The Frankfurt catacomb

The Frankfurt catacomb near the zoo

The catacomb is a small theater in downtown Frankfurt am Main . It is on the extension of the pedestrian zone near Frankfurt Zoo .

There have been various theaters and cabaret theaters with this name: a former cabaret "Katakombe" in Munich-Schwabing, which was founded by Karl Theodor Langen, and Die Katakombe in Berlin, which was closed on May 10, 1935.

history

The theater was founded in October 1960 by an actor collective as a Frankfurt cellar theater . It was initially located on Schützenstrasse near the banks of the Main . In 1982 the theater moved into a former cinema in Pfingstweidstrasse am Zoo and has been based there ever since.

The auditorium of the new venue has 111 seats in standard seating and can be expanded for up to 150 spectators. The stage has a size of 50 m² and is at ground level to the audience. The auditorium, which was originally used for cinema screenings, rises to the rear in rows like a grandstand , so that the rear seats also have a good view of the stage.

Concepts

The catacomb offers a wide range across almost all genres of theater. The concept of the stage has been a very time-related, socially critical repertoire since the beginning of the theater. The ensemble is always looking for new interpretations and forms of play.

The selection of authors ranges from the ancient Greeks to the classical period to the present day. Elements of music and dance theater are indispensable in every production.

For the younger audience there has been the “theater for children” since 1972 with plays by the Berlin Grips Theater , the “Rote Grütze” and their own plays about children's everyday lives in close cooperation with the schools. The schedule is based very much on the Hessian curriculum for the subject German, especially the reading lists for the Hessian state high school diploma.

Web links

Commons : The Catacombs  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• " The Catacomb " website
• The catacomb , city of Frankfurt am Main, frankfurt.de

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1. ↑ KATAKOMBE (in the inventory catalog of the Monacensia collection) . Munich City Library. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 24, 2012. 
2. ↑ CATACOMB surveillance attached . DER SPIEGEL 15/1966. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
3. ↑ Information about the house on katakombe.de, accessed on September 24, 2012
4. ↑ Our story on katakombe.de, accessed on September 24, 2012

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 56 ″  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 46 ″  E