Heckentheater [Hannover]
Theatre building in Hannover, Germany
theater in Hannover
Heckentheater
Open-air garden hedge theatre, built 1689-1692 by Brand Westermann (with gardener Martin Charbonnier). 1892 installation of a back wall, Kleine Kaskade, by Johann Friedrich de Münter. Ca. 1000 seats. Used for theatre performances by the Theater für Niedersachsen company and by the Kunstfestspiele Festwochen Herrenhausen summer festival. Also known as Gartentheater.