Theater of the night

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Theater der Nacht in Northeim, 2010.

Theater der Nacht is the name of a German puppet theater from Northeim in Lower Saxony .

Surname

The theater of the night got its name because its actors “love night characters, dreamlike stories and wondrous characters”. Fairy tales, myths and legends are the focus of her artistic work. They draw their ideas and stories for the stage from the realm of the fantastic.

history

The theater of the night in winter.
The theater of the night in May 2013

The Theater der Nacht was created in 1988 on the initiative of the artist couple Ruth and Heiko Brockhausen. In the mid-1990s, the theater group , founded as a touring theater , discovered the former Northeim fire station and proposed to the city of Northeim to convert the building into a puppet theater.

Four years later, in May 1999, work began on converting the house into a puppet theater. After about two years of renovation, the theater of the night was opened with a ceremony in August 2001. The building near the St. Sixti Church is a low-energy building and has an auditorium for 99 spectators. After renovation grants and subsidies as start-up financing, the theater is self-financing.

program

Every year there are 200 performances, courses, exhibitions and lectures in the puppet theater program. Of the 20,000 visitors a year, 80 percent are adults and 20 percent are children. In addition to the performances of the program, the theater offers courses in figure play, figure and mask making or in drumming and making music for adults and children.

The German office of the Union Internationale de la Marionnette (UNIMA), the oldest international theater association, has been in the theater since 2003 . Since 2016 the theater has been hosting the German puppet theater conference on behalf of UNIMA Germany and the VDP (Association of German Puppet Theaters). This event combines theory and practice, the German with the international puppet theater scene, amateurs and professionals. It always takes place on the last weekend in August in Northeim.

Awards

  • 1998: Invitation of the production "The fairy tale of the silver moon" to the theater of the month in North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • 1999: Audience award at the Kaufbeuren Theater Days for “A Walpurgism Tale”.
  • 2004: Invitation of the production “ Der Wunschpunsch ” to the theater of the month in North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • 2006: Nomination of the "Vogelkopp" for the prize of the Lotto Foundation.
  • 2011: Production of “ Momo ” on behalf of the Lower Saxony Music Days under the direction of Wolfgang Buresch.
  • 2012: Festival Prize of the Sarajevo Puppet Theater Festival "the golden anima" for " Little Häwelmann ".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Theater of the Night. Theater group website.
  2. ^ A house for puppet theater. Press kit (PDF document; 1.4 MB). Page 2.
  3. ^ A house for puppet theater. Press kit (PDF document; 1.4 MB). Pages 2 and 3.
  4. ↑ Theater der Nacht - From the former THW building to the puppet theater planning group long puche
  5. ↑ A house for puppet theater press kit for puppet theater (PDF document; 1.4 MB), page 9.
  6. ↑ Office & Contact - Unima Germany In: unima.de , accessed on May 23, 2018.
  7. ^ Sunken City as a Giant Theater Project | Northeim In: hna.de , accessed on May 23, 2018.
  8. ↑ The Festival Theater Prize of the Lower Saxony Lottery Foundation In: theaterpolitik.de , accessed on May 23, 2018.
  9. ↑ 15 years of Theater der Nacht in Northeim In: mosquito-goettingen.de , accessed on May 23, 2018.

Coordinates: 51 ° 42 '19.2 "  N , 10 ° 0' 14.3"  E