Theater Hof, Opera house and theater in Hof, Germany

Theater Hof is a four-genre house in Hof covering music theatre, spoken drama, ballet and young people's theatre, and it is the main venue of the Hofer Symphoniker. Its stages host opera, plays and dance in repertory, with the orchestra drawn from the same institution.

Theater Hof traces its origins to 1822, when the first Stadttheater opened in a converted Franciscan church seating 588. In 1894 it moved to Pfaff's Colosseum, a private hall on Schützenstraße used until 1994. The Bavarian state founded the Grenzlandtheater in 1933, opened with Wiener Blut; after 1945 Kurt Lentz ran the Neues Theater, and in 1948 the Städtebundtheater was created by Hof and neighbouring towns.

The theater serves as the region's primary venue for opera and drama, hosting both resident performers and guest artists throughout the year. It functions as a gathering place where local audiences experience international productions alongside German classics.

The theater sits in the city center of Hof, in Upper Franconia, and is reachable on foot from the surrounding streets. It is run by the Zweckverband Nordostoberfränkisches Städtebundtheater, a public-law body founded on 11 March 1948 by Hof, Marktredwitz, Rehau, Schwarzenbach an der Saale, Selb, Wunsiedel and neighbouring districts. Performances run in the evening, so check the current schedule before setting out.

The theater's origins trace to 1822, when a municipal stage opened in a converted, unheated former Franciscan church on Theaterstraße, seating 588. It was demolished in 1902. From 1894 the company played in Pfaff's Colosseum, a private hall on Schützenstraße built by basketware dealer Adolf Pfaff, which served until 1994.