Shakespeare-Festival Neuss

In 1988, a replica of the original London Globe Theatre was built for the Landesgartenschau (horticultural show of the state NRW) in Rheda-Wiedenbrück.

Reinhard Schiele, a theatre-maker who, at the time, worked with the Schlosstheater Overhagen, had the initial idea and supervised the entire project.

The city of Neuss and the ″Neusser Gemeinnützige Bauverein AG″ then acquired the building and rebuilt it on the grounds of the Neusser Galopprennbahn (racecourse) in 1991.

The multi-storey building, whose small windows are closed with black and white shutters, can accommodate about 500 spectators sitting on several levels.

[1] The mixture of national and international ensembles, the works of Shakespeare, partly in Original language, perform on the simple stage without elaborate backdrops, offers both faithful productions as well as contemporary arrangements and unconventional interpretations.