Volksbühne Trostberg
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Volksbühne Trostberg e. V. is an amateur theatre group in Trostberg in the northern Chiemgau, district of Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1965 as a theatre section of the TSV Trostberg sports club, it was known as the Trostberger Bauerntheater from the 1970s or early 1980s until 2000. It plays mainly in the Postsaal in Trostberg.[1][2]
| Volksbühne Trostberg e. V. | |
| Founded | 1965 |
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| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Trostberg |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | volksbuehne-trostberg.de |
History
Beginnings
Theatre was performed in Trostberg before the Second World War; around 1950 several groups were combined as the Theatervereinigung Trostberg, which played in the Postsaal but gave up after some years.[2] In spring 1965 a group of founding members revived the Theatervereinigung within the TSV Trostberg, with Werner Steinecke as chairman and Willi Baumgartner as director. Its first production, Herz in der Lederhos'n, followed in November 1965 in the TSV gymnasium, where the group played each spring and autumn.[2][1]
Trostberger Bauerntheater
The group left the TSV and became an independent club under the name Trostberger Bauerntheater. The club's chronicle dates this to spring 1973, when a recruitment drive brought over 60 members; the club's "Über uns" page gives 1981.[2][1] From autumn 1973 the club played in the large Postsaal, whose run-down stage it renovated with help from the town and the brewery; the first production there was Der Ehestreik.[2] For many years each season ended with a weekend performance in the Gasthof zur Post in Tacherting.[1] The club gave guest performances outside Trostberg, including at the Platzl in Munich in 1975 at the invitation of Ludwig Schmid-Wildy and at the International Theatre Days in Rosenheim in 1986.[2]
When the town closed the Postsaal for rebuilding, the club moved to the hall of the Gasthof zur Post in Tacherting for five seasons from autumn 1991.[2][1] After its return to the renovated Postsaal it staged the premiere of Hans Gnant's Die Kreuzritter.[2]
Volksbühne Trostberg
Elisabeth Reininger led the club after chairman Franz Scharl fell ill in 1997 and was elected chair in 1999. Because the group was increasingly playing comedies besides rural plays, it was renamed Volksbühne Trostberg in 2000.[2][1] The 40th anniversary in 2005 was marked by a celebration with honours from the Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater and by a production of Räuber Kneißl, about Mathias Kneißl.[2] Karina Liedl became chair in 2011, and the club celebrated its 50th anniversary in May 2015.[3]
Since 2016 the club has also staged literary evenings, on Karl Valentin (2016) and Erich Kästner (2019), and in 2023 it staged Michael Ende's Der Wunschpunsch for young and old.[4][5]
Productions
The chronicle lists the club's productions from 1965 to 2015.[2][3] The selection below leaves out titles that cannot be read reliably in the scanned chronicle.
| Year | Title(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Herz in der Lederhos'n | First production, November 1965, TSV gymnasium[2] |
| 1966 | Die kleinen Verwandten, Die Brautschau (Ludwig Thoma); Die Ledigensteuer | [2] |
| 1967 | Der verkaufte Großvater | Thoma one-act plays also given as a guest performance in Traunreut[2] |
| 1968 | Heiratsnarrisch; Die falsche Katz' | [2] |
| 1969 | Die Geisterbraut | [2] |
| 1970 | Der Hunderter im Westentaschl | Last production in the gymnasium[2] |
| 1972 | Die Hirschgrandln | [2] |
| 1973 | Seine Majestät der Kurgast; Der Ehestreik | Der Ehestreik: first production in the Postsaal[2] |
| 1974 | Fürst Wastl; Kavalier am Steuer; Das rotseidene Strumpfbandl | [2] |
| 1975 | Gelähmte Schwingen; Die drei Dorfheiligen; Bellos Weihnacht | Kavalier am Steuer as a guest performance at the Platzl in Munich, at the invitation of Ludwig Schmid-Wildy[2] |
| 1977 | Das sündige Dorf; ’s blonde Christkindl | [2] |
| 1978 | Der fidele Hausl; Maxl oder Da liegt der Hund begraben | [2] |
| 1979 | Das Verlegenheitskind; Das Ochsenrennen | [2] |
| 1980 | Die Fischpredigt | [2] |
| 1983 | D'Generalprob; Der Gockelkriag; Ludwig Thoma evening | Gelähmte Schwingen for the 750th anniversary of Trostberg[2] |
| 1984 | Viel Ärger für den Bürgermeister | Premiere of a play by Hans Gnant; later shown at the International Theatre Days in Rosenheim (1986)[2] |
| 1988 | Amor im Paradies | [2] |
| 1990 | Das vierblättrige Kleeblatt | [2] |
| 1991 | Bäckermeister Striezl | Ulla Kling; first production in Tacherting[2] |
| 1994 | Wer andern eine Grube gräbt | [2] |
| 1996 | Maxl | [2] |
| 1997 | Die Kreuzritter | Premiere of a play by Hans Gnant; reopening of the renovated Postsaal (the chronicle text says autumn 1996)[2] |
| 1998 | Alles fest im Griff | [2] |
| 1999 | Power Paula | [2] |
| 2000 | Immer wieder samstags | [2] |
| 2002 | Die Hosenknopf-Affäre | [2] |
| 2003 | Der Ehestreik | [2] |
| 2005 | Räuber Kneißl | 40th anniversary; 22 actors, over 1,000 spectators[2] |
| 2006 | Wenn der Hahn kräht | [2] |
| 2008 | Leiche auf Abwegen | [2] |
| 2009 | Der blaue Heinrich | [2] |
| 2010 | …und oben wohnen Engel | [3] |
| 2011 | Mimis Krimis | [3] |
| 2012 | Amor im Paradies | [3] |
| 2013 | Der Meisterboxer | [3] |
| 2014 | Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen | After Arsenic and Old Lace; directed by Andrea Tita and Robert Liedl[3] |
| 2015 | Ladysitter | Bernd Spehling[4] |
| 2016 | Karl Valentin evening | Plays and sketches by Karl Valentin, with the Palmkatzlmusi[4] |
| 2019 | Verbrannt – Verehrt – Vergessen? Erich Kästner | Evening for the 120th birthday of Erich Kästner, 8–10 November[4] |
| 2023 | Der Wunschpunsch | Michael Ende; 14–15 October, Postsaal[5] |
Organisation
The club is a member of the Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater and the Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Über uns, Volksbühne Trostberg e. V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 Elisabeth Reininger, Hias Buchreiter: Chronik 1965–2009 (PDF), Volksbühne Trostberg e. V., 2009, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Chronik seit 2010 (PDF), Volksbühne Trostberg e. V., 2015, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Aktuelles, Volksbühne Trostberg e. V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Volksbühne Trostberg e. V., Volksbühne Trostberg e. V., retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.