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intimate theatre. Built in 1865
as a bourgeois equivalent to
the royal theatre houses, it has
remained a popular venue to
this day.
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Gärtnerplatz 3
• Map L6 • (089) 21 85 19 60 • www.
staatstheateramgaertnerplatz.de
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Gasteig
An unwieldy brick structure
on the outside, this theatre is a
venue for more than 1,700
events per year - from concerts
by the Munich Philharmonic to a
film festival. Seating 2,500, the
Philharmonie has excellent
acoustics. This large hall is com-
plemented by other smaller audi-
toriums.
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Rosenheimer Str. 5 • Map
N6 • (089) 48 09 80 • www.gasteig.de
Gasteig
chiefly used as a performance
venue for the Bayerische Theater-
akademie August Everding.
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Prinzregentenplatz 12
•
Map H4
•
(089) 21 85 28 99
•
www.prinzregententheater.de
(
Münchner Volkstheater
&
Herkulessaal
What you experience here is
by no means simple folk theatre
but a sophisticated repertory of
entertaining, popular plays.
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Bri-
enner Str. 50
•
Map J2
•
(089) 523 46 55
•
www.muenchner-volkstheater.de
)
Deutsches Theater
Perfect for classical concerts,
this vast hall in the Residenz, with
over 1,200 seats, is popular with
the Bayerischen Rundfunk Sym-
phony Orchestra, the Münchner
Symphoniker, and the Münchner
Kammerorchester, which stage
sell-out concerts here.
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Residenzstr. 1 (Entrance Hofgarten)
• Map L3 -M3 • (089) 29 06 71
This large theatre is the
city's main venue for inter-
national stars and musicals.
During Fasching (carnival), it
is transformed into a glittering
ballroom.
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Schwanthalerstr. 13
•
Map J4
•
(089) 55 23 44 44
•
www.deutsches-theater.de
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Prinzregententheater
Built in 1901 as a Wagner
festival theatre, the space, con-
ceived as an amphitheatre, is
Stiglmaier-
platz
Englischer
Garten
KÖNIGS-
PLATZ
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KAROLINEN-
PLATZ
Odeons-
platz
EUROPA-
PLATZ
Hauptbahnhof
Prinzregenten-
platz
PROMENADE-
PLATZ
FRAUEN-
PLATZ
Lehel
B A Y E R S
T R A
Lehel
Marienplatz
Altstadt
Maxi-
milianeum
Ludwigs-
vorstadt
VIKTUALIEN-
MARKT
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Sendlinger
Tor
GÄRTNER-
PLATZ
Rosenheimer
Platz
Isarvorstadt
Fraunhoferstraße
Haidhausen
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Most theatres close at the start of the summer holidays (end of
July). The new season usually begins at the end of September.
