WUTSCHWEIGER (9+)

by Jan Sobrie/Raven Ruëll



WITH Malte Sylvester and Larissa Wagenhals

DIRECTOR AND STAGE Ella Elia Anschein

COSTUME Stephanie Krey

DRAMATURGY Tina Brüggemann



Ebeneser's world is shrinking: Since his parents have lost their jobs, everything is getting smaller – the opportunities, the apartment, and finally even father and mother themselves. Sammy is already familiar with this; with her, Ebeneser can share the "Because we can't afford it" experiences. Along with TicTac candies, stories and fantasies, anger and courage. And when the "Because we can't afford it" even costs them the longed-for school trip, the two decide not to let themselves be made small, but to loudly remain silent. The award-winning children’s play uses fine humor and strong imagery to protest (quietly) against disappearance and silence, celebrating a wonderful friendship.



RAVEN RUËLL

(*1978 in Knokke, Belgium) studied theater directing at RITCS in Brussels, where he has also taught since 2001. He is an actor, author, and director, has been teaching at the Conservatory in Liège since 2006, and has also received multiple awards for his plays, like Sobrie.



JAN SOBRIE

(*1979 in Ghent) studied acting at the RITS theater school in Brussels. He works as an actor and writes plays in which he also performs. He was awarded the Dutch-German Children's and Youth Theater Award Kaas & Kappes with "Wutschweiger" for the third time in 2009. The first joint work of both authors also won the Youth Theater Prize Baden-Württemberg in 2020.

Comedy in 3 acts by Ray Coony
Bavarian version by Richard Eder

Hermann Mayer, State Minister of the Bavarian Government, thinks he is very clever and arranges a romantic adventure with the secretary of the coalition partner's chief at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof. Officially, he is of course at a debate in the plenary hall of the Maximilianeum. But his plans are literally shattered by a falling sliding window: a lifeless body is wedged between the windowsill and the window frame.
The headline "State Minister caught in sex orgy with secretary and corpse" is hardly beneficial for his further career. Therefore, he follows, like so many of his kind, the political survival mechanism of concealing, deceiving, and tricking. However, hiding his already nonexistent affair simultaneously from his unsuspecting wife, a suspicious hotel manager, a shrewd waitress, a jealous husband, a lovesick nurse, and an often unconscious private detective exceeds even the political pro Mayer.
His bumbling secretary Georg Huber adds to the chaos, causing the situation, to the pure delight of the audience, to spiral completely out of control. An absurd comedy according to all the rules of the art, staged at a fast pace by the Lindenthaler Volkstheater!

Admission: 1 hour before the show starts

Official ticket sales start on 23.09.2024

Free-comic with Bernd Lafrenz accompanied by the Riegel Music Association

What is offered on urban stages as a tragedy with a large cast is reduced in Bernd Lafrenz's version to a highly virtuosic one-man show. The Shakespeare lover now takes on the most famous love story of all: "Romeo and Juliet." Long turned into a cliché, Lafrenz still manages to bring something new to the material. In a dramatically sophisticated parody, Bernd Lafrenz gives "Romeo and Juliet" a completely new appearance, effortlessly slipping from one character to the next within seconds.

The play starts unusually. The frame story begins with Balthasar, the courrier who has been narrating the story of Romeo and Juliet in the 22nd generation since 1423 in "Verona and elsewhere" while riding a bicycle. His mission as the owner of the company "International Courier Service Balthasar" is to continue telling the tragic love story. This is the reason for the retrospective.

With different vocal tones and varied facial expressions, Lafrenz gives each of the around 16 characters their own distinctive mark. With great inventiveness and few props, the comedian manages to turn the famous story into a humorous one-man show that still does not ridicule the Shakespeare material.

The performance in Riegel will be musically accompanied by about 30 musicians from the Riegel Music Association, who are preparing with great enthusiasm for the exciting interplay with Bernd Lafrenz. Look forward to this unique highlight.

The Kabarett artist, born in 1955, has won many stage awards. In addition to the performing arts award (1986), he was also awarded the State Cabaret Prize and in 1992 the AUDIENCE AWARD of the Stuttgarter Zeitung, Theaterhaus Stuttgart (Dec. 2002) as well as the Theater Prize of the German-speaking Community in Belgium.

Doors open at 5:30 PM

Professionally improvised with a lot of humor and charm, Hillu and Franz present in this program their very special look back on 20 years of stage presence! Both have aged (over 60 years old) and will soon need "Herzdropfa" themselves!

Popular as Hillu's "Herzdropfa" also known as Lena and Maddeis. True classics that are rarely found in the region. Hillu and Franz talk as long as there is something to talk about.

They don't fit into any standard category, shamelessly exposing existing clichés of the Albswabians and proud to be one themselves. With their well-known carefree cheerfulness and lovable way of inspiring people in the region, they bring their diverse anniversary program to the boards that mean the world to them!

Franca Magnani wrote: "Those who like to remember, live twice." In this sense, Hillu and Franz invite you to experience big and small, important and insignificant, amusing scenes and tiny details. The future needs memories! Hillu and Franz are looking forward to it.

Doors open at 4:00 PM

Beautiful music, inspiring jazz musicians, a lot of creativity and even more good mood always come together at JAZZ for Kids. Here, we swing, dance, clap, and sing – and the instruments are explained in an entertaining way.

Victoria Fortissima, a master at the piano, Nobbi Wellenbrecher, who used to play the signal horn on the steamer, Frankie Flinkfinger, who still dreams of playing in a real rock band, Marco Bassone, a specialist in thick strings, and Matze Haudrauf, who forges his cymbals as a trained locksmith: these are the now legendary musicians of the NUEJAZZ for Kids combo. A special feature of these four specialists is not only that they master their instruments excellently, but also that they engage their audience to participate. Because only together with the children does a NUEJAZZ for Kids concert become what it truly is: a huge fun for young and old.

Doors open at 3 PM.

Constantin Hartwig
Steffen Schmid
Fabian Neckermann

Trio 21meter60

The ensemble "Trio 21meter60," awarded the OPUS KLASSIK in 2022, consists of the three tubists Constantin Hartwig, Steffen Schmid, and Fabian Neckermann.
The trio was founded in 2016 as part of the Federal Selection Concerts for Young Artists (BAKJK), a support program of the German Music Council. Subsequently, in its first concert season, the ensemble achieved the great surprise of performing over 35 concerts nationwide with this previously completely unknown formation and captivating audiences.
The young musicians have made it their mission to dispel prejudices about their instrument and to prove that chamber music can be performed with three tubas. There are no limits to creativity in this regard: in original arrangements, the ensemble explores the possibilities of the tuba and draws from the entire repertoire of the last 500 years. Familiar pieces in a new context, serious themes approached playfully, a serious demeanor with a wink – a balancing act that the three tubists masterfully accomplish.
The press confirms the ensemble's concept, stating: "Bravo – keep it up!"

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Anton is a little brother, big brother, dad, and musician. He has songs in his luggage for people who are too big for classic children's songs, but still a few years away from the topics of a teenager in the final phases of puberty. Anton, with a Berliner mustache, sings on poppy, modern beats about everyday situations in families, tricky decisions, and beautiful moments. With music to chuckle, celebrate, and reflect on for the crew on the front seats and the backseat of the family car, Anton casually invents a new genre: FAMILY POP.
On his debut album "caught," Anton talks about mistakes that happen, future dreams that everyone is allowed to have, and that everyone has a right to their own mind and thoughts.

Doors open: 3:00 PM

A piece in words, signs, gestures, noises, and colors by Brendan Murray
German-speaking premiere with German Sign Language (DGS)

(Sign language version available in the video during individual appointments.)

Yoshi and Hani are best friends, as long as yellow is the color of the sun. But suddenly, Yoshi is only interested in flying kites and doesn't let Hani play along anymore. A quarrel breaks out, the sky darkens, and clouds gather. To express Hani's pain for Yoshi, Hani lets Yoshi's kite fly away. Gradually, the storm subsides, the two find a way back to each other, and learn to express their injuries.

Yellow is the color of the sun is a charming piece about the friendship of two children who learn to communicate about their feelings and respect each other's boundaries. The fact that both communicate in different ways - one in spoken language, the other in sign language - makes it clear that it is not necessarily spoken words needed to recognize and understand feelings.

Playfully, Brendan Murray's piece conveys how accessibility can be embedded in the creative process and how children can approach different forms of communication.

A cooperation with the German Musical Automaton Museum

Recommended age: from 3 years

Celts, autumn, pure nature. Traufgänge Scout Dennis takes you on the Traufgang Hossinger Leiter.

How do plants survive on dry rock? And how are the caves on the Swabian Alb formed?

On the guided hike with Traufgänge Scout Dennis, these and many more questions will be answered. Together, you will admire the various landscape forms typical of the Swabian Alb in their autumnal splendor, as well as the many small natural phenomena along the way.

This picturesque landscape of the Swabian Alb not only excites us today. Even the people of early history felt comfortable here. Surprisingly, much can still be discovered from that time - Dennis takes you on this journey through history.

Length: approx. 8.7 km, 458 altitude meters | Duration: 4.5 hours | Participants: max. 20

Tip: Hiking poles are recommended. There are steep ascents and descents.

Notes: Ages 6 and up, the hike takes place in all weather conditions, no dogs allowed, and the hike is not suitable for strollers.

Tip: Hiking poles are recommended. The hike takes place in all weather conditions. No dogs allowed.

Experience the hits of the incomparable Swedish cult band ABBA, with around 400 million records sold, one of the most successful bands of all time!

Accompanied by an exquisite multi-course menu, we will take you back to the time of bell-bottoms and platform shoes.

In authentic costumes, our artists bring back the disco era with hits like "Dancing Queen" and "Mamma Mia" and many more.

Become part of an unforgettable evening, up close with Anni-Frid, Björn, Benny, and Agnetha, and embark on a journey into the musical world of ABBA.

Admission: 4:30 PM

Admittance: 5:00 PM

"Don't worry, be happy!" "Happy wife, happy life!" "Choose happy!"

From wall decals to motto shirts: There are countless feel-good messages like these. If only it were that simple!

We all want to be happy, but who really manages to achieve it? With her new program HAPPY., Mirja Regensburg promises: Together we'll make it happen – and it will be a blast! In her show, we will get to know the weirdest people in the world: Ourselves! Along the way, we will find out who makes it hardest for us to be happy. (Spoiler: It's rarely "the Others.")

Mirja will tell us about the most everyday situations on her path to happiness, situations in which we all can relate. Perhaps it's sometimes just a matter of perspective: Do I get annoyed if my partner's socks are "lying around" everywhere, or am I simply grateful that he's still around at all? Is my glass half full, half empty, or am I a bottle child? What makes us HAPPY.? Family, money, sports, a new Harley, or shoes and chocolate?

No grumpy person is safe from Mirja. An evening with the "wonderful chatterbox with a heart on her sleeve" (as her fans describe her) will recharge our good mood batteries! Heartwarming, playful, and spontaneous, Mirja's comedy show brings people in her audience together. Her aim: to laugh until our "muffin jeans" burst! Together, not against each other. That goes without saying.

Always different, always interactive, and with a laughter-back guarantee. A packed evening of stand-up comedy, singing, and improvisation: HAPPY. with Mirja Regensburg.

Image: Robert Maschke

Admittance: 6:00 PM I Start: 7:00 PM

Who doesn't know them: "Truck Stop," the self-proclaimed cowboys of the nation, who have opened up the German language for country music. You really have to listen closely to what they sing to understand the deep wisdom of this group. Gerhardt & Niggemeier have done that and the result is a program about a world where men are still real guys. And women - well, just women.

During the walk on the Rehberger-Weg through the vineyards, you will learn interesting facts about the Rehberger-Weg markers and the history of winemaking, wine, work in the vineyard, the special features of Schlipf am Tüllinger Berg, as well as the impressive and diverse landscape. With a bit of luck, you might be able to watch the winemakers during the harvest.

To conclude, you can taste the wine growing here and fortify yourself with Gugelhupf during a small wine tasting in the vineyard.

After the tasting, Sabine Theil will accompany you to the Läublinpark bus stop, from where you can take bus line 6 or 16 back to Riehen at the Naturbad. In case of heavy rain, the tasting will take place at Weingut Röschard.

Duration: 3 hours
Meeting point: Parking lot across from Naturbad Riehen (CH)

Participation is only possible with prior registration.
Sturdy footwear is required. The tour will take place in all weather conditions.
During the hike, the national border is crossed. Please carry an ID with you.

21st March 2024
Suchtpotenzial (Music Comedy)
"Bällebad forever"

19th May 2024
Max Beier (Cabaret)
"Love & Order"

1st June 2024
Yann Yuro (Mental Magic)
"Revelation"

11th October 2024
Anny Hartmann (Political Cabaret)
"Climate Ballerina"

5th December 2024
La Signora (Comedy)
"Make a wish"

Admittance: 6:30 PM

Any remaining tickets possibly available at the box office, information at 06894-13-523

In the cultural center Alte Weberei, a family day with a concert for children and families will take place on Sunday, 20.10.2024 starting at 11:30 am.

Featuring: herrH

When children's rooms turn into XXL stages, stuffed animals stage dive, and mom and dad are live present when dancing, singing, and celebrating, then only one person can be at work. Because herrH alias Simon Horn is more than a typical children's songwriter. HerrH is a thorough musician, friend, first idol, and a solid (musical) family member. He provides the ultimate family soundtrack and sees the world not only through the eyes of children but also hears it through children's ears - which brings us to his secret recipe, with which he has been winning the hearts of his small and big fans for ten years now.

Various interactive activities for children will be offered in the foyer of the Weberei, including:
- Face painting
- Interactive activities
- Art activities
- We give away fruit
- Bouncy castles
- Dance workshop with Ebba
- And more.

Children up to 4 years old receive free admission.
Ticket purchase includes activities in the foyer and the concert.

Organized by the support association of the cultural center Alte Weberei.

A musical comedy in honor of Heinz Erhardt & Peter Alexander
Hits and poems non-stop
They were the show stars since the economic miracle years up to the 1980s! Peter Alexander, the entertainer and actor with Viennese charm and infinite talent. Everyone knows his film classics like "The White Horse Inn," his countless hits like "Die kleine Kneipe," "Schwarzes Gold" or "Der Papa wird’s schon richten." His big Saturday night shows were also legendary, world stars lined up and his comedic talent, when he parodied Hans Moser or the English royal family, is unparalleled!
Heinz Erhardt, a jack-of-all-trades on stage, comedian, actor, singer, and cabaret artist. Offstage, he wrote poems by the book that everyone knows to this day. Under the motto "Another poem" or "What kind of rascal am I today", he captivated generations and stood as a representative of the typical man of the economic miracle era.
Now there is finally the live show that pays tribute to both legends of German entertainment history!
"This show is a homage, a red carpet, and will remember these two wonderful artists with honor," says initiator and Peter Alexander performer Peter Grimberg (from Steyr). "We will present a fireworks display of good cheer. The greatest Peter Alexander hits will not be missing, just as the funniest sketches won't!"