Vorarlberger Landestheater, Heritage theatre in Bregenz, Austria.
Vorarlberger Landestheater is a cultural venue in Bregenz that operates its own stage for drama, musicals, and dance performances. The building accommodates audiences and contains all the technical equipment needed for modern theatrical productions.
The theatre was founded in November 1945 by Kurt Kaiser as the Vorarlberger Landesbühne and was run as a state enterprise until 1948, when Fritz Klingenbeck reopened it as a private enterprise. Its home is the Kornhaus on Kornmarkt, built 1838–1840 to plans by Josef Hirn and converted into a theatre in 1951–1955 by Willibald and Wilhelm Braun. The city of Bregenz has rented the building to the Landestheater all year since 2013.
The theater serves as a central gathering place for artists and audiences in Vorarlberg, where new productions are regularly created and performed. People come together to experience both regional and international stories on stage.
Visitors can join guided tours to learn about stage technology and artistic processes behind the scenes. It helps to check what performances are happening and arrive early enough to explore the surroundings and find your way inside.
The building began as a Kornhaus granary, erected 1838–1840 to plans by Josef Hirn, and was converted into a theatre in 1951–1955 by Willibald and Wilhelm Braun. Its plain gabled facade keeps an open arcade porch on sandstone columns. Hubert Berchtold made a foyer mosaic in 1956, Fritz Krcal a painting in 1957.
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