Theater am Marientor
The Theater am Marientor (short: TaM ) is a theater building in Duisburg.
It was created in 1995 following plans by the architect Helmut Kohl and served the Stella AG from January 1996 to November 1999 as a stage for their musical production Les Misérables. The city had provided the land for the theater conveniently available. In the course of the bankruptcy proceedings of the operator, the musical in 1999 has been set. A real estate subsidiary of the city bought the theater building back then.
Meanwhile, it has proven itself as a venue for operettas, operas, musicals, ballets and other musical and cabaret performances. It has 1540 seats and served as an alternative venue for the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra until the new Mercatorhalle opened on April 21, 2007 within the City Palace. Currently the theater is recorded on Marientor particular show and touring productions. Meanwhile, it is also casting place different TV productions such as, but You Can Dance (SAT 1) or pop star (PRO 7). After ten auditions for the format of the television station RTL Das Supertalent in August 2009 took place in June 2010 again a Popstars - Casting in Duisburg theater instead. It further DVD recordings for Mirja Boes and multiply the annual review by Dieter Noor for ZDF were recorded.
After a successful Bespielung with the Christmas musical A Christmas Carol in November and December 2007, with the shows Elvis and Blues Brothers - I'ma Soulman of Berlin producer Bernhard Kurz in September and October 2008, a show event with a total of 30 game days in the theater at Marientor listed. The world's best impersonators of the American Stars in Concert Series, which is played all year in Berlin Hotel Estrel 've been following approximately 3.3 million visitors worldwide venues. With the show ABBA - Thank You for the Music, the Berlin production in October 2009 once again came to the Theater am Marientor.
In December 2008, the Christmas musical was listed Little Lord with music by Konstantin Wecker, which had its world premiere in 2007 in Frankfurt am Main and Munich in Duisburg.
Due to the support of an event agency, the theater was able to establish with international productions such as Steve Winwood, Ultravox and The Cult as a concert venue on Marientor in 2009.
The theater also cameo appearances are performed. Already several comedy performances were recorded for television, for example, Johann King Remmi Demmi program Total Bock auf Ralf Schmitz and ' program Schmitzophren. The production of The Dome was recorded in December 2011 and showed how variable the theater is available.
The operator of the theater was until 31 December 2011, the Duisburg Marketing GmbH. Due to the financial situation of the city of Duisburg, the operation of the theater was set on Marientor the end of 2011 as a grant operation. An outline of the theater was already considered.
Since the Mercator hall was closed in August 2012 due to fire safety deficiencies, the TaM is again the venue for the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra. By installing a control for the acoustics of the room can meet the requirements of a concert hall for chamber - to Philharmonic concerts and continue to be used for voice and underground music events. Local organizers ( choirs, cultural associations, event agencies ) and tour operators use the house like because of its technical equipment and structural advantages.
The theater is marketed by the owner.