Moon palace

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Moon Palace, named after the moon from Wanne-Eickel
Moon palace
The palace canteen, view from the Wanner city garden

The Mondpalast von Wanne-Eickel is a popular theater in the Ruhr area . The theater was opened on January 28, 2004 by Christian Stratmann , brother of the cabaret artist Ludger Stratmann . Together with the latter, he ran the Stratmanns Theater Europahaus in Essen until the end of 2003 , but withdrew in favor of the Mondpalast. In an interview with Welt am Sonntag in early 2005, Stratmann stated that the aim of the theater was to perform regional plays with a permanent ensemble . This is a unique selling point compared to a guest house like that of his brother. Stratmann explained the main focus: “We primarily use clichés . Typical Ruhr area staff such as the miner, the pigeon fancier , the pub owner and the football fan perform with us ”. The pieces are usually written by the Ruhr area author Sigi Domke . The head dramaturge of the house is the founding director, director and actor Thomas Rech. Mondpalast comedies can only be seen in the Mondpalast. The moon palace is also the godfather for the football stadium of the DSC Wanne-Eickel . The stadium in the Wanne-Süd sports park has been called the Mondpalast Arena since August 9, 2009 .

history

The theater is located in the municipal hall building (former. Imperial Hall and city garden hall) of the city park in Herne district tray (up to 1,975 separate town Wanne-Eickel ). The Wilhelmine Art Nouveau building was built in 1911 and has seen a long theater history since then. From Kurt Seiffert in the 1920s to Zarah Leander to Theo Lingen and Maria Schell , many theater greats who mean the world stood here on the boards. With the Wilhelmine main building and a post-modern foyer, the building itself is a piece of Ruhr architecture between tradition and modernity. With 500 seats, the house has a significantly larger capacity than other popular theaters such as the Ohnsorg Theater in Hamburg and the Millowitsch Theater in Cologne. According to Christian Stratmann, more than 800,000 guests since it was founded make it one of the largest popular theaters in Germany. The restaurant in the same building, the Palastkantine , is open around the theater performances and also during the breaks. A highlight in the history of the house was the visit of the then Federal President Horst Köhler and his wife Eva Luise in October 2009, who attended a performance of the foosball comedy "Ronaldo & Julia" in the Mondpalast.

Comedies

The best-known and most successful production of the moon theater is the comedy "Ronaldo & Julia", which has been staged continuously since the opening. Thematically based on the Shakespeare drama Romeo and Juliet , the play tells of two families who each run a pub in Wanne-Eickel. While the Montakowskis are attached to the football club FC Schalke 04 , the Kapulinskis are feverishly for Borussia Dortmund . Traditionally, the supporters of these clubs are very enemies (see also: Revierderby ), so that the developing love between the royal blue Roland “Ronaldo” Montakowski and the black and yellow Julia Kapulinski is not a good star. Will the love between the two override the enmity? For the 500th performance on October 17, 2007, the former Schalke manager Rudi Assauer took on a brief guest role.

The Mondpalast gained nationwide fame through "Dinner for Wan (ne)", until 2014 the only Ruhr area version of the New Year's Eve sketch Dinner for One by Freddie Frinton. This comedy has been shown in a recording on WDR television every New Year's Eve since 2007. In February 2016, the WDR recorded a TV version of the soccer comedy "Ronaldo & Julia" in the Mondpalast von Wanne-Eickel and in the RevuePalast Ruhr at Zeche Ewald in Herten, which was first broadcast in April 2016 on WDR television.

In the past there have been individual guest appearances such as B. with the play "Auf der Wilden Rita" on the North Sea island of Norderney , with "Ronaldo and Julia" in Dortmund, Gladbeck and Unna as well as with the "Flurwoche" in the Grugahalle Essen.

Well-known comedies (excerpt)

  • Ronaldo & Julia
  • On the Wild Rita (formerly: The Senior Ritas)
  • Wat'ne wonderful world
  • Self in debt
  • Peterchen's moon trip
  • Wilhelmstrasse
  • Anne Tanke
  • Otello, the swathe of dates
  • Rejoice!
  • A little angel, second class
  • The tub-Kopps
  • Corridor week
  • Mr. Pastor and Mrs. Devil
  • The broken pot
  • The phantom of the oppa
  • The (almost) glorious seven
  • The silence of the frogs

Web links

Commons : Moon Palace  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Mondpalast: It can't go any better", Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) of March 6, 2004, mondpalast.com  ( 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: Dead Link / www.mondpalast.com  
  2. ↑ "Christian Stratmann leaves the Europahaus to his brother", Informationsdienst Ruhr, message of July 25, 2003, idruhr.de
  3. ↑ "We primarily use clichés", Welt am Sonntag of February 27, 2005, mondpalast.com  ( 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: Dead Link / www.mondpalast.com  
  4. ↑ Renaming of the stadium of the DSC Wanne-Eickel ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sn-herne.de
  5. ↑ "Das Haus", self- illustration of the Mondpalast, mondpalast.com ( memento of the original from September 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mondpalast.com
  6. ↑ "Balance at the Mondpalast": Greater than Ohnsorg (WAZ Rhein Ruhr February 16, 2007) mondpalast.com  ( 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: Dead Link / www.mondpalast.com  
  7. ↑ "Schalke falls in love with BVB", Westfälische Rundschau from January 30, 2004, mondpalast.com  ( 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: Dead Link / www.mondpalast.com  
  8. ↑ Clear the stage for Rudi Assauer. ( Memento from November 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) WDR report from October 18, 2007.
  9. ↑ "Wilde Rita Beats Waves", Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), Herne edition of July 27, 2006, mondpalast.com  ( 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: Dead Link / www.mondpalast.com  
  10. ↑ eldoradio * Podcast from April 19, 2007, eldoradio.de  ( 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: Dead Link / www.eldoradio.de  

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 57 ″  N , 7 ° 9 ′ 15 ″  E