Theater Ansbach is a
theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
company in
Ansbach
Ansbach (; ; East Franconian: ''Anschba'') is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rezat, ...
,
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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.
It was founded in 2007 by the Ansbacher cooperative "Kultur im Schloss" (Culture in the palace) with playwright
Jürgen Eick as its director. It includes divisions for
concert
A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variet ...
and
cinema
Cinema may refer to:
Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
...
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Its first season started 26 September 2008. The season included 11 in-house productions.
From 2015 to 2020, Susanne Schulz was the artistic director of Theater Ansbach. Since the summer of 2020, Axel Krauße has run the theatre.
References
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Theatres in Bavaria
Buildings and structures in Ansbach