Theater Ansbach

Theater Ansbach is a theatre in Bavaria, Germany. It was founded in 2007 by the Ansbacher cooperative "Kultur im Schloss" (Culture in the palace) and directed by playwright Jürgen Eick (appointed to the post on 01/08/2007). The theater Ansbach, registered as "theater Ansbach - Culture on the lap", is the latest Bavarian playhouse and the only cooperative theaters. It includes divisions for concert and cinema.^[1]

The Federal Minister aD Carl-Dieter Spranger took the initiative to establish the city's theater "ensemble". In the first season of the theater, which started on 26 September 2008, the cultural programmes covered "guest appearances and co-productions, as well as about 11 in-house productions"; actors were engaged on contract basis—both part-time and full-time.^[1]

Theatre Foundation

The cooperative support of the theater Ansbach has a long cultural tradition. It goes back to the 1909 founded "Ansbacher Concert Association"; Dr. Hans Lunckenbein, the head of Ansbacher hospital was responsible for establishing the Association. It was expanded in 1919, at the initiative of the City Council to more clubs and a cinema (with 29 associations named as the "Association of Public Education."), and registered as a cooperative society. The objective was to arrange concert and theater performances and also lectures on Adult Education in the forefront; the induction of cinematic medium was also included as part of the cultural programme. The old Palace Theatre at the riding school (now State Library) was upgraded with a cinema hall and a club, on 22 May 1919 and renamed as the "Castle Lichtspiele eGmbH".^[2] The history of the theater is also traced to the theater and cinema building which existed in 1929. In 1930, the cooperative had its own "house of public education," in which a library was housed. This building was renovated and enlarged in 2001-2003 under the direction of the Munich architect Hein Goldstein. The renovated theater was opened 31 March 2003.^[2]

"The will, now that everywhere complained of cultural degradation, establish a municipal theater in Ansbach" have "historical dimension", the Frankish national newspaper commented on 7 October 2006 and described the decision of the city (under then-Mayor Ralf Felber) and the co-culture at the castle with its CEO Carl-Dieter Spranger and the then chairman Klaus Dieter broadsword as a "politico-cultural sensation" (Nov. 1, 2006). The decision for the theater foundation rested on the conviction of the importance of these cultural order of the city, on considerations of "culture as a soft location factors" and on the assessment of cultural experts from all over Germany, that the possibilities for 2001-2003 renovated and expanded Ansbacher House of Culture " Borkholderhaus "been far from exhausted and were operating a theater with performances, co-and self-production is possible.

In April 2007, the first Artistic Director Jürgen Eick was appointed. The theater foundation he perceived as "a small miracle" as he said in an interview to the magazine, the German stage (11/2007). Also, the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote the unusual "theatrical pioneering spirit" of the city: "Ansbach invested against the general trend in culture – and buys himself this season a municipal theater" (Oct. 10, 2008).

In May 2010, Jürgen Eick signed the Cultural Forum of the European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg for his work as artistic director at the theater Ansbach as the first "Artist of the Month".

The day as "Borkholder-house" known building was modernized 2001–03 to plans by the Munich architect Hein Goldstein and expanded.

The now under the name "Theatre Ansbach - culture at Castle eG" firmierende cooperative is next to the new operating theater support a classical concert series with international guests as well as the castle Lichtspiele Ansbach.

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