Ruinen- und Grottentheater [Bayreuth]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Bayreuth, Germany
alternative label: Ruinen- und Grottentheater
EUTA building identifier: 614
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Bayreuth
GPS: Point(11.6259 49.9495)
Wikidata source: Q46916752
opening date: 1744-08-29T00:00:00Z
time frame: Baroque
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1631
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Open-air park theatre, built 1743-1744 by Joseph Saint-Pierre for Margrave Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Probably opened 29 Aug 1744 with an Italian opera and a French comedy. Later addition of a roofed auditorium space with 230 seats. Since 1980, used for summer drama performances by the Studiobühne Bayreuth company.