Adolf Zotzmann

Adolf Zotzmann (born July 30, 1912 in Hamburg , † September 26, 1989 in Recklinghausen ) was a German stage technician .

Adolf Zotzmann worked for a long time as the technical director of the Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen . In addition, he was active as a stage technology planner, mainly in Europe, for many new theaters and theater conversions after the Second World War. In addition to many awards, he was also the recipient of the Linnebach-Ring, the highest German stage technician award, presented by the Deutsche Theatertechnische Gesellschaft.

Executed projects

• 1945–1960: Thalia Theater Hamburg - reconstruction
• 1949–1965: Lower Saxony State Theater Hanover - Opera
• 1950–1975: Kiel City Theater - reconstruction
• 1955–1956: Münster Municipal Theaters
• 1955–1958: Lünen City Theater
• 1956–1959: Music theater in the Gelsenkirchen district
• 1960–1962: stages of the city of Cologne - drama
• 1960–1965: House of the Ruhr Festival Recklinghausen
• 1961–1963: Krefeld Municipal Theaters
• 1961–1965: Theater of the City of Bonn
• 1962–1964: Theater of the City of Trier
• 1964–1966: Wuppertaler Bühnen - Schauspielhaus
• 1964–1968: City Theater St. Gallen (CH)
• 1965–1969: Rüsselsheim City Theater
• 1969–1973: Landestheater Darmstadt

drafts

• 1952: Theaters of the City of Cologne - Opera
• 1958: National Theater in Munich
• 1965: City Theater Konstanz

Fonts

• The stage in theater construction - task and planning by Gerhard Graubner . Callwey Verlag Munich 1968
• Meeting place technologies. Technical planning and participation in Recklinghausen 1978

literature

• Hannelore Schubert: Modern theater building. International situation, documentation, projects, stage technology . Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart et al. 1971.
• Wilhelm Kosch (founder): German Theater Lexicon. Volume 7, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-908255-52-9 , p. 3860 ( digitized version )