Baden spa theater

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The Kurtheater Baden is a guest theater in Baden , Switzerland . With 611 seats, it is the largest theater with a complete infrastructure in the canton of Aargau . The theater foundation of the Baden-Wettingen region as the owner of the spa theater is responsible for its operation, maintenance and administration. For the 2008/09 season, it was the only guest theater in the German-speaking region to receive a nomination as “Theater of the Year” in the critics' survey by the renowned specialist magazine Theater heute . There is a partnership with the Freiburg Theater .

history

There has been a theater tradition in Baden since the Middle Ages. From 1675 there was a rifle house on Ölrain with a theater room for 500 spectators, which is today the first theater in Switzerland. In 1833, after a fire, the capacity was increased to 800 people. As a municipal theater, the house was used until 1909 and demolished in 1929. At the same time, the first spa theater was built in the spa gardens in 1881. After a renovation in 1897, it was used as a summer theater from 1926 by the then Stadttheater St. Gallen (today Theater St. Gallen ). Towards the end of 1951 this theater was also canceled.

In 1952, as the client and owner, the Baden Theater Foundation commissioned architect Lisbeth Sachs to build a new building not far from the Kursaal , to which a studio building was added shortly afterwards. While the building was technically renewed in the 1990s, there are plans for a conversion and extension today. According to a new cost estimate based on the preliminary project, this will be charged at CHF 28.6 million instead of the expected CHF 16.8 million. That is why the project was put on hold for at least a year for further planning.

management

  • Commercial management: Lara Albanesi
  • Program management ad interim: Armin Kerber
  • Technical direction: Louis Burgener.

Theater foundation of the Baden-Wettingen region

As the owner of the Kurtheater, the theater foundation is responsible for its operation, maintenance and administration. She has the task of creating a challenging and varied program (drama, musical theater, dance). It organizes around half of the performances; It also makes the theater building available to other users on a rental basis.

Baden theater community

The theater community Baden was founded in 1947 as a visitor organization of the spa theater. She later developed into the organizer of 40 to 50 guest performances in the house every year. This task has been the responsibility of the artistic director since 2002. Today the theater community promotes visits to the Kurtheater by granting its members discounts on admission tickets and subscriptions and granting them a written pre-order right before the start of the official advance sales. It also supports young people visiting the Kurtheater in cooperation with the Aargauische Kantonalbank Baden in the form of a youth subscription.

workload

A total of around 42,000 people attended one of the 112 public events in the Kurtheater Baden in the 2016/17 season (curated program & guest performances on rental). The total occupancy in the same season was around 75% and experienced an increase of 4.5% compared to the previous season (73%).

financing

The Kurtheater Baden receives contributions for the operation of the house from the following public institutions: Residential community Baden, local civil community Baden, Aargauer Kuratorium, community Wettingen, local community Wettingen, community Ennetbaden, other communities in the region. There are also sponsorship funds and contributions from the theater community. The level of self-financing of the Kurtheater Baden was 63% in the 2008/09 season.

literature

Web links

Commons : Kurtheater Baden  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss Stage Association: [1] . Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ Annual report 2016/17. Theater Foundation Region Baden-Wettingen, September 2017, p. 24.25 , accessed on October 15, 2017 (German).

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