Freilichtbühne
Open-air stage
Large open-air stage in a park setting, used in the summer months.
Capacity
- Seated
- up to 732
About 732 seats per the venue's site.
Theatre
2 hireable spaces
Freilichtbühne Mannheim
Amateur theatre in Mannheim-Gartenstadt with a 732-seat open-air stage for summer family and adult plays and an 83-seat Zimmertheater for the autumn and winter season.
Up to 732
capacity
2 spaces
hireable
Contact the venue for dates and times
available for hire
About this venue
The Freilichtbühne Mannheim is an amateur theatre whose association dates back to 1913, when it was founded as the 'Dramatischer Club' in Mannheim-Waldhof; it first played outdoors in 1950, when the Freilichtbühne Mannheim e.V. was born. Around 400 members do all the work on and behind the stage on a voluntary basis. In summer the ensemble stages a family play and an adult play on the large open-air stage, which has about 732 seats in a park setting, and performances go ahead in most weather. In autumn and winter it plays in the Zimmertheater, the former side room of an inn, with 83 seats, used since 1956; its production 'Das Geheimnis der Irma Vep' won the Baden-Württemberg amateur theatre prize LAMATHEA in 2015. Current productions include 'Stolz und Vorurteil' (premiere 10 October 2026) and 'Momo' (premiere 9 January 2027). There is a beer garden on the site and wheelchair places by arrangement with the box office; tram 4 stops at Freilichtbühne.
The Spaces
Zimmertheater
Indoor studio theatre
Former side room of an inn, used for the autumn and winter season since 1956.
Capacity
- Seated
- up to 83
83 seats per the venue's site.
Facilities
- Box office
- Bar
- Parking: Street parking around the site; Alfred-Delp-Schule car park outside school hours
Accessibility
- Wheelchair spaces / viewing area
Location
Kirchwaldstraße 10, 68305 Mannheim
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