Theater at Potsdamer Platz [Berlin]
type: Item
label: Theater am Potsdamer Platz @nl
description: Theatre building in Berlin, Germany, opened 1998
description: bouwwerk in Duitsland @nl
alternative label: Theater at Potsdamer Platz
Wikidata source: Q328706
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
EEConde: Berlin 214
City: Berlin
opening date: 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Country: Germany
Address: Marlene Dietrich Platz
Postal Code: 10785
GPS: Point(13.372 52.507)
city section: Berlin-Mitte
Importance: Local importance
Wikidata instance: Q1954948
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Carthalia ID: 1671
Note: Built 1994-1998 by Renzo Piano with Roger Baumgarten and Christoph Kohlbecker. The complex houses the Stage Theater am Potsdamer Platz musical theatre (1800 seats), the casino Spielbank Berlin, and a basement restaurant. The space under the large canopy in front of the entrance hall can be converted into a stage, using the Marlene-Dietrich-Platz as an open-air auditorium. Closed 2016 as a musical theatre. - Since 2000, the theatre is converted into a cinema during the annual Berlinale Festival and operated as its main venue, the Berlinale Palast.