Kumede
The Kumede is an amateur theater in Cologne. There is played exclusively in Kölsch language. The word " Kumede " comes from the Kölschen, meaning " comedy". From one has with playing in 1947. Then, in the immediate postwar period, it was the people of Cologne in every way dirty. To bring despite the poor conditions after the lost war people back on positive thoughts and maybe laugh, the Kumede was founded. Since then, the ensemble plays every year a new piece. The season usually begins in October and extends through to the week before Ash Wednesday. In addition to several non-public and special events 24 regular performances are given. They found up to 2012 in the auditorium of the vocational college on Perlengraben in central Cologne instead. Due to planned restructuring measures in 2013, the theater was forced to move to a new venue, and has in the auditorium of the high school Thusneldastraße (Cologne -Deutz ) temporarily found a new home. The Kumede is during a game series with around 13,000 visitors sell out and can therefore itself, that is from ticket sales, finance. Are usually played farces, mainly from his own pen.
Association
The event is organized by the home club Alt -Köln eV - Association for the Care by Cologne history, language and character, which was founded in 1902. Slightly more than twenty of the club members Kumede are organized in the game circle.
Ensemble
Currently work in the Kumede with: