Theater campus on Wiesendamm completed

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The new cultural heart of Barmbek beats on 9,000 square meters

The new performing arts center on Wiesendamm in Barmbek has been completed. The Theater Academy and the Institute for Culture and Media Management of the University of Music and Drama (HfMT) as well as the Junges SchauSpielHaus will have around 9,000 square meters of modern space for performances, rehearsals, teaching and research. Together with the diverse cultural offerings in the neighborhood, the new use of the former machine tool factory will further promote Barmbek's cultural development.

The Senate set the course for the new theater campus in September 2018. The client on behalf of the city and owner of the former machine tool factory Heidenreich & Harbeck is Sprinkenhof GmbH. The project costs around 36.4 million euros. With the relocation of the Theaterakademie and the Junges SchauSpielHaus from their former joint location in Gaußstraße to Wiesendamm, a new, modern venue for young performing arts is being created there - made possible by a so-called in-house expansion, in which the theaters and function rooms were built into the existing hall complex. In addition, the HfMT's Institute for Culture and Media Management (KMM) will also be based at Wiesendamm in future, creating valuable synergies for students, such as joint courses. The theater campus is located in the immediate vicinity of the new Freie Theaterzentrum Wiese eG, which also has additional performance and rehearsal rooms. Other future neighbors include Kampnagel, the Zinnschmelze, the Museum der Arbeit and the Hamburger Puppentheater. This multitude of cultural institutions will enable a completely new cultural exchange between different disciplines.

Prof. Elmar LampsonPresident of the University of Music and Drama: "The opening of a second campus for the University of Music and Drama is the fulfillment of a long-time dream. All theater-related degree programs and the Institute for Culture and Media Management will have a new home together. This building, which is very attractive in its architecture, will be a place where future cultural managers will work together with the artistic degree programs on the topics of the future. However, this campus not only stands for education, but is also a new event venue in this city. The campus on Wiesendamm will find its place both regionally and internationally. I would like to thank the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the Thörl Foundation for making this great development opportunity a reality."

Senator for Science Katharina Fegebank"The theater campus on Wiesendamm strengthens the creative collaboration between students and artists and is an important source of inspiration for our science and culture location. At the same time, it forms a new creative anchor point in the district - with the Junges SchauSpielHaus, Theaterakademie and Institute for Culture and Media Management under one roof. This will make the cultural offering in Barmbek even more diverse. I would like to thank everyone involved in this great project for their commitment and am very much looking forward to my first visit to the theater campus!"

Dr. Carsten BrosdaSenator for Culture and Media: "A new cultural center has been created in the heart of Barmbek, especially for the performing arts, with great appeal for the entire city. The diverse creative users on Wiesendamm in particular can strengthen each other in an excellent way. This creates a lot of space for new artistic impulses. I would like to thank everyone who has worked constructively on this project over the years and who have always firmly believed in the potential that this location can unfold for culture in Hamburg."