Wrocław Polish Theatre

The main building, the result of the endeavors of a Wrocław merchant: Paul Auerbach, was designed by Berlin architect: Walter Hentschel and completed in 1909.

In the early 1930s, the theatre, called Schauspielhaus in German, was the newest and, with 1736 seats, also the biggest stage in Wroclaw.

The building on Zapolska Street was reconstructed in 1950, and in the same year, on February 20, it held its first premiere.

It was a socialist propagandist play about workers struggling to repair the war damage in Polish cities.

The play staged during the opening ceremony on May 20, 1996 was Wroclaw Improvisations, directed by Andrzej Wajda himself.