Tyrolean State Theatre
Innsbruck's state theatre beside the Hofburg, playing drama, opera, dance and musicals.
Theatre has been played on the Rennweg since 1654, when a house built for Archduke Leopold V as a Comedihaus of 1629 was replaced by a purpose-built theatre. That building was condemned in 1844 and the present classical house, paid for largely by public subscription, opened in 1846. It stands between the Hofburg, the Court Church and the Hofgarten, and its columned portico faces a forecourt added during a later restoration of the facade.
The auditorium was rebuilt between 1961 and 1967 and altered again in 1991 and 1992, and a new rehearsal stage by Karl Probst followed in 2003. The company took its present name in 1945. It works across four divisions, drama, music theatre, dance and young people's theatre, in the main house of roughly 800 seats, the Kammerspiele studio and further spaces in the city, and it shares an orchestra with the Innsbruck symphony concerts.
Highlights
- Classical 1846 theatre facing the Hofburg and Hofgarten
- Main auditorium of about 800 seats plus a studio theatre
- Drama, opera, dance and young people's theatre in one house
- Rehearsal stage added in 2003 by Karl Probst
