The Kulturinsel Halle is a building and cultural complex in Halle (Saale). In addition to the Neues Theater Halle, it houses the Puppentheater Halle [de], the studio, the "Schaufenster" and a library. Furthermore, it includes the gastronomic establishments Café nt and Strieses Biertunnel.
History
The Kulturinsel Halle was built between 1980 and 2002, starting from the old Kino der Deutsch-Sowjetischen Freundschaft (Cinema of German-Soviet Friendship), a whole block of eight buildings was converted and expanded into a cultural venue. It was shaped by the long-time artistic director Peter Sodann, who found a venue here in the cinema for his ensemble at the time. In 1999, Peter Sodann received the prize of the Association of German Critics for the project "Kulturinsel".
There was already a Neues Theater in Halle before that, founded in 1870. After a fire in 1902, it was run by Eugen Moritz Mauthner [de] until 1912, after which it was a warehouse.
Current situation
Since the closure of the Thalia Theatre [de] in 2012, its continuing ensemble is also based on the Kulturinsel. The artistic directors within the Theater, Oper und Orchester GmbH Halle are Matthias Brenner (schauspiel halle and Thalia Theater) and Christoph Werner [de] (Puppet Theatre Halle).
References
- Strieses Biertunnel was named after Emanuel Striese, the smear theatre director from Franz and Paul von Schönthan's Comedy Der Raub der Sabinerinnen [de]. Kritik zu dieser nt-Inszenierung bei nachtkritik.de [de].
- Torsten Hampel: Ein Kommissar geht um. In Der Tagesspiegel, 1 February 2009.
- Besuch auf der Kulturinsel in Halle on unterwegs/sachsen-anhalt
- Peter Godazgar, Der stille Tod des alten Neuen Theaters, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 10 March 2006
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