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This is a list of theatres and stages 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.

Theatres and stages

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 SCHIFF Theatre ship 1975 Template:De icon
Deutsches Schauspielhaus St. Georg
English Theatre 1976 Template:En icon
Ernst-Deutsch-Theater 1951
(1973)
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Hamburger Kammerspiele 1918 Template:De icon
Hansa-Theater Vaudeville theatre, with acts from Josephine Baker (in 1930) and Siegfried & Roy (in 1964). Closed 2001–2009.[4] 1894 St. Georg Template:De icon
Imperial Theater Theatre playing detective fiction 1994 St. Pauli
Reeperbahn
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Kampnagel-Fabrik
Komödie Winterhuder Fährhaus Comedy 1854
1988
Winterhude Template:De icon
Monsun Theater Theatre for children
Neues Theater am Holstenwall
Ohnsorg-Theater A 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)[citation needed] 1902 Template:De icon
Rote Flora 1888–1953[?] Closed
Theater Allee
Theater für Kinder Theatre for children
Theater Imago
Theater im Zimmer 1948–1999 Closed
Theater in der Basilika
Thalia Theater 1843 Template:De icon
Thalia Gaußstraße 2000 Template:De icon
Schilleroper 1891 Closed
Schmidts Tivoli
and Schmidt Theater
St. Pauli
Reeperbahn
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St. Pauli Theater 1841 St. Pauli
Reeperbahn
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Stages

  State owned
German name Description Date[Note 1] Location[Note 2] Notes Website
Hamburgische Staatsoper Opera
Beatlemania Hamburg Devoted to The Beatles 2009 St. Pauli Template:En icon
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Philharmonic hall HafenCity Under construction
Laeiszhalle Philharmonic hall and concerts of popular music
Neue Flora Musicals 1990 Template:De icon
Operettenhaus
(TUI Operettenhaus)
Musicals St. Pauli
Reeperbahn
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Theater im Hafen Hamburg Musicals Template:De icon

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "Tourism and culture in Hamburg". Retrieved 2009-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. ^ Kulturindikatoren auf einen Blick (PDF) (in German), Wiesbaden: Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, 2008, ISBN 978-3-937396-13-2
  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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