Renaissance-Theater [Berlin]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Berlin, Germany, opened in 1902
description: bouwwerk in Duitsland @nl
alternative label: Renaissance-Theater
EUTA building identifier: 1788
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Berlin
GPS: Point(13.3234 52.5104)
Wikidata source: Q876556
opening date: 1922-10-18T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
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represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
theatrEurope table: HST_0022
context: No heritage stage machinery
Capacity: 545
Address: Knesebeckstr. 100
Web: www.renaissance-theater.de
architectural style: Art Deco
EEConde: Berlin 89
closure date: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Inventory Number: TBS 034
Postal Code: 10623
Propertylabel: 39
city section: Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Importance: Local importance
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1682
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1901-1902 by Reimer & Körte as Vereinshaus Motiv. 1919 installation of a two-floor cinema by Otto Berlich. 1921 rebuilding by Arnold von Goedecke. Re-opened 18 Oct 1922 as Renaissance-Theater with Lessing's Miss Sara Sampson. 1926-1927 rebuilding, conversion into a drama theatre, extension by a box office by Oskar Kaufmann. Balcony rear wall decorated with wooden inlaid work (showing commedia dell'arte scenes) by Cesar Klein. Re-opened 8 January 1927. 1938 alteration of façade. 1943 nationalized and renamed Kleines Haus des Schiller-Theaters. Damaged in World War II. 1946 repair works and rebuilding by Helmut von Lülsdorff. Re-opened 1946 as Renaissance-Theater with Strindberg's Fröken Julie and Courteline's Boubouroche. 1985 restoration to the original designs of Oskar Kaufmann. 1995 restoration of foyers. 545 seats. Currently used as a private theatre, mainly for contemporary drama and comedy performances.