Raise the curtain!
17th Chemnitz School Theatre Week from 19 to 24 April
On 19 April, the 17th Chemnitz School Theatre Week will be opened at 6 pm in the Schauspielhaus by Mayor Philipp Rochold, the Director of the Saxon Education Agency Béla Bélafi and the General Director Dr Christoph Dittrich.Two performances are on the programme for the evening: "Snow White and the Eight Checker Dwarfs" an in-house production by the theatre group "Die (m)untere Luisen" of the Untere Luisenschule - Oberschule Chemnitz and then a western comedy by Beate Düber "Sie nannten ihn Pferdehaar", performed by the theatre club of the Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe-Gymnasium.
Invitation to a press conference:
In the run-up to the event, a press conference will take place on 13 April at 2 pm at Reichenbrand Primary School, Lennèstraße 1, 09117 Chemnitz. Mayor Philipp Rochold and General Director
Dr Christoph Dittrich will talk about the programme designed by Chemnitz schools.
In January 2015, the jury made up of employees from the Education and Sports Office, the Education Agency and Chemnitz Theatre went on tour to view the applicants for the 17th Chemnitz School Theatre Week. It has now been decided: 21 plays from the applicants will be performed from
19 to 24 April at the Schauspielhaus, including one from the twin city of Volgograd.
Preparations are in full swing for the 17th Chemnitz School Theatre Week, for which the theatre curtain will be raised at the Schauspielhaus. 22 plays of all kinds invite pupils, teachers, parents and all interested parties to make their way to the theatre. Pupils from primary, special, secondary and grammar schools from Chemnitz and the region in grades 1 to 12 will present up to five plays worth seeing every day on three stages of the theatre with which they were able to convince the jury.
From "Hansel and Gretel" by the Wechselburg primary school to "The Bremen Town Musicians" by the primary school pupils from Reichenbrand and "Devilishly Good" by the BIP creative primary school, fairy tale follows fairy tale. The jury also decided that "Das wilde Määäh", Friedrich-Schiller-Oberschule Neustadt in Sachsen, "Grimmige Märchen", Chemnitzer Schulmodell, the musical "Der kleine Tag", Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium, the western comedy "Sie nannten ihn Pferdehaar", Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe-Gymnasium, and the play Heiner-Müller-Projekt "Du, Hamlet!", Martin-Luther-Gymnasium Frankenberg.
A special highlight of the school theatre week will be the performance by pupils from the twin city of Volgograd on 22 April. They will be bringing the play "Karlsson from the Roof" with them.
Tickets are available at the Chemnitz Theatre for 2.50 euros each from Ina Baldauf, & 0371/6969-663 or fax 0371/69 69-697, e-mail: . The entire programme can be downloaded at www.chemnitz.de.