Haus der Berliner Festspiele

Rolf Hochhuth's tragedy Der Stellvertreter, which Intendant Piscator had premiered at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm in February 1963, was reopened here on 1 July 1963.

Under artistic director Kurt Hübner [de] (1973–1986), directors such as Peter Zadek, Klaus Michael Grüber and Hans Neuenfels offered avant-garde and risk-taking productions without a permanent ensemble.

[3] In 1992, the Senate of Berlin withdrew funding from the Theater der Freien Volksbühne, and in 1999 it was sold to an investor.

In 2000, the theatre was rented by the federal government and made available to the Berliner Festspiele.

In April 2001, it was reopened as the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and played host to events at various festivals throughout the year.