List of theatres in Hamburg

The city of Hamburg, Germany, is home to several theatres, stages and related cultural institutions and entertainment venues. In 2009, 31 theatres, 6 music halls, and 10 cabarets were located in Hamburg proper.[1][2] This list contains the most famous or well-regarded organizations.

This is a list of theatres and stages in Hamburg.

Theatres and stages
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Theatres

In 2005/6, 4.2 mil. visits to a theatre were counted in Hamburg, 2,380 visits per 1000 inhabitants, so Hamburg had more visits than Bremen (920) and Berlin (920). The average for the German states was 420 visits.[3]

Hamburger Kammerspiele front view in 2005
Postcard of the Hansa-Theater in 1900[?]
  State owned theatres.
German name Description Date[Note 1] Location[Note 2] Notes Website
Altonaer Theater
DAS SCHIFFTheatre ship1975(in German)
Deutsches SchauspielhausSt. Georg
English Theatre1976(in English)
Ernst-Deutsch-Theater1951
(1973)		(in German)
Hamburger Kammerspiele1918(in German)
Hansa-TheaterVaudeville theatre, with acts from Josephine Baker (in 1930) and Siegfried & Roy (in 1964). Closed 2001–2009.[4]1894St. Georg(in German)
Imperial TheaterTheatre playing detective fiction1994St. Pauli
Reeperbahn		(in German)
Kampnagel-Fabrik
Komödie Winterhuder FährhausComedy1854
1988		Winterhude(in German)
Monsun TheaterTheatre for children
Neues Theater am Holstenwall
Ohnsorg-TheaterA theatre in which the actors speak Low Saxon (but they speak Missingsch-infused German for national television broadcasts, since Low Saxon is not comprehensible to most German speakers)1902(in German)
Rote Flora1888–1953[?]Closed
Theater Allee
Theater für KinderTheatre for children
Theater Imago
Theater im Zimmer1948–1999Closed
Theater in der Basilika
Theater Mär
Thalia Theater1843(in German)
Thalia Gaußstraße2000(in German)
Schilleroper1891Closed
Schmidts Tivoli
and Schmidt Theater		St. Pauli
Reeperbahn		(in German)
St. Pauli Theater1841St. Pauli
Reeperbahn		(in German)

Stages
  State owned
German name Description Date[Note 1] Location[Note 2] Notes Website
Hamburgische StaatsoperOpera
Beatlemania HamburgDevoted to The Beatles2009St. Pauli(in English)
Elbphilharmonie HamburgPhilharmonic hallHafenCityUnder construction
LaeiszhallePhilharmonic hall and concerts of popular music
Neue FloraMusicals1990(in German)
Operettenhaus
(TUI Operettenhaus)		MusicalsSt. Pauli
Reeperbahn		(in German)
Theater im Hafen HamburgMusicals(in German)
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See also

Notes
  1. Creation or opening date. If two dates are given the first date is for a preceding organisation or institution.
  2. Borough or quarter in Hamburg proper (Street if article existing).

References
  1. "Tourism and culture in Hamburg". Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  2. Kulturindikatoren auf einen Blick (PDF) (in German), Wiesbaden: Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, 2008, ISBN 978-3-937396-13-2, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-24, retrieved 2015-06-19
  3. Kulturindikatoren auf einen Blick, p. 11
  4. Susanne Abolins-Aufderheide (2009-03-02). "Hansa-Theater - Varieté seit 5. März 1894" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Retrieved 2009-08-27.

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