On the day of opening, the building was blessed, and attendees included ruling prince Miloš Obrenović and foreign representatives.

One of the foreign consuls described the building as being divided with one part being described as "a theatre", while the other had a series of storage rooms, mostly packed with leather.

[6] Đumrukana was later the location of the first Belgrade's regular theatre in 1841, as prior to that only travelling acting troops existed.

Main people behind theatre's establishment were comedy writer Jovan Sterija Popović and educator Atanasije Nikolić.

They were backed by the prince Mihailo Obrenović who agreed to partially support the theatre financially thru state subsidy.

He also ordered for the storage hall in Đumurkana, at the time one of the largest buildings in Belgrade, to be adapted to suite the theatre.

Numerous actors from Serbian diaspora in Austrian Empire applied for the job, mostly educated in Zagreb or Hungary.

[8] Other performances included further works by Sterija (Tvrdica (or Kir Janja), Ženidba i udadba, Zla žena, Prevara za prevaru, Ajduci, Simpatija i antipatija, Pokondirena tikva), Stefan Stefanović (Smrt Uroša Petog), etc.

Also, foreign plays were translated and performed, including those of Molière (Scapin the Schemer), Carlo Goldoni (La bottega del caffè [it]), Victor Hugo (Hernani, Angelo, Tyrant of Padua), August von Kotzebue (Die Brandschatzung, The Jealous Wife [Kotzebue's adaptation of George Colman the Elder's play]), Friedrich Schiller (The Robbers).

The general taste of Belgrade audience for the theatrical life was also cultured by the critics, like Sterija, Vladislav Stojadinović and Pavle Popović.

[5] The building was damaged during the massive 1944 Allied Easter bombing of Belgrade in World War II.

The new building is envisioned as the first permanent seat for the National Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs of Serbia "Kolo", founded in 1948.

Stipulations for the project include: floor area of 11,500 m2 (124,000 sq ft) at most, main hall, gallery and museum section, gift shop, big central stage with 400 seats, another multipurpose hall, roof terrace with café, underground garage and other auxiliary rooms.

[13] By March 2022 it was still undecided what the object would look like (selected modern design or restoration of the old appearance) or what will be the purpose (ensemble "Kolo" or alternative theatrical groups).

[14] Though lasting for only one year, the existence of the Đumrukana Theatre is considered pivotal for the development of theatrical life in Serbia.

[8] Theatrical life moved to the building of Staro Zdanje, in Kosančićev Venac, above the Đumrukana, from May 1848 to March 1849.

[8] Next object used for this purpose, after 1850, was also close to Đumrukana and also built by Nikola Živković, the Prince's Brewery at the corner of modern Gavrila Principa, Balkanska and Admirala Geprata streets.