Leibniz Theater

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Leibniz Theater, 2017

The Leibniz Theater (formerly the Werkstatt-Galerie Calenberg ) is a cabaret and cabaret stage in Hanover . Besides Hanoverian and international actors and theater groups , foreign newcomers , comedians and musicians also perform as small artists . Every year, more than 300 events take place in the Leibniz Theater with around 85 seats. The location is Kommandaturstrasse 7 at the corner of Molthanstrasse in the Calenberger Neustadt district .

history

Wolfgang Werner , founder of the previous facility, Werkstatt-Galerie Calenberg

At the beginning of the 20th century, the current theater still served as a lithographic printing shop , from which the pulley blocks still hang on the theater level. From there, the heavy stone printing plates were lowered into the former warehouse in the basement. Before the Second World War , the building housed a bowling alley. After the end of the war, it served as a warehouse for margarine.

In 1981, Wolfgang Werner founded the Werkstatt-Galerie Calenberg (WGC) and initially converted the premises to offer pottery , among other things .

In the course of time the use as a theater increased. In 1984 Wolfgang Werner founded the Calenberger Cabaret Weeks . Well-known cabaret artists, including those from abroad, such as Rüdiger Hoffmann , Helmut Ruge , Volker Pispers and Rainald Grebe appeared as guests of the WGC.

In 1993, director Erika-Maria Lehmann, the wife of the former opera house manager Hans-Peter Lehmann , chose the WGC as the stage for her newly created amateur theater group “Die Tribüne”.

In 1995 Klaus Urban produced his CD Das Blaue vom Himmel in the WGC , a live recording of the program “Lieder-Borstiges”.

In recent times, many newcomers, comedians and musicians have found their way onto the WGC stage, such as Heino Trusheim , Maxi Gstettenbauer and Volker Weininger .

On October 1, 2016, Wolfgang Werner handed over the management to Joachim Hieke. On November 14, 2016, the 300th anniversary of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's death, the former workshop Galerie Calenberg was renamed Leibniz Theater . After major renovation and renovation work, the Leibniz Theater was opened on January 20, 2017 together with the patron Matthias Brodowy and the Hanoverian Leibniz actor Rainer Künnecke.

Productions

On October 1st, 2017, for the theatre's one-year existence, the first own production was published with “Haarmann invites you to dinner”. On October 8, 2018, the second production was published with "Men in the hardware store". The third production “Understanding Misunderstanding” was performed on October 1, 2019 for the first time.

literature

  • Wolfgang U. Werner: I just opened the door . Hanover 2016

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Wolfgang Werner: History  ( 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. , accessed October 10, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wgc-theater.de  
  2. ↑ Karin Dzionara: Hannover is culture # 07 cabaret . In: Kabarett und Kleinkunst in Hannover , published by: Landeshauptstadt Hannover, August 2015, p. 40, accessed on October 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ Compare this information under the GND number of the German National Library

Web links

Commons : Leibniz Theater (Hannover)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 33 ″  E