Haus der Berliner Festspiele [Berlin]
theatre building
theater in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Built 1961-1963 as Freie Volksbühne by Fritz Bornemann for the West-Berlin Freie Volksbühne e. V. society. 1047 seats. Opened 30 April 1963. Site of the yearly held Berliner Theatertreffen theatre festival. Closed 1992 due to a lack of public funding after the reunification of Berlin. Subsequently used for guest productions. - In summer 2000, renamed Haus der Berliner Festspiele (also known as Berliner Festspielhaus). Subsequently used as a home to the Berliner Festspiele theatre and music festivals.