Senior theater in the old town

The senior theater in the old town , also SeTA or senior theater in the old town SeTA eV , is a Düsseldorf senior theater founded in 1989 .

history

The senior theater in the old town was founded in 1989 by Ernest Martin , the then director of the JuTA (Young Theater in the Old Town) , and the director Wolfgang Caspar in Düsseldorf . It is located in Düsseldorf's old town , has 33 players between the ages of 60 and 88, around a third of them men, and is run as a club. The SeTA is also a member of the Association of German Amateur Theaters . In 2014 the theater celebrates its 25th anniversary.

Until 1993, Wolfgang Caspar was the artistic director of the SeTA. From 1994 to 1999 Helga Dürr and Gertrud Schwan took over the management. From 2000 to 2005 the senior theater in the old town then worked with Götz Langer. This was followed by the director Marlin de Haan, who u. a. 2006 brought Ferdinand Bruckner's play Illness of Youth to the stage with the theater ensemble .

According to Düsseldorf Marketing und Tourismus GmbH, the senior theater has been an integral part of Düsseldorf's cultural scene since 1989, is a recognized factor in social life and sees itself as a mediator between the generations. In addition, the theater has already been invited to guest performances from Paris to London .

program

Every year the theater ensemble , in which directors work with amateur actors, puts on a new production. Classics and contemporary theater are performed.

Selection of productions

• 2000: Kavalier Bizarr by Michel de Ghelderode , director: Götz Langer - German premiere
• 2001: The knife flashes, the pigs scream! , Text: Wilhelm Busch , Director: Götz Langer
• 2002: The Love Council by Oskar Panizza , directed by Götz Langer
• 2003: The Temporary Workers by Elias Canetti , directed by Götz Langer
• 2004: Das Fabelorchester , text: Iwan A. Krylow , director: Götz Langer
• 2005: La Parodie by Arthur Adamov , directed by Götz Langer
• 2006: Disease of the Young by Ferdinand Bruckner, Director: Marlin de Haan
• 2007: Bernarda Alba's house by Federico García Lorca , directed by Marlin de Haan
• 2008: Bertolt Brecht's petty bourgeois wedding , director: Marlin de Haan
• 2009: Before / After by Roland Schimmelpfennig , Director: Marlin de Haan
• 2010: Project 1 - Silverday by Almut Baumgarten , director: Marlin de Haan
• 2010: Project 2 - Hello! - a circuit training (SeTA in-house production), direction / concept: Marlin de Haan
• 2011: The Bremen Town Musicians based on the Brothers Grimm , director / text version: Marlin de Haan
• 2012: The Meteor by Friedrich Dürrenmatt , directed by Marlin de Haan
• 2013: The new tenant by Eugène Ionesco , directed by Marlin de Haan

Awards

• 2010: German amateur theater award for the production Die Kleinbürgerhochzeit by Bertolt Brecht

Web links

• Official website of the senior theater in the old town

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Petra Kuiper: Theater helps with life. In: WAZ . April 24, 2014, accessed October 13, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Brief portrait of the SeTA ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Brief information about the SeTA on the website of Düsseldorf Marketing und Tourismus GmbH