Theater Die Kleine Freiheit

The Kleine Freiheit was a cabaret and theater in Munich .

It was founded by the cabaret artist Trude Kolman and, in his name, was intended to reflect the foundress' humble hopes for a better time. Kolman, a Jew, lived in exile during the National Socialist dictatorship.

The cabaret performed in the Atelier-Theater on Elisabethstrasse on 24./25. January 1951 presented his first program. The main author was the writer Erich Kästner , while Kolman directed. The actors mainly included employees from the former cabaret “ Die Schaubude ”, including Ursula Herking , Oliver Hassencamp and Bum Krüger .

At the end of 1951, the troop moved into their permanent, 180-seat domicile on Maximilianstrasse and showed the program " Attention curve!" The satire was used cautiously from the beginning, and centerpieces were often shown in accordance with the intention of a time-critical theater.

In the mid- 1950s , Kästner and Robert Gilbert withdrew, after which the Kleine Freiheit changed from cabaret to revue theater . After returning from emigration, Friedrich Hollaender joined the ensemble. From 1957 to 1961 he created four successful cabaret revues, so-called "revuettes". Since 1961, Kolman turned to the boulevard theater and turned cabaret into pure theater.

In November 1996, Die Kleine Freiheit had to close and was then used as a warehouse for a restaurant; today it is used as a store's warehouse.

literature

• Erich Kästner: The little freedom: Chansons and prose 1949–1952 . Atrium Verlag, Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-85535-923-7 , most recently dtv, Munich 1989, ISBN 978-3-423-11012-9 .
• Trude Kolman (ed.): Münchner kleine Freiheit; A selection from the 10-year program . Langen / Müller, Munich 1960.

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 19 ″  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 1.9 ″  E