Rex-Theater, Cinema in Elberfeld, Wuppertal, Germany

The Rex-Theater is a protected theatre building at Kipdorf 29 in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, the oldest theatre in the Bergisches Land. It opened in 1887 as the Hôtel-Restaurant Im Salamander, with a large concert hall whose painted glass roof could be fully opened in summer. Since February 2015 it has operated again as a cinema.

The building opened in 1887 as the Salamander Hotel and was later converted into a cinema. Over more than a century, it survived multiple renovations while keeping its place in the city's cultural life.

The house opened in 1887 as the Hotel-Restaurant Im Salamander, and its concert hall had a painted glass roof that could be fully opened in summer. In 1888 it became Wuppertal's first variety theatre, hosting stars such as Otto Reutter, Rastelli and Heinz Rühmann for almost five decades. Since late 2024 an information panel marks it as the birthplace of the educator Regina Bruce, born here in 1900.

The Rex-Theater stands at Kipdorf 29 in the Elberfeld district of Wuppertal. It reopened as a cinema in February 2015 and is run together with the Cinema, another Wuppertal venue. The building is a protected monument, and its historic auditorium is used for film screenings.

The Rex is the oldest theatre in the Bergisches Land and has been a cinema again since February 2015, run together with the Cinema Wuppertal. At the end of 2024 an information panel was installed at the house because Regina Bruce, daughter of a Völkerschau performer, was born there in 1900; it is now a FrauenOrt NRW site.