{{Short description|State theatre}} {{Infobox venue | name = Theater Bremen | image = frameless|upright=1.2 | image_alt = | caption = Theater am Goetheplatz, the theatre's main venue | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | address = | city = Bremen | country = Germany | designation = | coordinates = {{coord|53|04|18|N|8|48|58|E|region:DE-HB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | architect = | owner = | tenant = | operator = | capacity = | type = | opened = 1913 | reopened = 1950 | years_active = | rebuilt = | closed = | demolished = | other_names = | production = | current_use = | public_transit = <!--| logo = frameless--> | website = {{url|http://www.theaterbremen.de/}} }} '''Theater Bremen''' (Bremen Theatre) is a state theatre in Bremen, Germany, with four divisions for opera, straight theater, dance, and student programs. Its venues are located in a city block, connected in architecture and seating up to 1,426 spectators. The theatre has drawn international attention since 1962 with innovative play productions in the ''Bremer Stil'' (Bremen style). Its opera company was selected as opera house of the year by ''Opernwelt'' in 2007.
== Organization == Theater Bremen is a company with four divisions: the ''Oper Bremen'' (Bremen opera), the ''Schauspiel Bremen'' (Bremen Playhouse), the ''Tanztheater Bremen'' (Bremen Dance Theatre) and the ''MoKS Bremen'', short for ''Modellversuch Künstler und Schüler'' (Experimental Modal: Artists and Schoolgoers).<ref name="Bremen" /> The four venues seat up to 1,426 spectators. The musical divisions have collaborated since 1917 with the Bremer Philharmoniker, an orchestra founded in 1820. The theatre has drawn international attention since 1962, when {{ill|Kurt Hübner|de|Kurt Hübner (Schauspieler)}} staged innovative productions known as the ''Bremer Stil'' (Bremen style).<ref name="Culture Bremen" /><ref name="Weser-Kurier" /> Several stage directors and actors shaped the period, and many became well known, such as directors Peter Stein, Peter Zadek, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hans Neuenfels and Johannes Schaaf, and actors Edith Clever, Jutta Lampe, Margit Carstensen, Bruno Ganz, and Rolf Becker.<ref name="Dahl" />
== Location and venues == thumb|upright=1.3|Location of the theatres thumb|The playhouse The buildings of Theater Bremen are located east of the Old Town next to the {{ill|Bremer Wallanlagen|de}}. They are close to the museums Gerhard Marcks House and Wilhelm Wagenfeld House, the {{ill|Villa Ichon|de}}, the central library of the {{ill|Stadtbibliothek Bremen|de}} and the Kunsthalle Bremen, forming the so-called ''{{ill|Kulturmeile|de}}'' (culture mile). <ref name="Weser-Kurier" /><ref name="Viertel" /> The theatre buildings are located in one city block and connected in architecture. They are known as the Theater am Goetheplatz, Kleines Haus, Moks and Brauhauskeller.<ref name="Viertel Theater" />
The Theater am Goetheplatz was opened in 1913 as a playhouse with a play by Oscar Wilde. It was destroyed in World War II and restored as a theatre for opera and plays. Reopened in 1950, it seats 800 people.<ref name="Bremen" />
The Kleines Haus was remodelled in the 2012/13 season, seating up to 200 people, and presents plays and dance theatre. The foyer has a stage called "noon" for chamber concerts, lectures and other events.<ref name="Bremen" />
Moks is a theatre for children and youth, offering performances for school classes in the morning and young people and their families in the evening. All spectators are close to the stage.<ref name="Bremen" /> The quality of productions has been regarded as high, receiving more than regional attention. Several plays were presented at a theatre competition.<ref name="Schirrmeister" />
The Brauhauskeller is located in the basement vaults of the former St. Pauli brewery. A small stage is intended for events for up to 60 spectators. It is the venue for the group Junge Akteure (young actors), which was founded in 2005, based on the Moks, as the theatre school of Theater Bremen. The stage is narrow and long, requiring unconventional sets.<ref name="Bremen" /> The theatre has around 400 employees.<ref name="Culture Bremen" />
== Awards == In 1979, Theater Bremen was named ''{{ill|Theater des Jahres|de}}'' (theatre of the year) by ''Theater heute''.<ref name="Dahl" /> A 1997 production of Verdi's ''Macbeth'' was awarded the {{ill|Bayerischer Theaterpreis|de}}. In 2007, the Theater Bremen was named ''Opernhaus des Jahres'' (Opera House of the Year) by ''Opernwelt'', along with the Komische Oper Berlin.<ref name="Senator" /> The ''Europäischer Toleranzpreis'' (European tolerance prize) of the KulturForum Europa was given for {{ill|Ludger Vollmer|de}}'s opera ''{{ill|Gegen die Wand (opera)|de|Gegen die Wand (Oper)|lt=Gegen die Wand}}'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cusanuswerk.de/startseite/news-archiv/article/europaeischer-toleranzpreis-an-ludger-vollmer-und-das-theater-bremen.html?no_cache=1&cHash=5399536c8879e795667c780209b6b482 | title = Europäischer Toleranzpreis an Ludger Vollmer und das Theater Bremen| website=cusanuswerk.de| language= German|accessdate = 20 October 2018}}</ref><!-- A production of Schiller's ''Die Räuber'' staged by {{ill|Volker Lösch|de}} was named as one of the ten best play productions of Germany by the magazine ''{{ill|nachtkritik.de|de}}''.{{cn}} Their chart looks like this https://nachtkritik.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5301 but I don't see an archive. While I'm sure it was there at the time, I have no time for more searching.--> <!-- probably nobody cares anyway, and if they can find them in German, naturally with more links: == General managers == {{ref improve|section}} * 1913–1940: {{ill|Johannes Wiegand|de}} * 1940–1943: Eduard Ichon * 1943: Hans Tannert * 1943–1944: Curt Gerdes * 1949–1954: {{ill|Wilhelm Hanke|de}} * 1954–1955: Conrad Heinemann (commissionary) * 1955–1962: Albert Lippert * 1962–1973: {{ill|Kurt Hübner (actor)|de|Kurt Hübner (Schauspieler)|lt=Kurt Hübner}} * 1973–1978: {{ill|Peter Stoltzenberg|de}} * 1978–1985: {{ill|Arno Wüstenhöfer|de}} * 1985–1992: Tobias Richter * 1992–1993: {{ill|Hansgünther Heyme|de}} * 1993–1994: Rolf Rempe (commissionary) * 1994–2007: {{ill|Klaus Pierwoß|de}} * 2007–2010: Hans-Joachim Frey<ref name="Bruggaier" /> * 2010–2012: ''Direktorium'' (Rebecca Hohmann, {{ill|Marcel Klett|de}}, Patricia Stöckemann, Hans-Georg Wegner, Martin Wiebcke) * 2012–2017: Michael Börgerding<ref name="Bruggaier" /> -->
== Literature == * Hermann Tardel (ed.): ''Studien zur Bremischen Theatergeschichte''. Oldenburg 1945 * Franz Reichert: ''Durch meine Brille''. Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1986, {{ISBN|3-215-06062-0}} * Michael Mrukwa: ''Das Bremer Staatstheater und das Bremer Schauspielhaus von 1933–45''. Master's thesis, Bremen 1987 * Bremer Theater der Freien Hansestadt Bremen GmbH, Senator für Kultur und Ausländerintegration der Freien Hansestadt Bremen (ed.): ''200 Jahre Theater in Bremen''. WMIT-Druck-u. Verlags GmbH, Bremen 1993, {{ISBN|3-929542-04-8}} * Herbert Schwarzwälder: ''Das Große Bremen-Lexikon'', {{Ill|Edition Temmen|de}}, Bremen 2003, {{ISBN|3-86108-693-X}} * Lutz-Uwe Dünnwald (ed.): ''Theater am Goetheplatz. Sanierung 2003–2004''. Isensee GmbH, Oldenburg 2005 * Frank Schümann: ''Bremer Theater 1913–2007''. Schünemann Verlag, Bremen 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-7961-1903-3}} * Klaus Pierwoß, Helmut Brade, Frank Schümann: ''Bremer Theater: Intendanz Klaus Pierwoß 1994/95–2006/07'', Schünemann Verlag, Bremen 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-7961-1895-1}} * {{citation|editor-surname1= Statistisches Landesamt Bremen|title=Statistisches Jahrbuch 2017|publication-place=Bremen|issn=0942-9883|date=December 2017|language=German|url=https://www.statistik.bremen.de/sixcms/media.php/13/Jb2017_pdfa.pdf }}
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<ref name="Schirrmeister">{{cite news | last = Schirrmeister | first = Benno | url = http://www.taz.de/Der-Comic-ist-die-Rettung/!5281200/ | title = Der Comic ist die Rettung / Superheld, Superschurkin und die Erlösung | newspaper = Kreiszeitung | date = 9 March 2016 | language = German | accessdate = 20 September 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Bremen">{{cite web | url = https://www.bremen-tourismus.de/theater-am-goetheplatz | title = Theater Bremen | publisher = Bremen | language = German | accessdate = 20 September 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Culture Bremen">{{cite web | url = https://www.kultur.bremen.de/senatorische_behoerde/fachreferate/theater-1967 | title = Theater, Tanz Musik | publisher = Senator für Kultur in Bremen | language = German | accessdate = 20 September 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Dahl">{{cite news | last = Dahl | first = Peter | url = http://www.taz.de/!1737612/ | title = Endstation: Elend | newspaper = taz | date = 12 January 1991 | language = German | accessdate = 20 September 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Senator">{{cite web | url = https://www.senatspressestelle.bremen.de/detail.php?gsid=bremen146.c.18186.de&asl=bremen146.c.25714.de | title = Jens Böhrnsen: "Das ist eine wunderbare Werbung für unser Bremer Theater" / Oper Bremen als "Opernhaus des Jahres" ausgezeichnet | publisher = Pressestelle des Senats Bremen | date = 28 September 2007 | language = German | accessdate = 25 September 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Viertel">{{cite web | url = https://www.dasviertel.de/kulturmeile | title = Kulturmeile | website = dasviertel.de | date = | language = German | accessdate = 20 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Viertel Theater">{{cite web | url = https://www.dasviertel.de/orte/geniessen-kultur/theater/theater-bremen | title = Theater Bremen | website = dasviertel.de | date = | language = German | accessdate = 20 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Weser-Kurier">{{cite news | url = https://www.weser-kurier.de/karriereplusdigital_artikel,-Bremen-ist-reich-an-Kunst-und-Kultur-_arid,597474.html | title = Trotz leerer Kassen / Bremen ist reich an Kunst und Kultur | newspaper = weser-kurier.de | date = 22 June 2013 | language = German | accessdate = 20 October 2018 }}</ref>
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== External links == {{commonscat|Theater am Goetheplatz}} * {{DNB portal|32313-5}} * {{official|http://www.theaterbremen.de/}} * [http://www.miz.org/details_9332_43.html Theater Bremen] MIZ * [https://www.butenunbinnen.de/nachrichten/gesellschaft/geld-fuer-philharmoniker100.html Förderung für Philharmoniker und Theater Bremen beschlossen] butenunbinnen.de 19 December 2017 * [http://www.nordwest-tanz.de/ Tanztheaterkooperation nordwest] * [http://www.theaterderzeit.de/blog/meldungen/auszeichnung/?scrollto%5Bebooks%5D=4 Auszeichnung] theaterderzeit.de * [https://www.kreiszeitung.de/kultur/ausstellung-ueber-einstigen-bremer-intendanten-kurt-huebner-buergerschaft-6860978.html Ausstellung über einstigen Bremer Intendanten Kurt Hübner eröffnet] Kreiszeitung * Andreas Schnell: [https://www.nachtkritik.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8212:war-da-was-die-huebner-jahre-ngernot-gruenwald-bremen&catid=93:schauspiel-bremen&Itemid=100190 Die Erfindung des (West)Theaters] nachtkritik.de 31 May 2013 * Matthias Heine: [https://www.welt.de/kultur/theater/article2105471/Wie-Zadek-Stein-Grueber-das-Regietheater-erfanden.html Wie Zadek, Stein & Grüber das Regietheater erfanden] Die Welt 15 June 2008 * [https://nachtkritik.de/index.php?option=com_alphacontent&view=detail&catid=93&Itemid=106 Theater Bremen] (reviews, in German) nachtkritik.de * {{cite news | last = Bruggaier | first = Johannes | url = https://www.kreiszeitung.de/kultur/theater-bremen-neuer-intendant-875053.html | title = Ex-Thalia-Chefdramaturg Michael Börgerding kommt – aber erst in zwei Jahren / Frey fährt erneut Minus ein / Theater Bremen: Neuer Intendant | newspaper = Kreiszeitung | date = 11 August 2010 | language = German | accessdate = 20 September 2018 }}
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