Bökendorf open-air stage
The open-air stage Bökendorf is an amateur theater open-air stage in Bökendorf , a district of the East Westphalian Brakel in the Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The open- air stage is supported by the Freilichtbühne Bökendorf e. V. The association was founded in 1950 in memory of Bökendorf's cultural past. In front of Bökerhof Castle , the meeting point of the Bökendorfer Romantikerkreis (1810-1834) around the Brothers Grimm and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , Elmar was performed in 1950 as the first open-air play, based on the epic Dreizehnlinden by Friedrich Wilhelm Weber . Annette von Droste-Hülshoff's novella Die Judenbuche about a real murder case from the Bökendorf area and fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm are therefore on the program at irregular intervals.
Since 1951 , the open-air performances have taken place in a forest near a former quarry, which has been converted into a forest stage. In 1964 the first spectator canopy was built. It was replaced in 1996 by the current roofed grandstand for 990 visitors. This grandstand roof enables open-air theater in any weather.
In the 1990s, the most extensive renovation and expansion measures of the open-air stage were carried out, but they did not spoil its flair of a natural forest backdrop. So was z. B. tunneled under the stage and created two exit hatches for performances "from the ground" and laid out the play area on three levels. Modern radio and transmission technology is regularly updated to ensure optimal acoustics, and computer-controlled light and sound effects have been creating special presentations for a long time. An electric turntable also enables automatic scenery changes on the open stage. Modern ticket booths, handicapped accessible toilets and a first aid room were built, and the players' home was extended and renovated.
Since 1977 , a children's and youth play has been offered as a second production in addition to the adult play in every theater summer. In the 1980s, especially at a difficult time for theater (competition from television, other leisure activities), children's theater secured audience numbers. The 1990s were a particularly successful time for the Bökendorf open-air theater. In 1996, the musical My Fair Lady and the play Die kleine Hexe attracted over 36,000 spectators.
Since then, the open-air theater has reached 25,000 to 30,000 visitors every summer with classical and modern plays, comedies, musicals and children's plays, making it one of the top groups in the visitor statistics for German open-air theaters.
The association currently has around 120 active members (2020).
Web links
- Bökendorf open-air stage
- https://www.facebook.com/FLBBoekendorf/
- https://www.instagram.com/freilichtbuehne_boekendorf/
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 32.4 " N , 9 ° 13 ′ 12.7" E