List of theatres in Hamburg
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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]

- State owned theatres.
German name | Description | Date[Note 1] | Location[Note 2] | Notes | Website |
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Altonaer Theater | |||||
DAS SCHIFF |
Theatre ship | 1975 | (in German) | ||
Deutsches Schauspielhaus | St. Georg | ||||
English Theatre | 1976 | (in English) | |||
Ernst-Deutsch-Theater |
1951 (1973) |
(in German) | |||
Hamburger Kammerspiele |
1918 | (in German) | |||
Hansa-Theater | Vaudeville theatre, with acts from Josephine Baker (in 1930) and Siegfried & Roy (in 1964). Closed 2001–2009.[4] | 1894 | St. Georg | (in German) | |
Imperial Theater | Theatre playing detective fiction | 1994 | St. Pauli Reeperbahn |
(in German) | |
Kabarett Mon Marthe | Defunct theatre group | ||||
Kampnagel-Fabrik | |||||
Komödie Winterhuder Fährhaus | Comedy | 1854 1988 |
Winterhude | (in German) | |
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 | (in German) | ||
Opernloft | |||||
Rote Flora | 1888–1953[?] | Closed | |||
Schilleroper | Closed | ||||
Theater an der Marschnerstrasse | Amateur theatre | 1956- | Marschnerstrasse | (in German) | |
Theater Allee | |||||
Theater für Kinder | Theatre for children | ||||
Theater Imago | |||||
Theater im Zimmer | 1948–1999 | Closed | |||
Theater in der Basilika | |||||
Theater Istasyon | Bilingual Turkish theatre[5] | 1989 | (in Turkish) | ||
Theater Mär | |||||
Theater Schachar | Private Jewish theatre | 1998 | 2004 | ||
Thalia Theater | 1843 | (in German) | |||
Thalia Gaußstraße | 2000 | (in German) | |||
Schilleroper | 1891 | Closed | |||
Schmidts Tivoli and Schmidt Theater |
St. Pauli Reeperbahn |
(in German) | |||
St. Pauli Theater | 1841 | St. Pauli Reeperbahn |
(in German) |
Stages
- State owned
German name | Description | Date[Note 1] | Location[Note 2] | Notes | Website |
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Hamburgische Staatsoper | Opera | ||||
Beatlemania Hamburg | Devoted to The Beatles | 2009 | St. Pauli | (in English) | |
Elbphilharmonie | Philharmonic hall | 2017 | HafenCity | ||
Laeiszhalle | Philharmonic hall and concerts of popular music | ||||
Neue Flora | Musicals | 1990 | (in German) | ||
Operettenhaus (TUI Operettenhaus) |
Musicals | St. Pauli Reeperbahn |
(in German) | ||
Theater im Hafen Hamburg | Musicals | (in German) |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Creation or opening date. If two dates are given the first date is for a preceding organisation or institution.
- ^ a b Borough or quarter in Hamburg proper (Street if article existing).
References
- ^ "Tourism and culture in Hamburg". Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ISBN 978-3-937396-13-2, archived from the original(PDF) on 2011-05-24, retrieved 2015-06-19
- ^ Kulturindikatoren auf einen Blick, p. 11
- ^ Susanne Abolins-Aufderheide (2009-03-02). "Hansa-Theater - Varieté seit 5. März 1894" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ^ "Deutsch-Tuerkische-Theaterbuehnen" (in German). Renk Magazine. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
External links
Media related to Theaters in Hamburg at Wikimedia Commons
- Theatres and Stages in Hamburg, Hamburg Tourismus GmbH (in English)