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

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### Theatres

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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

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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

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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 [de] Hamburg | Musicals |  |  |  | (in German)

## See also

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* Hamburg portal
* Theatre portal

* List of castles in Hamburg
* List of churches in Hamburg

## Notes

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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

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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.
5. ^ "Deutsch-Tuerkische-Theaterbuehnen" (in German). Renk Magazine. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

## External links

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Media related to Theaters in Hamburg at Wikimedia Commons

* Theatres and Stages in Hamburg, Hamburg Tourismus GmbH (in English)

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