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Friedrichstadt-Palast
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Friedrichstadt-Palast

The world’s biggest theatre stage – with stunning Vegas-style productions

Glamorous costumes, breathtaking stage settings, stunning dance routines and great music – the Friedrichstadt-Palast is the European location closest to the glitz of Las Vegas!

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With almost 1,900 seats, it is the largest revue theatre in Europe, unique in its programme and dimensions. The world's largest ensuite shows with over 100 artists perform on a stage area of almost 3,000 square metres. Every year, around 700,000 guests visit the theatre's own Grand Shows and Young Shows. This makes the Palast Germany's most visited stage. More than 300 people work on and behind the stage for each show.

FALLING | IN LOVE 

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Let yourself be enchanted by magnificent images, rousing artistry and a story about hope and the power of love. FALLING | IN LOVE  is a show of superlatives on the largest theater stage in the world and at the same time a poetic story full of symbolism.

The grand shows – dance, music, and acrobatics

The shows present spectacular collages of ballet, musical and artistic performances with over 100 artists on stage at the same time. You can expect state-of-the-art technology and the latest high-tech effects. From water pools and trampolines to bungee trapeze acts, everything is possible at the Friedrichstadt-Palast. A highlight of every Grand Show: the kickline is the longest in the world!

From theatre to spectacular stage shows: The history of the Friedrichstadt-Palast

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Today, the glamorous show theatre and the building itself are both known as the Friedrichstadt-Palast. The theatre’s roots, though, go back to a building originally some 200 metres away and designed in 1867 as a market hall. In 1873, six years later, the market hall was converted to create a permanent circus venue, large enough to hold an audience of several thousand. In 1919, after several new starts, the theatre building was taken over by impresario Max Reinhardt as a stage for monumental productions. Reinhardt renamed it the Großes Schauspielhaus – ’Grand Theatre’ – and ran it as a second venue along with his Deutsches Theater for serious drama. The Großes Schauspielhaus certainly lived up to its name during Berlin’s glorious 1920s when the venue hosted such internationally renowned acts as the Comedian Harmonists. During the later years of the Nazi era, the theatre was closed.

Only after the end of the Second World War and the division of Berlin was the theatre, then in East Berlin, named the Friedrichstadt-Palast. In East Germany, the venue hosted major national and international stars, including Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. In 1980, the building’s foundations were found to be in such poor condition that the theatre had to close its doors. A new Friedrichstadt-Palast was then constructed on the present site – on Friedrichstraße in the heart Berlin, where it still is today.

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Opening hours

Ticket box office Monday to Sunday 13:00 – 18:30
Ticket-Hotline Monday to Sunday 9:00 – 19:00
Opening hours (additional information)

Box office on the right side of the main entrance (20meter)