Hamburg cellar theater

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The Brahms Kontor Hamburg
Cellar theater in the Brahms Kontor in Hamburg-Neustadt
The long-time director and director of the cellar theater, Günter Karl Dose
The foyer of the basement theater
Auditorium of the basement theater

The cellar theater Hamburg e. V. is an amateur theater in Hamburg . It is located in the Brahms Kontor at Johannes-Brahms-Platz 1.

history

The theater was founded in 1954 as a touring theater “Optimisten” and in 1966 was able to move into the rooms in the basement of the former DAG house (since 2005 Brahms Kontor). The theater acts as a registered association . The board is re-elected every two years. The chairman and manager from 1961 to April 2015 was Günter Karl Dose, who only works as a theater director under his two first names. He himself has been a member of the theater group since 1958. His successor is Joachim Kahl. Overall, the board consists of members from the areas of dramaturgy , theater technology, theater organization, finance and public relations .

In the first few years, the theater had to share the rooms with the Tangente youth club . In the beginning, one play per year was staged , which was performed two to three times a week, according to other information only on Wednesdays. Vera Schröder was press officer around 1979. At the time, the statutes stipulated that no one with acting classes or art studies was allowed on the stage . No fees were paid at the time.

When the building was renovated between 2004 and 2008, the basement theater went on tour again in various venues in and around Hamburg, mainly church institutions. Since 2008 it has been located in the building now known as the Brahms Kontor. The theater hall has about 90-100 seats. The basement theater has over 100 members who secure the financing with their membership fees and the income from the entrance fees and donations from sponsors. Over a dozen directors work on the house . Around 15 pieces are staged each year and presented in two to three weekend performances. In 2014 a total of 22 pieces were performed. As part of workshops and training courses , talented young people are offered acting training .

Productions (selection)

The Teatro Ayelen ( Walter Becker and Nanny Fornis) led in the basement theater in the early 1990s, the piece Yes say ... (original title: Decir sí ) of Griselda Gambaro on. Susanne von Loessl directed the performances of pocket theater by Jean Cocteau , The Shadow Under Which You Live by Märta Tikkanen , as well as her own comedy Tournée, Tournée in the basement theater . In 2011 and 2012 Wittus Witt organized the 1st and 2nd Hamburg Magic Nights here . According to the long-time managing director Günter Karl Dose, the play If you had spoken, Desdemona by Christine Brückner , which has been performed since the mid-1990s, is a long-running hit in the theater. The constant repertoire since 1983 has included The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , which was performed for the 150th time in March 2015 after the 70th year of death of the author in 2015.

Well-known actors (selection)

Christian Richard Bauer (1997), Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen (1991–1992, 2000, 2002–2003), Alianne Diehl (2001–2003), Karim Köster (1997), Joosten Mindrup (guest performance 2002), Iris Mareike Steen (first appearances at the age of eight).

successes

  • 1977: Victory at the North German amateur theater competition with The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria by Fernando Arrabal in the group " High German Performing Theaters"

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Small and fine - the cellar theater in the heart of Hamburg ; in: SeMa - Senioren Magazin Hamburg ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , February 2015, p. 13. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.senioren-magazin-hamburg.de
  2. ↑ a b An era is coming to an end - Günter Dose resigns as chairman of the board  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kellertheater.de   , Cellar Theater Hamburg, April 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b c Diversity and tradition: Das Kellertheater ; in: with us - living with Hamburg cooperatives , edition 03/2011, Altonaer Spar- und Bauverein, p. 16.
  4. ↑ a b c Horst Lietz Berg: No professional can help you spoil the fun , Hamburger Abendblatt , April 12 1979th
  5. ↑ The cellar theater is celebrating its 60th birthday in Hamburg ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hamburger-wochenblatt.de 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. , Hamburger Wochenblatt , February 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ From Christmas fairy tale to misanthrope - the stage exchange in the cellar theater , cellar theater Hamburg, November 30, 2014.
  7. ^ Teatro Ayelen Argentina .
  8. ↑ Prinzen-Rolle ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , kellertheater.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kellertheater.de
  9. ↑ Kellertheater siegte , Hamburger Abendblatt, November 22, 1977.

Coordinates: 53 ° 33 '17.2 "  N , 9 ° 58' 44.8"  E