Land supports the Theater Tübingen Zimmer from the Corona Nothilfelds

The Zimmer Theater Tübingen receives 50,000 euros from the state corona-nothilfefund. The room theater has become an integral part of the Tübingen cultural scene and an important part of cultural diversity in Baden-Württemberg.

The Ministry of Science, Research and Art supports this Zimmer Theater tübingen with 50,000 euros from the corona-nothilfonds State government for art and cultural institutions. The donation should help to secure the continued existence of the facility.

"The room theater has become an indispensable part of the Tübingen cultural scene and an important building block for the cultural diversity of our country," said the State Secretary for Art > Petra Olschowski . "I am therefore particularly pleased that we can support the cultural institution, which is financially needed due to the pandemic, with a total of 50,000 euros from the emergency aid fund

theater with a contemporary profile

The Tübingen room was founded in 1958 and is centrally located in Tübingen directly on the Neckarfront, just a few meters from the Hölderlin tower. In 2018, Dieter and Peer Mia Ripberger took over the management of the room theater. They grabbed, rebuilt, redesigned and gave the theater an explicitly contemporary profile. Since then, the theater has concentrated on the development of plays and cooperation with collectives from the independent scene from all over Germany and Europe under the name "Institute for Theater Future Research" (ITZ).

It is usually played in a theater vault with a maximum of 80 seats and on the "small stage" with about 60 seats. With the renovation of the additional event location in the old Löwen-Kino, the room theater was able to continue working in March Tübingen model project Take part and implement demonstrations according to the given hygiene and distance determinations. In order to bridge the time until the reopening, the room theater "olfactoria. An audio walk to take a deep breath", a digital offer.

Corona aid program for art and culture

The Corona aid program for art and culture worth 32.5 million euros is intended to prevent coronary emergencies in cultural institutions and enable operation even under the restrictions on coronaemia. The help should help stabilize the financial situation of the cultural institutions and to ensure a cultural program despite Corona.

Ministerial for science, research and art: corona AID: Masterplan Culture