Theater Mummpitz

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Theater Mummpitz
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location
Address: Michael-Ende-Strasse 17
City: Nuremberg
Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '34 "  N , 11 ° 3' 8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '34 "  N , 11 ° 3' 8"  E
Architecture and history
Construction time: 1954-1967
Opened: April 2001 (at today's location)
Architect: Theo Kief
Internet presence:
Website: www.theater-mummpitz.de

The Mummpitz Theater is a Nuremberg children's theater and is funded by the City of Nuremberg, the State of Bavaria and the District of Middle Franconia . It is also a member of ASSITEJ (Association Internationale du Théâtre de l'Enfance et la Jeunesse - Association of theater for children and young people). It was built between 1954 and 1967 according to plans by the architect Theo Kief .

history

In 1980 students and schoolchildren got together to play theater. In 2001 the Mummpitz theater moved into the tiled building - only 150 m from the place where it was founded. This gave the traveling theater a permanent venue.

The cultural climate in the city of Nuremberg, the successful cooperation with partners such as the Tafelhalle , the State Theater Nuremberg and the Stadttheater Fürth created conditions that allow continuous development.

In the 1980s the right to “free theater” was brought up to city officials and the need for a theater for children was pointed out. An initial grant of one hundred thousand marks for free theater (then for seven theater groups), decided in a constellation of the CSU and the Greens, was a milestone in the development.

At the beginning of the 1990s, the cooperation with the Tafelhalle Nürnberg and the Theater Fürth began. At the end of the 1990s, the Mummpitz and Pfütze theaters offered the Nuremberg State Theater (then still the Städtische Bühnen) a collaboration. The intended children's theater of the State Theater had meanwhile become almost purely a youth theater that mutated into competition in its own house. The management at the time realized that the cooperation with Mummpitz and Pfütze would be beneficial for all parties: the children get to see high-quality plays, the children's theater is made by actors who like to play for children, the state theater can better dispose with its actors and Mummpitz and puddles are financially better secured. The Staatstheater, Theater Pfütze and Theater Mummpitz have been cooperating successfully since 1997 in a model that is unique and highly regarded in Germany.

In 2000, the Mummpitz Theater organized the European children's theater festival “Panoptikum” for the first time, which has meanwhile become an integral part of Nuremberg's cultural life and the European children's theater scene. In 2001, Mummpitz moved into the Kachelbau children's cultural center on the former Nuremberg slaughterhouse with the museum in a suitcase and the CriCri children's circus. The listed building by Theo Kief was converted in 2001 by the Nuremberg architects Niederwöhmeier + Kief .

The number of visitors is steadily increasing and over 20 (of the previous 50) productions were presented to many thousands of viewers in public family and closed school performances. In 2006 the theater education program was expanded significantly. Workshops and courses on social issues such as “violence in schools”, “language skills” or “attention deficits” were developed and offered to schools that are increasingly making use of this offer. In 2009, the Mummpitz Theater initiated the “Nürnberger Kulturrucksack”, a model of cultural education for schoolchildren that works with partners such as the Tafelhalle, the Germanic National Museum and the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra . The Mummpitz Theater has been very happy to host the Nuremberg School and Culture Days since 2007. Since 2004 there has been a small children's music series with the beautiful name "Musikuss", in which there is cooperation with the children's museum, the children's art room, the state theater and the University of Music .

Theater Mummpitz has performed with its productions all over the Federal Republic of Germany and has made guest appearances at festivals and guest performances in the following countries: Austria, Liechtenstein, Poland, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, USA, Scotland, Ireland, Canada.

For years, the Mummpitz Theater has done pioneering and development work for children's culture with new cooperation models, good programs and workshops, a successful European theater festival and, last but not least, with plays.

The building is entered in the list of museums in Nuremberg and in the list of theaters in Nuremberg .

Productions

  • 1981 Fridolin Fichte
  • 1982 Family Gagginger, an eerie box and not a zombie
  • 1983 The black continent
  • 1984 The girl in the aspen tree
  • 1986 The troll child
  • 1987 The story of the abandoned doll
  • 1988 One night in February
  • 1989 People don't talk about that
  • 1990 violence in the game
  • 1991 The story of the tree
  • 1992 Mohammed
  • 1993 The story of the soldier
  • 1994 Little Tom Thumb's Adventures
  • 1995 Bola - a love story
  • 1996 And when the earth burned ...
  • 1997 The story of the little uncle
  • 1998 Little Red Riding Hood - not a real Grimmi
  • 1999 apricot season
  • 2000 Salto and Mortale
  • 2001 Katt and Fredda
  • 2002 The fragrance collector
  • 2003 Ox and Donkey
  • 2004 The best dog in the world
  • 2005 Pinocchio
  • 2006 A bear named Sonntag
  • 2007 The chronicler of the winds
  • 2008 The grandiose adventures of the brave Johanna Holzschwert
  • 2009 Prometheus
  • 2009 Willi and the Great Wall
  • 2010 Hey Duda!
  • 2011 Lotte's holiday or how Joseph got his slap in the face
  • 2011 Zanki Fransenohr
Theater Mummpitz 2010: He Duda

Prizes and awards

  • 1989 Culture Prize of the City of Nuremberg
  • 1994 Wolfgang Anrath Prize for the production of “The Nibel Boy” by Rudolf Herftner
  • 2000 Culture Prize from the City of Nuremberg for hosting the “panoptikum” festival
  • 2001 Children's and youth theater award from the Bavarian Theater Days in Ingolstadt and award from the student jury for the best children's and youth play "Salto and Mortale"
  • In 2002 the in-house production “Salto und Mortale” was awarded the “ 6th Bavarian Theater Prize ”
  • 2002 Bavarian Theater Prize at the “panoptikum” festival in Augsburg for “The Great Story” by Bruno Stori
  • 2005 Theater Prize at the Bavarian Theater Days in Bamberg for “The Best Dog in the World” by Sharon Creech
  • 2007 Bavarian Culture Prize from E.On Bayern AG
  • 2007 Sparda Future Prize "Education for Children and Young People" 2007 (1st place)
  • 2008 Star of the year 2008 of the evening newspaper in the children's theater section for the production: "The grandiose adventures of the brave Johanna Holzschwert" (8+)
  • and the Nürnberger Nachrichten also honored "Johanna Holzschwert" as a cultural highlight of 2009
  • and also “Prometheus. Eine Weltgeschichte “(10+) is recognized by the Nürnberger Nachrichten in 2009 as a cultural highlight.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ N + K Children's Culture Center. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ N + K Children's Culture Center. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .