{"id":3409,"date":"2026-11-06T18:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T17:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/15-years-of-bunte-buehne-luebbenau\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T13:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:54:12","slug":"15-years-of-bunte-buehne-luebbenau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/15-years-of-bunte-buehne-luebbenau\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Years of Bunte B\u00fchne L\u00fcbbenau"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mayor Helmut Wenzel presents Sylvia Burza with the \u201cfinal building block\u201d (2011)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fred Jasinski (architect), Sylvia Burza, Matthias Greupner, Matthias H\u00e4rtig (from left) on November 11, 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Annerose Krause with Matthias Greupner (2007)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Matthias Greupner, Matthias H\u00e4rtig, Annerose Krause (2007)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

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At a time when theaters were closing in other cities, L\u00fcbbenau built one!<\/em><\/p>\n

Matthias H\u00e4rtig, who served as managing director of the Bunte B\u00fchne L\u00fcbbenau until 2021, still remembers the early days well: \u201cOn a gray day in early 2007, five people were wandering through the vacant lot at the former L\u00fcbbenau rail yard. The leader, Peter Lippold, who was head of the city\u2019s cultural affairs office at the time, spoke about the plan to set up a small theater in the former lubricant warehouse.\u201d  <\/p>\n

After the turn of the millennium, L\u00fcbbenau\u2019s city leaders saw potential in the railroad properties that were up for sale, particularly the former railroad maintenance yard. Many L\u00fcbbenau residents once found work there. Fortunately, the visionaries prevailed in the city council; otherwise, the area around the train station would likely look like it does in some neighboring towns, with station buildings left to rot away. Around 2005, there was still no talk of Track 3, the Kulturhof, or the Bunte B\u00fchne, but there were plans for a small performing arts venue\u2014now it was time to bring this vision to life.<\/p>\n

As luck would have it, the \u201cSachsenDryer\u201d\u2014composed of Sylvia Burza, Matthias H\u00e4rtig, and Matthias Greupner\u2014was touring the region from stage to stage at the time. Annerose Krause, a native of L\u00fcbbenau who was working at the Cottbus Theater at the time, arranged for the trio to perform at the 2006 year-end event at L\u00fcbbenau City Hall.<\/p>\n

Matthias Greupner recalls: \u201cThat was a stroke of luck for us, the city, and the region! We got to talking with Peter Lippold, and he immediately showed us the plans for a cabaret theater that were already complete. Since they were looking for a suitable operator, we submitted a proposal under the leadership of Matthias H\u00e4rtig.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sylvia Burza: \u201cWe had, so to speak, walked right into an open door, and soon presented this comprehensive proposal, with very honest figures that showed what such a small cultural organization would continue to cost the city in the future. We later learned that the proposal was hotly debated but ultimately approved. When construction actually began in 2011, I was often on site, watching the progress unfold in disbelief. The former lubricant warehouse was transformed into a gem\u2014just for us. We were looking forward to \u201cour\u201d theater! And on November 11, 2011, the curtain went up for us!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jan Sch\u00f6nberg has been the new artistic director since 2022. \u201cI feel it is my duty to carry on what the \u2018SachsenDryer\u2019 once established and made a success,\u201d says the Finsterwalde native, who has stage experience in Senftenberg and other places. For him, these are the tried-and-true pillars: Women\u2019s Day, Summer Theater, the Christmas Mystery, and Children\u2019s Christmas.<\/p>\n

The premiere of Matthias H\u00e4rtig\u2019s crime comedy \u201cLeiche im Keller\u201d is on November 28, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sample photos:<\/p>\n

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Sylvia Burza with Hellmuth Hennberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Michael Apel with Hellmuth Henneberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Michael Apel, Sylvia Burza, Hellmuth Henneberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Matthias H\u00e4rtig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sylvia Burza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mayor Helmut Wenzel presents Sylvia Burza with the \u201cfinal building block\u201d (2011) Fred Jasinski (architect), Sylvia Burza, Matthias Greupner, Matthias H\u00e4rtig (from left) on November 11, 2011 Annerose Krause with Matthias Greupner (2007) Matthias Greupner, Matthias H\u00e4rtig, Annerose Krause (2007) At a time when theaters were closing in other cities, L\u00fcbbenau built one! Matthias H\u00e4rtig,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kb_optimizer_status":0,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","slim_seo":{"title":"15 Years of Bunte B\u00fchne L\u00fcbbenau - Spreewald\u00addorf Lehde","description":"Mayor Helmut Wenzel presents Sylvia Burza with the \u201cfinal building block\u201d (2011) Fred Jasinski (architect), Sylvia Burza, Matthias Greupner, Matthias H\u00e4rtig (fr"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nicht-kategorisiert"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Nicht kategorisiert"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/110705_Richtfest_Bunte_Buehne-136-1024x681-hCMR0s.jpg",1024,681,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"sven-hofmann","author_link":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/author\/fad647f9b8fe3e7cfe8c0d3f5ff01100\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Nicht kategorisiert","slug":"nicht-kategorisiert","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":297,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":297,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Nicht kategorisiert","category_nicename":"nicht-kategorisiert","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3411,"href":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions\/3411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spreewald-dorf-lehde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}