Lisebergsteatern, Entertainment theatre in Liseberg amusement park, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Lisebergsteatern is a theatre building in the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg. Its auditorium has a dome-shaped ceiling from its time as a planetarium, and the stage measures seven metres wide by three metres deep. Since 2010 the theatre seats 521 people, and the large dome building is accompanied by three smaller domes.
Built in 1944 as the Planetariet, the building held a star system that used light combinations to show how the stars stood at the time of Jesus' birth. In 1947 architect Axel Johnson and set designer Birgit Afzelius-Wärnlöf converted it into a theatre with 319 seats and a stage seven metres wide and three metres deep. It opened on 1 May 1948 with the comedy Han träffas inte här, led by Ernst Eklund.
Lisebergsteatern became known as a revue stage through Gösta Bernhard, resident from 1959 to 1972 with seven comedies and three revues, and Hagge Geigert, whose revue became an annual tradition from 1965 into the mid-1980s. Bernhard's comedy Plaza Suite ran 180 times in 1969. Later seasons featured Sten-Åke Cederhök and Tomas von Brömssen, and Galenskaparna och After Shave's revue Cyklar.
The theatre sits inside Liseberg park, so reaching it means entering the park itself. The auditorium holds 521 seats since the 2010 extension, when a new foyer and three smaller domed buildings were added beside the large dome. The stage measures seven metres wide and three metres deep.
The dome-shaped ceiling survives from the building's planetarium years, when a star system with changing light combinations showed how the stars stood at the time of Jesus' birth. In 2010 the large dome was joined by three smaller domed structures when a new foyer was added.
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