Bremen Teater (Copenhagen)

Bremen Teater
Mercur Teatret, Privatteatret

The facade
Address Nyropsgade 39–41
Copenhagen
Denmark
Coordinates 55°40′36″N 12°33′40″E / 55.6766°N 12.5611°E
Type Event venue (current)
Capacity 650 seats
Construction
Opened 1957
Architect Otto Frankild
Website
www.brementeater.dk

Bremen Teater is a 650-seat theatre in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is used as a venue for local and touring comedy and music acts as well as award-shows and other special events

History

The building which also contained Hotel Mercur facing Vester Farimagsgade was completed in 1956 to a design by Otto Frankild. The Mercur Theater was opened by Aage Stentoft in 1965. Ut was both used as a venue for touring theatre companies and made its own productions. Preben Kaas later succeeded Stentoft as theatre director.[1]

In 1971, charter travel tycoon and enfant terrible Simon Spies, who owned the building, took over the theatre. He used it as a combined cinema for erotic films and night club, screening the MGM film Pretty Maids All in a Row on his fiftieth birthday for its opening. A private elevator connected the theatre to his office on the first floor and his apartment on the sixth floor. Spies gave up the theatre in 1980 and it was then used by Det Ny Musikteater (The New Music Theatre) until 1984. In 1985, it changed its name to Privatteatret (The Private Theatre) with Niels-Bo Valbro as theatre director. He chose to close the theatre in 2007 due to economic difficulties.[2]

In 2009, the venue was revived under its current name by a group of people from the Danish entertainment industry, including comedians Christensen, Frank Hvam and singer and comedian Simon Kvamm. It has hosted the sketch show Live fra Bremen (Live from Bremen) and the talk show ALOHA which were both aired on TV2.[3]

Current use

The venue is operated by the entertainment company Volcano since 2011. It has hosted the Danish Bodil Awards for several years.

References

  1. ↑ "Mercur Teatret" (in Danish). Gasværket. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  2. ↑ "Privatteatret" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  3. ↑ "Simon Kvamm genåbner Spies' morgenbolle-hotel" (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 2013-10-29.

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