Maxim Gorki Theatre, Theatre and architectural heritage monument in Dorotheenstadt, Berlin, Germany.
The Maxim Gorki Theatre is a theatre building and architectural heritage monument in Dorotheenstadt, Berlin, Germany. Karl Friedrich Schinkel designed the neoclassical structure that stands on Unter den Linden boulevard and holds 440 seats inside its auditorium.
The building opened in 1827 as a concert hall for the Berliner Singakademie and served as the meeting place for the Prussian National Assembly during the summer of 1848. It received its current name in 1952 and has since focused on modern and Russian drama.
The theatre is named after the Soviet writer Maxim Gorky; it was founded in 1952 as a venue for Russian and Soviet theatre art. Its second stage, the Studio Я, opened under that name in the 2013/14 season, using the Cyrillic letter Я, which means "I" in several Slavic languages, and presents international and marginal topics. In 2014 and 2016 the house was named Theater of the Year.
The auditorium seats 440, making it Berlin's smallest state theatre, so seats sell quickly for premieres. The entrance faces Hinter dem Gießhaus near the Kastanienwäldchen, a short walk from Unter den Linden. The adjoining Palais am Festungsgraben shares the protected ensemble.
The building was not originally planned as a theatre but served first as a concert hall for choral music. During the summer of 1848, the Prussian National Assembly met here to debate the future of the country.
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