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When the curtain came down each night in one of the approved theatres, that\u2019s when Junge\u2019s time became his own. In the Tonne jazz club under Kurl\u00e4nder Palais, he staged works by James Joyce and Christa Wolf, by Erich M\u00fchsam, Georg Kreisler and Heinrich Heine. The Dresdner Brettl developed its own unique style of delivery, with satire, high standards and anarchic wit. According to B\u00f6hme, this \u201crelatively independent institution of the Staatsschauspiel Dresden\u201d was the first independent theatre in the GDR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the demise of the communist regime, the main artistic theme was change. The Dresdner Brettl graduated from underground status to take up residence on the third floor of a house in Maternistrasse that had previously served as the training centre for the local SED, the ruling communist party. Here there was room for a grand piano, 100 spectators and a bar. \u201cThe thrill of success and a desire for freedom combined to take us into the free market economy,\u201d says B\u00f6hme. The Dresdner Brettl, at that time still a city-run enterprise, wanted to acquire its own sponsors and move to a more visible location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
B\u00f6hme had the idea while sitting in a pub: \u201cIf we had a boat, then we could just moor anywhere.\u201d Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come \u2013 even if, as B\u00f6hme admits, it was a \u201ccrazy idea\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A few days later, Tom Pauls, companion of the first hour, returned with an offer. In the Alberthafen dock sat a rusty old barge named Ida, launched in 1918 and out of service since 1986. The boat changed owners for the nominal sum of one mark but then proceeded to cost a fortune in repairs. The barge changed its name and usage: Ida was renamed in honour of Marion Ermer, who sponsored the project. And instead of goods, the barge has been conveying stories ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first performance took place on the theatre barge on 3rd October 1994 when Fiete Junge premiered his K\u00e4stner routine: Es gibt nichts Gutes, ausser man tut es<\/em> (Nothing good happens unless you do it). And it is not only Junge\u2019s cabaret programmes that have been a regular feature of Theaterkahn Dresdner Brettl since. Tom Pauls with his Zwinger Trio, cult character Ilse B\u00e4hnert and Michael Fuchs with his band have been part of it since the beginning. Cabaret, revue and drama in complete harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n B\u00f6hme\u2019s aspiration is \u201ca theatre that is accessible to all\u201d. His role model is Charlie Chaplin, \u201cone of the last universal artists\u201d. And he wants humour to have social status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dresden-magazin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/csm_kahn_efa19a087d-1-1024x602.jpg\")
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