Walhalla Theater (Berlin)
The Walhalla was a theater in Weinbergsweg 19 in Berlin-Mitte .
history
Circus theater
The Berlin Circus Theater was built here in 1852 . Just three years after it opened, the theater was closed again to later reopen as a concert and dance hall. The special thing about this 'circus theater' was that outside of the high society in Berlin it made its first attempt to set up a popular theater , which was soon to be followed by others.
In 1904 the theater was known as an opera stage under the name "Nationaltheater am Weinsbergsweg" and in 1905 it went to director Richard Schultz of the Berlin Metropol-Theater , who now "primarily used the lighter genre".
Walhalla Theater
In 1906 Paul Saitmacher took over the theater, who had previously worked as director of the Graz Varieté Orpheum . The Walhalla, which has now been redesigned as a variety theater, presented its opening performance on September 1st of the same year, at which 12 different artists and artist groups performed. Saitmacher left Berlin in 1907 and took over the Reichshallen-Theater in Kiel. From 1914 to 1919, Bernhard Rose leased the Walhalla Theater on Weinbergsweg, which he ran next to his Rose Theater on Frankfurter Allee . The 'Walhalla Varieté-Theater' was expanded and finally accommodated 1550 people.
Carow's Laughing Stage
In the adjoining tunnel, Erich Carow opened ' Carow's Lachbühne ' in 1927, which was even able to welcome Charlie Chaplin as a visitor in 1931, along with others .
The house was destroyed in the Second World War.
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Single receipts
- ↑ Weinbergsweg 19 . In: Berlin address book , 1932, administrative districts of Mitte, Tiergarten, Wedding, Prenzlauer Berg, Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg> W> Weid, p. 930.
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '52.7 " N , 13 ° 24' 8.3" E