Theaterverein VÖLK'SER PLATT
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Theaterverein Völk'ser Platt e. V. is a Low German amateur theatre group in Völkersen, a village in the municipality of Langwedel in the district of Verden, Lower Saxony, Germany. The association was founded in 1978 and continues a village theatre tradition that goes back to the early 20th century.[1]
| Official Name | Theaterverein Völk'ser Platt e. V. |
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| Headquarters | Langwedel |
| Founding Date | 1978 |
| Country | Germany |
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History
Theatre in Völkersen grew out of the local sports club, TSV "Eintracht" Völkersen, founded in 1909, which is said to have staged plays from that time on. Traditionally there was a single performance each year on Christmas Day. The tradition ended in 1965 after the death of a young cast member.[1]
At the village harvest festival of 1977 former players and the inn "Zur Post" agreed to revive the theatre, as most of the inn's hall stage still existed. A first performance took place in 1977, still organised by the TSV, and in 1978 fourteen villagers founded the Theaterverein Völk'ser Platt, with Reinhard Körte as its first chairman.[1] Körte led the association again from 2008 and was re-elected in 2016.[2]
For decades the group performed in the hall of the Gasthaus "Zur Post", until the inn closed in 2014.[1] Through the local mayor, the group arranged with the Heimatverein of neighbouring Walle to perform in the Waller Dörpshus in Verden-Walle, where it gave eleven performances in January and February 2015 and continued to play in the following years.[3]
No production took place in the 2021/22 season.[4] In 2026 the association began building a stage with lighting and technical equipment in the "Treffpunkt Schützenhaus" in Völkersen, its first stage in the village for twelve years, with funding from the EU's LEADER programme approved in March 2026. In November 2025, while the stage was being built, around 20 players, many of them new members, presented ten sketches to about 100 spectators. The first production on the new stage, the comedy De ledige Bouplatz by Regina Rösch, is scheduled to open on 29 January 2027.[4]
Repertoire
The group performs comedies in Low German. In its later years it has increasingly staged boulevard comedies of French and English origin, which were first written in Standard German and then adapted into Low German.[1] Its published list of productions runs from 1977 to the present, usually with one play per season; some titles, such as De Kriegskamerad, Hier sünd se richtig, Keen Thema and Een kommodigen Avend, have been staged more than once. A Low German theatre group for primary-school children has also been set up in the village's Kinderarche.[4]
| Season | Title | Notes |
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| 1977 | Froonslüüd sünd ok Minschen | First production, still under the TSV |
| 1978/79 | Familie Pingel | First production of the association |
| 1980/81 | Frikadellen | |
| 1989/90 | Kattenspöök | |
| 1999/2000 | De Kanalgräfin | |
| 2005/06 | Salon Meier | |
| 2011/12 | Boeing-Boeing | |
| 2014/15 | Bett un Fröhstück | First season in Walle |
| 2019 | Min Fro, min Hobby | |
| 2020 | Nix Geld, nix Liebe | |
| 2024 | Leeveslocken |
Organisation
The Theaterverein Völk'ser Platt is a registered, non-profit association (e. V.). Besides its productions it organises social events and theatre trips for its members.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Über uns – Geschichte des Theatervereins, Theaterverein Völk'ser Platt e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. Archived on 11 June 2026.
- ↑ Theaterverein „Völk'ser Platt" wahrt die Tradition, Weser-Kurier, 24 April 2016, retrieved 14 October 2026. Archived on 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Völk´ser Platt, Heimatverein Walle, retrieved 14 October 2026. Archived on 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Theaterverein Völk'ser Platt, official website, retrieved 14 October 2026. Archived on 14 October 2026.