Waidspeicher Theater (puppet theater)

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The Waidspeicher Theater is a professional puppet theater in Erfurt.

The legal entity is the Theater Waidspeicher eV, the theater is funded by the Free State of Thuringia and the state capital Erfurt . Since 1986, the main venue has been the 142-seat hall in the historic Waidspeicher building on Domplatz .

The theater's program includes productions for children, young people and adults. In addition to 14 productions in the repertoire, 5 premieres are added each season. Theater Waidspeicher eV is also the organizer of the Synergura International Puppet Theater Festival.

history

The Erfurt Puppet Theater was founded in autumn 1979 as a new division of the Erfurt Municipal Theaters by the then artistic director Bodo Witte . It was the 17th puppet theater in the GDR . In 1986 the ensemble moved into the renovated Waidspeicher building . At that time, the ensemble consisted of nine university graduates. Monika Bohne and the ensemble founded the Synergura International Puppet Theater Festival in 1992 , which is still held as a biennale today. Since 1993 the puppet theater division has been run as a non-profit association Theater Waidspeicher eV, whose chairman has been Dr. Holger Poppenhäger is.

profile

The Waidspeicher Theater currently has 27 employees, including 7 puppets / actors. The majority of the dolls, stage sets and costumes are designed and built in the in-house studio. The repertoire includes material from all epochs and different genres, it ranges from fairy tales and modern narrative theater to literary classics. More than 28,000 spectators are reached with around 300 events each year. Guest performances have taken the ensemble to European countries, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan and Israel. Sibylle Tröster has been the artistic director since 2009.

The theater is a member of the Deutscher Bühnenverein , UNIMA , the German Forum for Puppet Theater and Puppetry and the Association of German Puppet Theaters .

Directors

1979-1989 director Bernhard lack of concern
1989-1993 Artistic Director Monika Bohne
1989-1993 executive Director Gerd-Christian Schalldach
1993-1994 Artistic Director Peter Forster
1993-1994 director Gerd-Christian Schalldach
1994-2003 Intendant Peter Fischer
2003-2009 Intendant Bernd Weißig
since 2009 Intendant Sibylle Comforter

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