Theaterverein Tussenhausen

The Tussenhausen Theatre Group is an amateur theatre group based in Tussenhausen, a market town in the Swabian district of Unterallgäu.

History

The first evidence of the theatre tradition in Tussenhausen can be found in 1856, when the parish of Tussenhausen asked the Royal District Court of Türkheim for permission to perform the play 'Der heilige Willibold'. This is one of the earliest documented references to theatre in the region. Further evidence is provided by the statue of St Sebastian in the parish church of Tussenhausen. It was donated to the church following the financial success of the play 'Der heilige Sebastian' in 1861, which was also very well received at the municipal theatre in Mindelheim (Sulzstadel).

The theatre association with the title "Theater- und Festspiel-Vereinigung Tussenhausen" was founded on 4 March 1928 at the suggestion of the former mayor Georg Roll. With the help of props from previous performances, the association was able to stage plays during the Second World War.

After the Second World War, Anton Roll built on the success of previous performances. In 1947 the play 'Der Trompeter von Säckingen' was performed in the Gasthaus Krone with 20 young actors, almost all of them making their stage debut. The play was so successful that it had to be performed twice on the same evening because of the large audience.

Plays were performed every year until 1980. After that, a lack of new talent led to a temporary suspension of performances.

In 1984 the theatre tradition was revived at the suggestion of Mayor Anton Fleck. Under the direction of Johann Schmid, the play 'D'r Großvater'r und sein Nepomuk' was performed for the first time in the newly built multi-purpose hall instead of the Gasthaus Krone. With the exception of 'Der Glockenguß zu Breslau', these light-hearted folk plays, mostly in the Swabian dialect, are still performed today with great success.