List of theatres in Hamburg

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

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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 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
Schmidt Theater		1988	St. Pauli Reeperbahn		(in German)
Schmidts Tivoli		1991	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
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 [de] Hamburg	Musicals				(in German)

See also

• Hamburg portal
• Theatre portal

• List of castles in Hamburg
• List of churches in Hamburg

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).