Theaterfreunde Kesseltal

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Theaterfreunde Kesseltal e. V. is an amateur theatre association in Bissingen, district of Dillingen, Bavarian Swabia, Germany, named after the valley of the Kessel (Kesseltal). Founded in 1990, it stages an annual play during Lent, the Bissinger Theatertage, and has a children's and youth theatre group.

Theaterfreunde Kesseltal

Theaterfreunde Kesseltal e. V.
Founded	18 November 1990
Members	320 (as of 2013)
Legal form	Registered association (eingetragener Verein)
Member of	Ver­band Baye­ri­scher Ama­teur­thea­ter
Location
Headquarters	Bissingen
Country	Germany
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Links
Website	theaterfreunde-kesseltal.de
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History

Amateur theatre in the Kessel valley has a long tradition: plays were performed by the fire brigade association in Unterbissingen from at least 1910, and after the Second World War many local clubs staged plays. By the end of the 1960s all clubs in the lower Kessel valley except the Catholic rural youth of Bissingen had given up, partly because the hall in Unterbissingen was closed. In 1990 the youth group's director Manfred Herreiner and other theatre enthusiasts founded a theatre club of their own; 29 people attended the founding meeting at the Gasthaus Krone in Bissingen, and the first board was elected on 18 November 1990. Herreiner led the club and directed its plays until he stepped down for health reasons in 2003; he was made honorary chairman.

Besides the annual play, the club organised a carnival ball, Brettl evenings with theatre, brass music and children's theatre, excursions and contributions to the festivals of other clubs. Its children's and youth theatre group was founded in spring 1994 and performs every summer in Unterbissingen. The club received its own banner at its tenth anniversary in 2000 and later had 320 members, making it the second-largest club in the market town of Bissingen. It celebrated its 25th anniversary in July 2015.

Repertoire

The adult group performs Bavarian-Swabian folk comedies and farces each spring; performances have included two afternoon shows for senior citizens from the districts of Dillingen and Donau-Ries, with a cappella songs by the Graureiher opening each act.

Productions (incomplete)

Year	Title	Notes
1990	s'Fensterl
1991	Der Goisbock	Bräusaal, Bissingen; four evening, one children's and one senior performance
1992	Alois, wo warst du heut Nacht
1993	Der schüchterne Weiberheld
1994	Der Playboy von Meidling
1995	Giftnudel von Waxenbrunn
1996	Die fünf Karnickel
1997	Das Prämienkind
1998	Herz am Spieß
1999	D'Wahllump'n
2000	Dr' Weltverdruß
2001	Dr' Räuberpfaff
2002	Der Marktbrunnen
2003	Die G'schicht vom Brandner Kasper
2004	Zwoi harte Nüß	First production in the Gasthaus Krone; ten performances, almost 2,000 spectators
2010	Zwei wie Hund und Katz
2010	Hexenschule am Rannenberg	Youth theatre
2011	Der Diplom-Bauernhof
2011	Die Rosskur	Youth theatre
2011	Die Schwäbles … und die Glübirn	Youth theatre
2012	Zu früh gefreut
2012	Nichts los im Märchenland	Youth theatre
2013	Polnische Wirtschaft
2013	Das homöopathische Dachschindel	Youth theatre
2013	Berta und Schorsch – Der Urlaub	Youth theatre
2014	Spanien Ole
2014	Die 7 „Helden“ aus dem Kesseltal	Youth theatre
2015	D' Wahllump'n	Revival of the 1999 production
2016	Kohle, Moos und Mäuse
2016	Die Traumhochzeit	Youth theatre
2017	Opa, es reicht
2017	Das Dschungelbuch	Youth theatre
2018	So viel Krach in einer Nacht
2018	Das Etablissement	Youth theatre
2019	Das Loch in der Wand

Venue

Until 2003 the plays were performed on the permanent stage of the Bräusaal in Bissingen; since 2004 they have been staged in the hall of the Gasthaus Krone in Bissingen.