Pond Games Market Swabia
The Weiherspiele Markt Schwaben (initially Weiherfestspiele ) is an open-air theater event that has been taking place every summer in Markt Schwaben ( Ebersberg district ) since 1984 - with the exception of 1992 and 2017 . It is played on several lake stages that are being built on the Schwabener Kirchweiher market , with singing and dancing. The spectators sit on stone steps and specially built stands. The performances are particularly impressive because of the backdrops and the lighting that is reflected in the pond.
Playing times
The performances usually take place in the summer months of June, July and / or August, Thursday to Saturday from 8 p.m. at dusk. The catch-up date for a performance that is canceled due to the weather is usually the following Monday or Tuesday.
history
Founded in 1984 by Josef Schmid, Siegfried Schmidt, amateur actors, songwriters and volunteers (for example for the setting of the scenery), the Weiherspiele were an insider tip in the east of Munich when it came to open-air theater until the finally resounding success story Die Fösche in the summer of 1990. In 1987 the theater association Markt Schwaben was founded. From the 1988 season onwards, the steadily growing number of visitors and the growing interest of the media ( Bavarian television reported for the first time) made the sets and costumes more and more elaborate and professional. Ticket sales, numbered seats and additional grandstands have been available since 1990. In 2007, additional concrete stone steps were set into the slope on the steep western bank of the pond . At its peak, 20,000 spectators could be counted in one season.
Siegfried Schmidt, Hermann Bogenrieder, Elke Deuringer, Maurizio Cecchin, Gerhard Rackl and Ewald Stolze are considered veterans, companions and supporters. For 31 years, Josef Schmid, from Schwaben, was director, artistic director and author. Fritz Humpelmayr took over the game management for 2016. After this year with moderate success, the decision was made not to hold any Weiherspiele in 2017 in order to realign the open-air games conceptually and to rearrange responsibilities. Josef Schmid resigned as chairman at the general meeting of the theater association in early 2017. Franz Stetter (1st chairman) and Ferdinand Maurer (2nd chairman) were elected as successors. Maurer has been in charge of the game since 2018. In 2020 the pond games were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The plays
Until 2016, the initiator of the Weiherspiele, Josef Schmid, wrote the plays listed. The topics are extremely diverse, from historical to fantastic to criminological to Bavarian, decent stories from everyday life.
1984 La Comedia Divina
1985 Alaska gold rush
1986 Divine Comedy
1987 Casanova '87 - Santa Lucia
1988 Esperanza - fairy tales of an island world (over 7,000 visitors)
1989 Louisiana Dream (over 11,000 visitors)
1990 The frogs (over 17,000 visitors)
1991 The little tea house
1992 - break -
1993 Teichopolis
1994 The ghost lake (over 20,000 visitors)
1995 The frogs
1996 Manaus
1997 Arctic summer
1998 Bridges of Freedom
1999 Primus Bavaricus
2000 Bermuda
2001 2001 night
2002 God thunder
2003 Mexico 1863–1867
2004 Aquabella
2005 Bollywood
2006 Canale mortale
2007 Paradise is everywhere
2008 pond whispers
2009 At Zeus - A Divine Comedy
2010 Snow on the Sugar Loaf
2011 We are king!
2012 Noah's Ark - The next flood is sure to come
2013 Loch Ness - a monstrous story
2014 The Soldiers of Fortune
2015 Little Vegas
2016 Planet XX - And yet the Y greets you
2017 - break -
2018 The Brandner Kaspar and the eternal 'life
2019 a midsummer night's trauma
2020 - game break -
Saying
“Markt Schwaben is between Salzburg and Bregenz.” Josef Schmid
Web links
- Homepage of the Weiherspiele Markt Schwaben
- TV report from 2018
- Homepage of the theater association Markt Schwaben
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hello Falke: The pond rests quietly - pond games 2020 in Markt Schwaben canceled , April 14, 2020 , accessed on April 16, 2020.
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '31.5 " N , 11 ° 52' 5.9" E