Theater Osnabrück
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 Theater Osnabrück facts

• It operates under the auspices of the Städtische Bühnen Osnabrück gGmbH
• The primary performance venues are the Theater am Domhof (seating capacity 642) and the emma-theater (seating capacity 96)
• The roots of the company date back to 1771, with theatrical presentations at the Schloss Osnabrück
• In 1780, productions shifted to two former aristocratic residences
• Albert Lortzing had an official affiliation with the company from 1827 to 1833
• In 1832, the city of Osnabrück took over the complex as its first municipal theatre
• From 1905 to 1909, the main theatre was built
• On 29 September 1909, Julius Caesar was the first play to be staged at the newly completed theatre
• The Domhof building suffered damage from bombing in 1945 during World War II
• British military authorities banned theatrical performances after the war, lifting the ban in July 1945