Burgtheater Bautzen, Theater and cultural heritage monument in Bautzen, Germany.

Burgtheater is a performance venue in Bautzen with large glass facades and 15 sandstone figures on its exterior walls, blending contemporary design with historical details. The building contains two halls with flexible seating, the main auditorium holding approximately 105 to 180 people and the smaller hall accommodating roughly 70 visitors.

The gable group "Allegorie der Tragödie" was completed by Ernst Rietschel in 1840 for Gottfried Semper's first Dresden court theatre. Rescued from the theatre fire of 21 September 1869, it lay forgotten in the royal sculpture depot until King Friedrich August III of Saxony gave it to Bautzen in 1902 on the urging of mayor Johannes Käubler. Restored and set into the east gable of the Bautzen Stadttheater am Lauengraben in 1905, it was damaged in the war, stored in Quatitz from 1976, and since 2003 has stood behind glass at the Burgtheater on the Ortenburg.

The gable group shows scenes from Aeschylus's Oresteia, completed in 458 BC: the Choephoroi and the Eumenides. Ernst Rietschel carved it in 1840 for Gottfried Semper's first Dresden court theatre; after the 1869 fire it was saved, and in 1905 Bautzen set it into the east gable of its Stadttheater am Lauengraben. Since 2003 it has stood behind glass at the Burgtheater on the Ortenburg.

The theater is located in the Ortenburg courtyard, easily accessible from the old town where parking is available. The venue operates year-round and hosts performances on a rotating schedule.

The gable group survived the Dresden court theatre fire of 21 September 1869 and was rescued from the ruins, while the companion gable "Darstellung der Musik" was destroyed. King of Saxony gave the figures to Bautzen in 1902 after years of lobbying by mayor Johannes Käubler; they were built into the east gable of the city theatre in 1905 and moved to the Burgtheater in 2003.