Theater im Pumpenhaus

The theater in the pump house is an independent theater in Münster, Westphalia, and was opened in a former sewage pumping station on 10 May 1985. Representatives of the " independent theater scene " had come together in "theater initiative Münster " (TIM ) as an association. The TIM led the in-house production range up to 1998, since 1 January 1999, the theater is organized in the legal form of a GmbH.

History

The theater in the pump house was founded over 20 years ago. It was the first independent theater in North Rhine -Westphalia and one of the first nationwide. Since 1999, the theater has in the pump house its own company, but also offers outstanding artists at the national and international level and Munster Theatre labels production and presentation conditions.

In 1985 the theater was opened with the Anabaptists piece "Heart of Freedom" directed by Gunther Möllmann. The former theater initiative Munster led the in-house production area until 1998. After 13 years, the organizational structure of the theater in the pump house was radically changed. The TIM broke up, and the theater in the pump house is organized as a limited company since 1 January 1999. The management of the theater is in the hands of Ludger Schnieder, who works in the pump house since 1985.

Profile

The theater in the pump house provides a platform for independent productions on a professional level. Approximately 200 events per year are offered to the public, many productions are developed in the rehearsal rooms of the theater on Hoppe garden. The theater in the pump house works as a service provider for the professional theater labels of the town and initiated and organized national and international projects. The repertoire change international guest performances, contemporary international dance theater, the best productions of Münster theater labels, especially youth theater.

The wide range is made possible by a network of national and international contacts, the other by the basic financial promotion of the city of Münster and the State of North Rhine -Westphalia.

Festival "Statements"

In 2010, the Pump House celebrated its 25th anniversary with the largest ever dance and theater festival in Münster city's history. With "Statements" showed the Pump House of April to June 2010 fifty hand-picked productions with over 70 performances in 58 days. Also present were, inter alia, Hotel Pro Forma, Marie Brassard, Forced Entertainment, Gintersdorfer / classes and Showcase Beat Le Mot.

Self-assessment

"Always off the mainstream and conventional municipal theater, but playful, entertaining, stimulating and always hazardous. With the production and presentation of artistic ideas, with innovative performances, theater, dance and music, new media. With radical forms of theater. With the best entertainment. With world premieres, audience racers, fulminant Dance Theatre and award-winning youth theater. With big names and young talents and the shooting stars of the avant-garde. With youth theater and intercultural exchange. "