
Theatre about the marsh poet Hermann Allmers
»He was alone, had no descendants. He sold his land and travelled. He was very active, had dealings with artists in Worpswede, was in Italy and had the Rudelsburg. So he was already thinking outside the box.«
The Letzte Kleinod and the Hermann Allmers Society are realising a theatre project in spring 2021 that deals with the poet Hermann Allmers (1821 to 1902). The performance HEIMAT&FREMDE will take place at the writer's former home and studio in Rechtenfleth on the Weser.
Scenic spaces will be designed on the entire property of the Allmers House and the house will be bathed in coloured light in order to rediscover the building. A theatre trail will be laid out through the courtyard and the park behind it, which will be performed by local actors and the ensemble of the theatre Das Letzte Kleinod.
The project is supported by: Fonds Soziokultur, Landesverband Soziokultur Niedersachsen, Stiftung Niedersächsischer Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken, Stiftung Niedersachsen, Landschaftsverband Stade, Gemeinde Hagen im Bremischen, Landkreis Cuxhaven, Volksbank eG Bremerhaven-Cuxland, Hermann-Allmers-Gesellschaft.
© Das Letzte Kleinod Generalprobe in Rechtenfleth
Company: Richard Gonlag, Sina Große-Beck, Caroline Günst, Lukas Schmidt, Lukas Spitzenberg, Margarita Wiesner and local actors from the Plattdeutsche Bühne and the Volunteer Fire Brigade Rechtenfleth
Script & Direction: Jens-Erwin Siemssen
Musical direction: Jan-Hendrik Ehlers
Light: Jens-Erwin Siemssen
Costume Design: Sophia Lund
Production: Miriam Wicht, Ulrike Marski
Premiere: Hermann-Allmers-Haus Rechtenfleth • 20th of May 2021 • 8 pm
further performances until 6th of June 2021
Press reviews
… Vorab waren mit Rechtenflethern ausführliche Interviews über Allmers und das dörfliche Leben geführt worden. Das Ensemble entwickelte aus den O-Tönen … pralle Volkstheatertypen, von denen sich Richard Gonlag darstellerisch souverän als Allmers abhebt, eben wie aus einer anderen Welt gefallen wirkt mit … seiner großen, stolzgeraden, aristokratischen Statur.
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Passenger Processing
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Heimat & Fremde
the poet Hermann Allmers • Project of »Das Letzte Kleinod« 2021
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Photoshoot III
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WILHELM*INA
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Photoshoot II
with Jaap de Jonge in the tank barracks Bernau
»wa/m/s-g«
Performance for two actors
Performing Arts Festival
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Digital Digestion
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Photoshoot
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Am Boden
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Enthymesis
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