Lamathea
Lamathea , the Baden-Württemberg State Amateur Theater Award, has been a biennial state award for amateur theater in Baden-Württemberg since 2013 . The prize is awarded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts . The organizer is the State Association of Amateur Theater Baden-Württemberg (LABW).
Categories
The participating theaters have to apply proactively for one of seven categories. The theater categories are: indoor theater, theater with children and young people, open-air theater , dialect theater, theater with a sociocultural background and puppet and figure theater . In addition, an undoped special prize is awarded for life's work and civic engagement in the state. For this purpose, individuals or groups of people / institutions / companies can be suggested who have achieved outstanding results with their voluntary commitment in the service of amateur theater.
Doping
The prize is endowed with a total of € 12,000, € 2,000 per category. The special prize for life's work and civic engagement is undoped. The prize replaces the "State Prize for Baden-Württemberg Folk Theater Plays" founded in 1978.
Judging
The jury includes experts from amateur theater as well as representatives from the professional theater scene. In each theater category, three productions are nominated, from each of which a prize winner is selected. No nominations have been made in the Lifetime Achievement and Civic Commitment category since 2015.
The prize statue
The artist Gerhart Kraner from Donzdorf designed the 25 cm high bronze figure for the first award ceremony, which is presented to the winners as a trophy.
Award winners festival and award ceremony 2017
The award festival for the third Lamathea took place from September 30th to October 2nd, 2017 in Karlsruhe . The local host stages were: Die Käuze, the Jakobus Theater in der Fabrik and the Student Cultural Center (SKZ) at KIT.
The Lamathea 2017 was awarded on October 2, 2017 in Karlsruhe in the KIT Audimax. The six groups of winners and the winners for life's work were selected from 159 applications.
Award winners and nominees 2017
| category | Award winners | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor theater | Free Hochrhein Schauspiel - Kleine Bühne eV with "Der müde Tod", written and directed by Daniel Leers | Teatro Piccolo, Evangelical Youth Stuttgart with “Vincent van Gogh - Life is only a time of sowing”, director: Martin Seeger. Theater group at the University of Hohenheim with “Drei Mal Leben”, director: Jürgen von Bülow |
| Theater with children and young people | Theaterhaus Plus with "Wenn she tanzt", directed by Jakob Dambacher-Walesch | Young theater of the Waldbühne Sigmaringendorf with “To Swabia, Children!”, Director: Nadja Kiesewetter. Music and youth art school Nürtingen with “www.du-opfer.de”, director: Birgit Hein. |
| Open air theater | Open-air theater in the Tempele Niederstetten eV with "A Midsummer Night's Dream", director: Ulrich Schulz | Stetten Summer Theater with “Far from the Shot and in the Middle!”, Director: Stefan Hallmayer. Neuenstadt open-air theater with “Die Drei von der Gasstelle”, directed by Tanja Krauth. |
| Dialect theater | Theater group of the traditional costume group Zell im Wiesental eV with "Verliebt, Verlogen ,married", directed by Gotthard Jost | Boulevärle, Schwäbisches Theater eV with “Das Stewardessenkarussell”, directed by Jürgen von Bülow. Theater Rietenau with "Stories in the Hidden", directed by Rolf and Lea Butsch. |
| Theater with a socio-cultural background | Layertruppe, Mannheim with "Die Frauen von Troja", director: Eva Layer | Werkraum Karlsruhe eV with “Peer-to-Peer. Beyond Germany and Europe ”, director: Susanne Henneberger. Teatro International of the VH Ulm in cooperation with the Theater Ulm with “People, Balls, Emotions”, director: Claudia Schoeppl. |
| Puppet and puppet theater | Figurentheater Ravensburg eV with "The Misunderstanding", director: Andreas Banitsch | There are no nominees in the “Puppet and Puppet Theater” category. |
| Life's work | Lake Constance School St. Martin, Friedrichshafen | No nominations have been made in the Lifetime Achievement and Civic Commitment category since 2015. |
Award winners festival and award ceremony 2015
The award festival for the second Lamathea took place from October 1st to 3rd, 2015 in Bruchsal . The local host stages were: Die Koralle, the Exil Theater and the Bruchsal community center.
The Lamathea 2015 was awarded on October 3rd in Bruchsal . The six groups of prizewinners as well as the prizewinner for the life's work were selected from almost 140 applications. Claudia Rose from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Science, Research and Art presented the prizes.
The 2015 jury
- Indoor theater: Christoph Daigl, director, actor; Rob Doornbos, theater educator, director; Katharina Wanivenhaus, theater pedagogue, actress, director
- Theater with children and young people: Valérie Candik, theater advisor at the Rotenfels Castle Academy; Alexandra Laurenat, Vice President and State Youth Leader LABW
- Open-air theater: Christoph Biermeier , director of the open-air theater in Schwäbisch Hall ; Nadja Kiesewetter, theater pedagogue
- Dialect theater: Stefan Hallmayer, Intendant Theaters Lindenhof Melchingen; Rüdiger Erk, assessor for dialect theater in the LABW presidium
- Theater with a socio-cultural background: Monika Hunze, managing director of LAG Theater Education Baden-Württemberg; Jochen Wietershofer, director, theater pedagogue
- Puppet and puppet theater: Martin Bachmann, puppeteer - theater sepTeMBer, Mühlheim; Raphael Mürle, puppeteer - puppet theater Raphael Mürle, Pforzheim; Gabriele Gulitz, puppeteer - Larifari Paukenschlag - sounding puppet theater, Überlingen
- Lifetime achievement and civic engagement: Manfred Hoepken, member of the board of trustees of the Lindenhof Theater Melchingen; Marianne Seidel, assessor for senior and generational theater in the LABW executive committee; Rolf Wenhardt, Honorary President LABW
Award winners and nominees 2015
| category | Award winners | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor theater | Ensemble of the Freilichtbühne Mannheim with "The Secret of Irma Vep" | "Project Theater XXL" from Theater unter der Dauseck Oberriexingen with "Franzosenbraut14" and Illenau Theater Achern with "Die Stühle" |
| Theater with children and young people | "Young stage" of the Besigheimer studio stage with "King Oedipus" | Youth theater of the Theater unter den Kuppeln with "Alice in Wonderland" and the youth project "Lyric (s) kills" of the Naturtheater Heidenheim with "Romeo meets Juliet!" |
| Open air theater | Theater under the Dauseck Oberriexingen with "Swabian Uprising" | Naturtheater Heidenheim with "Blues Brothers" and the Waldbühne Zussdorf with "All hops - people-neighbor-sensations" |
| Dialect theater | Theater group Eberhardzell with "Dr Kommod" | Theatergesellschaft 1874 Liptingen with "Der Haken" and the Theater am Torbogen ensemble from Rottenburg with "Rösle von Seebronn" |
| Theater with a socio-cultural background | Heyoka Theater in coproduction with ROXY Ulm with "Räubermaria - a favorite song evening" | Senior theater group "BaSta" from Karlsruhe with "I was twenty-five in 1914" and theater group "ART-Buffet" from the Association for Russian Culture and Education "SAMOVAR" from Offenburg with "Heimat Express" |
| Puppet / puppet theater | Marionette stage Mottenkäfig Pforzheim with "Orpheus in the Underworld" | s`Traumkischtle Balingen with "Murksis Irrflug" and Heidelberg puppet theater with "Stress mit Fremd" |
| Life's work | Elfriede Sprengel from the natural stage Steintäle Fridingen | No nominations have been made in the Lifetime Achievement and Civic Commitment category since 2015. |
Prize winners festival and award ceremony 2013
The first Lamathea award ceremony took place on October 5, 2013 in Sulz am Neckar as the conclusion and highlight of the first Lamathea Prize Winners Festival. The Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann took over the patronage.
From the almost 200 applications, the six groups of winners and the winners for the life's work were selected. The latter was honored by Jürgen Walter .
The 2013 jury
- Indoor theater : Wolfgang Mettenberger, head of the theater and play consultancy Baden-Württemberg in Heidelberg; Friedrich Schirmer , theater director and dramaturge; Marcus Joos, LABW Presidium
- Theater with children and young people: Tobias Ballnus, theater pedagogue at the Landestheater Württemberg-Hohenzollern Tübingen Reutlingen (LTT); Gerhart Kraner, Artistic Director LABW
- Open-air theater: Christoph Biermeier, director of the open-air theater in Schwäbisch Hall; Lars Helfert, LABW Presidium
- Dialect theater: Iris Berghold, Presidium LABW; Stefan Hallmayer, Artistic Director Theater Lindenhof Melchingen
- Theater with a socio-cultural background: Monika Hunze, managing director of LAG Theater Education Baden-Württemberg; Naemi Zoe Keuler, Artistic Advisory Board LABW
- Puppet and puppet theater: Martin Bachmann, puppeteer - theater sepTeMBer, Mühlheim; Margrit Gysin, puppet theater player; Manfred Weißer, puppeteer
- Lifetime Achievement: Helmut Kuhn, Honorary President LABW; Eckhart Seifert, President of the Swabian Choir Association; Rolf Wenhardt, President LABW
Prize winners and nominees 2013
| category | Award winners | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor theater | Free Theater Tempus fugit from Lörrach with "Der Revisor" | Theater LUNTE from Stuttgart with "Prairie-Saloon" and TOB Oberschwaben from Friedrichshafen with "Homage to Loriot" |
| Theater with children and young people | Rastatt youth theater with "Romeo and Juliet" | Young theater in the old waterworks from Lörrach with "The Better Forests" and Young Theater Konstanz with "Forever and Eternal" |
| Open air theater | Theater in the Kurpark from Gernsbach with "The Broken Jug" | Stetten summer theater with "In the middle of the village or the shopkeeper as a loner" and theater under the Dauseck from Oberriexingen with "Tacheleß! Memory of a valley of joy" |
| Dialect theater | Theater association Reinsbronner Bühnenzinnober from Creglingen with "On a day in March" | Amateur theater association Pforzheim with "To Swabia, children!" and Theaterbrettle Plüderhausen with "Geld oder Leberwurscht" |
| Theater with a socio-cultural background | Theater im Gewölbe from Offenburg with "Buy yourself happy!" | Forum of Cultures from Stuttgart with "Tatort Paprikastraße" and Women's Theater Purpur at the LTT from Tübingen with "Pompinien" |
| Puppet / puppet theater | Larifari bang - sounding puppet theater Überlingen with "The Chinese Nightingale" | Marionette stage Kassandra from Engstingen-Haid with "Alba and the gifted luck" and the 7th grade of the Free Waldorf School Ludwigsburg with "The three little men in the forest" |
| Life's work | Ernst Kittel from the Gmünder stage | Gustav Adolf Frank from the THAG Theater Fellbach and Elfriede Sprengel from the natural stage Steintäle |
Web links
- LAMATHEA homepage
- State Association of Amateur Theater Baden-Württemberg eV Homepage
- Ministry of Science, Research and Art Baden-Württemberg Homepage
- Association of German Amateur Theaters
Individual evidence
- ↑ Land donates a new prize for amateur theater . on the website www.baden-wuerttemberg.de from May 2, 2013.
- ^ Lamathea Prize - Statue - Artist
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Show Game 3/2015
- ↑ Lamathea 2015, award winner
- ↑ Lamathea - the State Amateur Theater Prize ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Schau.Spiel 03/2013, p. 20
- ↑ http://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.sulz-an-theater-ist-eine-schule-des-lebens.e93c6184-7d32-4849-b98b-4547c1d664e9.html