisational theatre and online "Zoom theatre".[1][2] In 2022 a digital staging of scenes from Goethe's Faust won the amarena prize of the Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater.[1]
History
The Theatergruppe Siemens München was founded by employees of Siemens; employees of Siemens AG and its affiliates take part as members, and the company supports the association financially, but there is no other link between the two.[3] The group celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2017 with Lutz Hübner's Gretchen 89ff.[4] In 2022 the Süddeutsche Zeitung described tgsm as two separate associations, the Theatergruppe Siemens München and the Theatergruppe Süd-München, linked by a cooperation agreement and sharing one ensemble, which had staged 180 plays in 64 years; it does not play dialect theatre.[1]
For more than 15 years the ensemble has also performed improvisational theatre. During the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 it began to perform Zoom-Theater over video chat and set out to film all scenes of Goethe's Faust in single-take video-chat versions.[2][5]
Repertoire
The stage productions range from Shakespeare, Chekhov and Brecht to modern comedies and crime plays; for children aged five to ten the ensemble stages fairy-tale plays in the Advent season, often with a visit from Saint Nicholas.[4][6] For 2026 it announced the children's play König Drosselbart after the Brothers Grimm, and for 2027 Patrick Barlow's Die 39 Stufen.[7][8]
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ein Sommernachtstraum | William Shakespeare | A Midsummer Night's Dream; director: Christine Matz |
| 2016 | Du bist nur zwei mal jung | Ron Aldridge | Also 2017; director: Margot Winter |
| 2017 | Gretchen 89ff. | Lutz Hübner | 60th anniversary production |
| 2018 | Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches | Bertolt Brecht | Fear and Misery of the Third Reich; director: Annekatrin Hirt |
| 2019 | Zwölfte Nacht oder Was Ihr Wollt | William Shakespeare | Twelfth Night; director: Christine Matz |
| 2020 | Die Troerinnen des Euripides | Jean-Paul Sartre, after Euripides | The Trojan Women; directors: Franziska Metz and Markus Fath |
| 2022 | Pastorale oder Die Zeit für Kakao | Wolfgang Hildesheimer | Director: Christine Matz |
| 2024 | Der Bär und Der Heiratsantrag | Anton Chekhov | The Bear and A Marriage Proposal; director: Christine Matz |
| 2025 | Ein tödliches Glas Rotwein | Mike La Marr | Crime play[9] |
| 2026 | Sushi für alle | Kristof Magnusson | Directors: Lothar Bruns and Margot Winter[10] |
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Der kleine Rübezahl | Jörg von Liebenfelß | Director: Annette Becker |
| 2016 | Rumpelstilzchen | Georg A. Weth, after the Brothers Grimm | Rumpelstiltskin; director: Lothar Bruns |
| 2017 | Ali Baba und die 40 Räuber | Dietrich Taube | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; director: Annette Becker |
| 2018 | Hänsel und Gretel | Georg A. Weth, after the Brothers Grimm | Hansel and Gretel; director: Lothar Bruns |
| 2019 | Der Froschkönig | Georg A. Weth, after the Brothers Grimm | The Frog Prince; directors: Annette Becker and Margot Winter |
| 2020 | Online Advent calendar | Replaced the cancelled fairy-tale production | |
| 2021 | Der Räuber Hotzenplotz und die Mondrakete | John von Düffel, after Otfried Preußler | The Robber Hotzenplotz; director: Lothar Bruns |
| 2022 | Dornröschen | Georg A. Weth, after the Brothers Grimm | Sleeping Beauty; premiere 6 November 2022; directors: Annette Becker and Lothar Bruns |
| 2023 | Fröhliche Weihnachten, Mr. Scrooge! | after Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol; directors: Elke and Lisa Kleine-Kleffmann |
| 2024 | Der Räuber Hotzenplotz und die Mondrakete | John von Düffel, after Otfried Preußler | Revival of the 2021 production |
| 2025 | Von Baumgeistern und Kobolden | Christina Stenger | Premiere 30 November 2025; director: Lisa Kleine-Kleffmann |
Venue
The ensemble has no permanent stage. In 2022 its production was performed in the Neubiberg primary school, the Kultur-Etage, the Pasinger Fabrik and the Pepper, and children's plays in the Bürgersaal Fürstenried, the parish hall of St. Monika in Munich, in Pöcking and in Kirchheim bei München.[1][11][7]
Awards
- 2022: amarena – Deutscher Amateurtheaterpreis of the Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater, for a digital staging of scenes from Goethe's Faust.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fiona Rachel Fischer: Laientheater in München: Eine Auswahl besonderer Ensembles, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 11 May 2022, retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Über uns, Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ Impressum, Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Theater, Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ Faust-Projekt, Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Theater für Kinder, Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 König Drosselbart, Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ Die 39 Stufen, Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ Ein tödliches Glas Rotwein, Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ Sushi für alle, Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ Von Baumgeistern und Kobolden, Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 25 October 2026.