Ohnsorg-Theater

These broadcasts, by the regional Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and the nationwide ARD have made the theatre and its former main star Heidi Kabel popular across Germany and beyond.

The theatre also performs serious works of traditional literature and musical theatre as well as adaptations in Platt of international material, such as the stage version of Stephen King's Misery and original plays such as Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Robert Thomas's 8 Women, Willy Russell's Shirley Valentine, Lawrence Roman's Alone Together and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

[1] The theatre was founded by Richard Ohnsorg (1876–1947) in 1902 as Dramatische Gesellschaft Hamburg, with the stated purpose of providing a stage on which plays in Platt could be performed.

[2][3] Plays, some originally written in Platt, others translated from High German and other languages, were performed in cramped circumstances and various locations.

The theatre moved into a new larger playhouse in 2011, which was built in the listed Bieberhaus close to Deutsches Schauspielhaus and Hamburg Hauptbahnhof.