List of English-language theaters in other language countries
List of English-language theaters in countries where English is not a national language . Professional stages with regular performances are recorded, the repertoire of which is predominantly English. Professional theater ensembles without their own stage can also be performed.
After 1945 around 30 English-language theaters were built in continental Europe, of which only Vienna's English Theater existed in the mid-1970s . Since then, a number of new establishments have been added, including in Central and Eastern Europe since the end of the Cold War.
Name of the theater or ensemble | city | country | since | Current venue | Remarks |
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Tokyo International Players | Tokyo | Japan | 1896 | Changing venue | The theater opened in 1896 and was bombed during World War II. In 1949 the theater reopened. |
Vienna's English Theater | Vienna | Austria | 1963 | Ballroom of the teacher's house in Josefstadt | Oldest English language theater outside the UK in Europe |
The English Theater of Hamburg | Hamburg | Germany | 1976 | Hammonia bath in Mundsburg | Oldest English-language theater in Germany. |
The English Theater Frankfurt | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 1979 | Gallileo high-rise in the Bahnhofsviertel | With 300 seats, the largest English-language theater on mainland Europe. |
London Toast Theater | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1981 | Theater glass dishes in Tivoli | |
English Theater Berlin | Berlin | Germany | 1990 | F40 theater in Kreuzberg | Founded under the name The Friends of Italian Opera after Some Like It Hot |
The English Theater Company of Poland | Warsaw | Poland | 1995 | Changing venue | Ensembles that previously performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe regularly perform in the theater . |
The English Theater of Rome | Rome | Italy | 1996 | In the Castro Pretorio | Founded as an Off Night Repertory . |
Prague Playhouse | Prague | Czech Republic | 2003 | Changing venue | In the 1990s, the Black Box Theater was a fairly large English-language theater, but it had to close with the shrinking Prague “expat scene”. |
English Theater Company | eat | Germany | 2006 | Stratmann's theater | One production per year |
Open House Theater Company | Vienna | Austria | 2012 | Changing venue | After the closure of the International Theater, which was founded in 1975, it has been operating under a new name, concept and creative team since July 2012 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cream complete . In: Der Spiegel No. 24/1978 of June 12, 1978.
- ^ Tokyo International Players - About us on the official website.
- ↑ What Is The London Toast Theater on the official website.
- ↑ Our artistic policy on the official website of the English Theater Company of Poland.
- ↑ English Theater of Rome - Official Website.
- ^ Prague Playhouse - Official website.
- ↑ Christina Ng .: English-Language Theater in Prague . In Prague.TV on March 19, 2009.
- ↑ vienna's new english - speaking theater, Open House Theater Company , official website.