Ernst Deutsch Theater

The Ernst German Theatre (own spelling: Ernst German Theatre) in Hamburg is the largest with 744 seats in Germany privately owned theater. The venue is located at Friedrich- Schütter Square in Hamburg's Uhlenhorst district Hamburg -Nord, in the former, closed 1962 UFA-Palast cinema at the mouth castle.

History

It was 13 October of the actors Friedrich and Wolfgang Borchert Schütter (not to be confused with the 1947 deceased writer ) founded in 1951 as Young theater, which should mainly provide young actors opportunities. First venue was the historic bridge in the Great bleaching. From there we went in 1952 in the New Rabenstraße, 1956 in the Marschnerstraße (today: theater at the Marschnerstraße ) and finally in 1964 to its present location, in the former cinema at the mouth castle.

With the change to the larger venue was accompanied by a shift to more well-known actors. 1973, the fourth anniversary of the death of Ernst German, the name was changed in Ernst German theater. This renaming was preceded by a presentation of the audience unforgettable Nathan Ernst German.

After Friedrich Schütters death in 1995, his young wife Isabella Vertes - Schütter took over the artistic direction and returned successfully back to the original concept with young actors back. Vertes Schütters directorship was interrupted from August 2004 to July 2006, Volker Lechtenbrink became the manager of this theater, as Vertes Schütter was represented in the Hamburg state election campaign in 2004 as a senator of culture in the shadow cabinet of Thomas Mirow.

Today, the theater has specialized in socially critical contemporary plays.