Estonian Drama Theatre [Tallinn]
type: Item
label: Estonian Drama Theatre
description: Theatre building in Tallinn, Estonia
EUTA building identifier: 2768
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Estonia
City: Tallinn
GPS: Point(24.7489 59.4347)
Wikidata source: Q55984335
opening date: 1910-09-17T00:00:00Z
theatrEurope table: HST_0161
context: No heritage theatre machinery The theater is the Oldest preserved theater building in Estonia. It was erected as a German Theater and the design of Alexei and Nikolai Vassiliev Bubyr from St. Petersburg in 1910. What attracts the attention is not only the beautiful Art Nouveau style, but Also the building material - local limestone.
context: The general construction of the building has not been changed since it was erected, though in the 1950s the emblem of Tallinn on the façade and few details in the theatre were covered. In the 1980s and after 2000 the theatre was renovated. The location, next to the entrance of the medieval city centre and the close neighbourhood of the Estonian National Opera, creates an inspiring ensemble.
Capacity: 426
Web: www.draamateater.ee
architect: Alexey Bubyr
The European Route of Historic Theatres: Baltic Route
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 371
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built in 1910 by Nikolai Vassilyev and Alexei Bubyr as Deutsches Theater (the exterior probably designed after Oskar Kaufmann's Hebbel-Theater in Berlin). Home to the local German theatre company. 1939 bought by the Eesti Draamateater (Estonian Drama Theatre) company. 1955 and 1960 minor exterior rebuilding. In Sovier times named after the Estonian communist politician, Viktor Kingissepp (1888-1922). 1980 major interior restoration to the original style, modernization of sound and light systems. Main Hall: 548 setas, Small Hall: 145 seats.