Munich theater for children
The Munich Theater for Children is a theater in which professional actors perform plays for children . In 2014 the former private theater was converted into a non-profit GmbH and a support association was founded.
history
The Munich Theater for Children has existed since 1967 and was founded by Heinz Redmann. For the first 10 years, the Munich Theater for Children made guest appearances in the theater in Munich's Leopoldstrasse . On September 6, 1977 in the former Regina cinema in Dachauerstr. 46 opened the Munich theater for children with the play “ Pippi Longstocking's Adventure”. In May 2017, the theater's 50th anniversary was celebrated with a ceremony.
Heinz Redmann left the theater in summer 2018. The actor, director and author Michael Tasche has been the new artistic director since the 2018/2019 season.
Performances
The program includes fairy tales based on the Brothers Grimm , Wilhelm Hauff and Hans Christian Andersens , pieces by or based on models by Michael Ende , Janosch , Astrid Lindgren , Sven Nordquist and Otfried Preußler - but also operas and musicals .
Up to 14 pieces for children from 4 years are on the program in one season. During the school holidays and on weekends there is a morning and an afternoon performance with two different pieces; on other days a performance in the afternoon. The Munich Theater for Children has many years of guest performance experience, as in addition to the performances in Munich there are also plays throughout Germany , especially in southern Germany .
particularities
The Munich theater for children plays true-to-the-factory productions with elaborate equipment and an imaginative stage design.
Children are invited to paint pictures of the performances; the pictures are exhibited in the foyer . As a special birthday service, a set table can be ordered for the break; after the performance, costumes are available to re-enact the piece.
building
The Munich theater for children has its rooms on Dachauer Straße near Stiglmaierplatz in the Maxvorstadt district . It has space for 355 visitors.
The listed building was built in Art Nouveau style from 1915 to 1917 according to plans by Oswald Schiller . Originally the Regina cinema , which became Munich's first sound film theater, was located on the ground floor . There are apartments on the upper floors.
The ground floor of the four-story building is separated from the upper floors by a cornice ; it is adorned with stone atlases . Pilasters on the ground floor suggest a wide portico . The ends of the building are highlighted on the upper floors by curved bay windows .
The rooms of the theater are decorated with blue-green majolica . Side rooms of the theater were originally intended for musicians who accompanied silent films.
Performed pieces from 1967 until today
For children from four years
Puss in Boots (Brothers Grimm)
The Sterntaler (Brothers Grimm)
Mrs. Holle (Brothers Grimm)
The hare and the hedgehog (Gebr. Grimm)
Tischlein set you (Gebr. Grimm)
Rumpelstiltskin (Brothers Grimm)
Little brother and sister (Brothers Grimm)
Sleeping Beauty (Brothers Grimm)
The meerkats (Gebr. Grimm)
The brave little tailor (Brothers Grimm)
Hansel and Gretel (Brothers Grimm)
Snow white and rose red (Gebr. Grimm)
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs (Brothers Grimm)
The Frog King (Gebr. Grimm)
Little Red Riding Hood and the poor wolf (Michael Taschen, based on the Brothers Grimm)
Oh, how beautiful is Panama (Janosch)
Post for the tiger (Janosch)
Come on, we'll find a treasure (Janosch)
I'll make you well, said the bear (Janosch)
Maya the bee and her adventures (Waldemar Bonsels)
Peterchens Mondfahrt (Gerdt von Bassewitz)
Pettson and Findus (Sven Nordqvist)
Pettersson celebrates Christmas (Sven Nordqvist)
Eddi, the meerkat (Michael Tasche)
The escaped fairy tale band - an online production (Michael Tasche)
For children aged five and over
Cinderella (Brothers Grimm)
The Bremen Town Musicians (Brothers Grimm)
The Snow Queen (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Little Mermaid (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Emperor's New Clothes (Hans Christian Andersen)
The robber Hotzenplotz (Otfried Preußler)
News from the robber Hotzenplotz (Otfried Preußler)
The robber Hotzenplotz 3 (Otfried Preußler)
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Struwwelpeter (Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann)
Max and Moritz (Wilhelm Busch)
Pinocchio's Adventure (Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio - The Musical (Carlo Collodi)
Little Muck (Wilhelm Hauff)
Dwarf Nose (Wilhelm Hauff)
Klaus climbing mouse and the other animals in the Hackeback Forest (Thorbjörn Egner)
Pünktchen and Anton (Erich Kästner)
Peter Pan (James Matthew Barrie)
The Gingerbread Man (David Wood)
Stripes and Strips (Michael Taschen)
For children from six years
The devil with the three golden hairs (Gebr. Grimm)
Gulliver's Star Journey (Jiri Lechner)
The false prince (Wilhelm Hauff)
Caliph Storch (Wilhelm Hauff)
Pippi Longstocking's Adventure (Astrid Lindgren)
The little witch (Otfried Preußler)
The little ghost (Otfried Preußler)
Kikerikiste (Paul Maar)
Till Eulenspiegel's funny pranks (Andy Kessler)
Felix the cat in court (Bruno Hampel and Ernst Brandner)
The flea is gone (Horst Jüssen)
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves (1001 nights)
The magic carpet (1001 nights)
Sindbad the Navigator (1001 Nights)
Aladin and the magic lamp (1001 nights)
Beauty and the Beast (Madame Leprince de Beaumont)
The dream eater (Michael Ende)
The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
We (Hannelore Stadler)
For children from seven years
Jim Button and Lukas the Engine Driver (Michael Ende)
The Freischütz and the Devil (Carl Maria von Weber)
Ronja the Robber's Daughter (Astrid Lindgren)
Mio, my Mio (Astrid Lindgren)
A Little Magic Flute (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Little Lord (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
For children aged eight and over
The Canterville Ghost (Oscar Wilde)
The trip around the world in 80 days (Jules Verne)
Poor Knight (Peter Hacks)
The Abduction from the Palace (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Rasmus, Pontus and the Sword Swallower (Astrid Lindgren)
Rasmus, and the tramp (Astrid Lindgren)
Master detective Kalle Blomquist (Astrid Lindgren)
Kladderadatsch (Heinz Wunderlich)
The four from Kuddelmuddelplatz (Heinz Wunderlich)
Emil and the detectives (Erich Kästner)
Ghosts Intervene (Camilla Gripe)
The Enchanted Brothers (Yevgeny Schwarz)
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Regina flies around the world (Bruno Hampel and Ernst Brandner)
Robi, Robi, Robinson (Daniel Defoe)
Tsar and Zimmermann (Albert Lortzing)
For children from 14 years
Leonce and Lena (Georg Büchner)
The robbers (Friedrich Schiller)
Spring Awakening (Frank Wedekind)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Woe to him who lies (Franz Grillparzer)
Who's Afraid by Virginia Woolf (Edward Albee)
The Diary of Anne Frank (Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett)
Peter's Nightmare (Michael Taschen)
literature
- Winfried Nerdinger (Ed.): Architecture Guide Munich. Reimer, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-496-01211-0 .
Web links
- Website of the theater
- Press kit Munich theater for children . PresseAnzeiger.de
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 46 ″ N , 11 ° 33 ′ 34 ″ E