Blutenburg Theater
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| Address: | Blutenburgstrasse 35, 80636 Munich |
| City: | Munich |
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 8 '58 " N , 11 ° 32' 31" E |
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| Opened: | 1983 |
| Spectator: | 95 seats |
| Named after: | Blutenburg Castle (1983) |
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| Website: | Blutenburg Theater |
Blutenburg Theater is the name of a private theater that has existed since October 1983 at Blutenburgstrasse 35 in Munich , which only performs crime plays and crime comedies.
theatre
The Blutenburg Theater was the first crime theater in Germany and, along with the Imperial Theater in Hamburg and the Berlin Kriminaltheater, is one of the few theaters in Germany that can be described as crime theater. The theater wants to offer “sophisticated entertainment theater”. In 2001 it was rated by the newspaper Die Welt as Germany's leader in its genre.
Theater director was René Siegel-Sorell († 2017) and Anne-Beate Engelke. The theater does not receive any subsidies from public funds. In the 2015/16 theater season, 18,424 spectators were counted.
The theater seats 95 people and has a small theater bar. Three crime plays are performed every year.
History of the site
The Blutenburgstrasse, named after the Hunting Lodge Blutenburg , is located in the Neuhausen district of the 9th district of Neuhausen-Nymphenburg in the west of Munich. In April 1891, the Bürgerhof restaurant opened in the house at Blutenburgstrasse 35. From November 1918, the Walhalla-Lichtspiele cinema existed at this location , which was renamed Scala in 1960 and closed in 1971. Until the opening of the theater, there was another use as a disco at this location.
ensemble
10 employees are employed in the Blutenburg Theater, including the director's assistant, two evening stage managers and a technician. The theater has a large base of freelance actors.
Directors
At the Blutenburg Theater, among others, directed:
- Frank Piotraschke
- Yvonne Brosch
- Miriam Gniwotta
- Hardy Hoosman
- Uwe Kosubek
- Konrad Adams
- Kai Taschner .
actor
Selection of actors working at the Blutenburg Theater: Wolfgang Haas, Ute Pauer, Martin Dudeck, Sonja Reichelt , Konrad Adams , Andreas Haun, Florian Fisch , Nathalie Seitz, Peter Musäus , Uwe Kosubek, Christa Pillmann, Manuela Gebath, Claus-Peter Damitz, Stefan Rihl u. v. a.
repertoire
The main focus of the repertoire are thrillers by Agatha Christie such as Die Mausefalle , Tod auf dem Nile , Witness for the Prosecution , Murder in the Rectory , thrillers by Edgar Wallace such as The Witcher , The Indian Cloth , also known as film genre classics such as When Calling Murder and Midnight Spikes , as well Detective comedies like arsenic and lace caps .