Mayen Castle Festival

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Genovevaburg with inner courtyard, aerial photo (2015)

The Mayen Castle Festival is an event of the City of Mayen in the Mayen-Koblenz district and an integral part of cultural life in Rhineland-Palatinate . Since 1987 the Mayen Castle Festival has been working under its own directorship and with its own ensemble, which changes every year. The over 120 events at two historical venues are attended by around 30,000 spectators between the end of May and the end of August. Daniel Ris has been artistic director since the 2017 season . The Mayen Castle Festival is a member of the Ten German Festival Locations Association . The castle festival is sponsored by actor Mario Adorf , honorary citizen of the city of Mayen.

Venue

Integrated into the medieval city ​​fortifications, the Genovevaburg rises above the market square on the southwest side of the city. Every year in the inner courtyard of the castle there is a family play, a play and a musical production on the program. The grandstand offers space for 492 spectators. The small stage of the festival is located in the old prison. There are small theater productions on the program here. The seating of the bistro in the inner courtyard offers space for 100 spectators.

history

In 1980 the Genovevaburg became a stage for one week on the occasion of its 700th anniversary. The performance of the Genovevasage at the foot of the castle thrilled the Mayen population and visitors, so it was decided to make the castle festival a permanent fixture. In 1982, the inner courtyard of the castle became a backdrop for everyone and Sleeping Beauty for the first time . In the following, guest performances by the Landesbühne Rheinland-Pfalz and other festival cities determined the program. Due to the steadily increasing number of spectators and the increasing popularity of the festival, the Mayen Castle Festival was brought into being in 1987 under its own directorship. One of the former directors is Hans-Joachim Heyse , who also appeared there as an actor. In the 2017 season, the Castle Festival reached a new visitor record with over 36,000 spectators.

Directors

actor

In the past three decades, the following have appeared at the Burgfestspiele: Fritz Barth , Matthias Brenner , Katharina Burowa , Thomas Fehlen , Franz Friedrich , Frank Gersthofer , Hans-Joachim Heyse , Frank Jacobsen , Andreas Klaue , Heinz Dieter Köhler , Gerrit Krause , Jürgen Nimptsch , Annette Potempa , René Schnoz , Ann-Cathrin Sudhoff , Udo Thomer and Eva Wiedemann .


literature

  • Looking back at successful festivals. 25 years of Mayen Castle Festival 1988–2012. SW Verlag, ISBN 978-3-00-038531-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Greetings to the Castle Festival ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Mayen's website.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mayen.de
  2. ↑ http://www.10-deutsche-festspielorte.de .
  3. ↑ http://burgfestspiele-mayen.de/ueber_uns/geschichte/