Theater in Marienbad
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The Theater im Marienbad (TiM for short) is a programmatically versatile theater venue in the former Freiburg city bath Marienbad . It has been continuously performed by the Freiburg Children's and Youth Theater since 1989 . The large hall (called the scene room) offers space for around 250 spectators, depending on the stage structure, and the boiler house for around 80 spectators.
The Freiburger Kinder- und Jugendtheater eV is an independently operating ensemble theater with currently five permanent actors and a total of 15 permanent employees. The team is supplemented by guest actors, directors and sets. In addition to the repertoire, which is played for both morning school and evening performances, the focus of the house is on theater education. The target groups of the in-house productions, which range from intimate narrative theater to large ensemble pieces, include adults as well as children and young people. In theater pedagogy, the plays and readings with pupils and preschoolers are prepared and followed up, as well as further training courses for (prospective) teachers in the theater and school sector . The house's own program is regularly expanded through cooperation with regional and national institutions. Readings and guest performances by national and international guests complement the program thematically and provide comments on the content. The Freiburg Children's and Youth Theater is co-organizer of the Freiburg Festival , which takes place every two years .
History as a swimming pool
The historic Marienbad building was built in 1902 as an Art Nouveau building by a private person named Thoma based on a design by the Freiburg architect Joseph Ruh . A wide range of programs was offered in the pool, ranging from swimming lessons and aqua aerobics to medicinal baths, steam baths and massage parlors. The necessary heat was generated by a coal stove, which also supplied the neighborhood with electricity. The strict gender segregation that was customary for the baths of this time, which was implemented in the Freiburg Lorettobad , for example , was regulated by bathing times. In the 1920s, only two mornings and one afternoon were available for women, the rest of the time was reserved for men.
The bath could not be run profitably, so it was taken over by the city of Freiburg in 1924 after it had already been heavily subsidized by the city. In 1938 the Marienbad was expanded to include the Great Hall and received a second, larger pool. This large hall , with its almost 400 m² area and a surrounding gallery, has served the Kunstverein Freiburg as its headquarters and exhibition hall since 1997 . The smaller pool was mainly used by soldiers during the Second World War. The bath was closed in the early 1970s and then served as a venue for a theater troupe. Due to protests, bathing was resumed in 1984 and stopped the following year. Since 1989 it has finally been used as a theater. Large parts of the building are under monument protection and are maintained and maintained while the game is running.
History as theater
The first director of the Freiburg children's and youth theater was Dieter Kümmel, who founded a new acting group in 1978 after having previously worked at the Wallgraben Theater in Freiburg .
The former boiler house (coal furnace cellar) has been used as the second stage since the 2002/2003 season.
The Association of Friends and Patrons of the Theater im Marienbad was founded in December 2006 in order to offer long-term friends and patrons of the house permanent and structured support and to support the theater's cultural work, promote its educational work and make its educational work visible to the outside world power.
In 2008, Dieter Kümmel died of cancer after many years, and actor Hubertus Fehrenbacher took over the management.
Since 2017 the house has been led by the dramaturge and artistic director Sonja Karadza and the commercial director Alexander Lepach.
Individual evidence
- ↑ THEATER IN THE MARIENBAD OF FREIBURG. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
- ^ Nikolaus Merck: Dieter Kümmel, director of the Freiburg theater in Marienbad, died. Accessed June 27, 2019 (German).
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Coordinates: 47 ° 59 '27.4 " N , 7 ° 51' 6.4" E