Theaterhaus Rudi

Theaterhaus Rudi is an amateur theatre venue in Dresden, Germany. It occupies a heritage-listed building in the north-western district of Kaditz, at a bend of Leipziger Straße between Fechnerstraße and Rankestraße. The house offers four performance spaces: the main Theatersaal (theatre hall), the Theaterkeller (theatre cellar), the Theater unterm Dach (theatre under the roof), and the occasionally used Theaterkneipe (theatre pub). The building has a long history as a public house and entertainment venue. It was built from 1872 by Karl Friedrich Trentzsch, a former mill owner from Trachau, and opened in March 1874 as "Feldschlößchen". Over the following decades it passed through several owners and was expanded with a ballroom, a skittle alley, and a small slaughterhouse. After the First World War, a cinema with around 300 seats was installed and operated until about 1937/38. After the Second World War the ground-floor restaurant continued, while the hall was used for storage and the building was partly used by the SED district leadership. In the late 1950s it was known as the youth club house "Rudi Arndt". The City of Dresden acquired the house in 1976 and carried out a comprehensive renovation costing over 1.25 million marks; it reopened in November 1981. The large hall seated 110 people, the former club room became a day café with 36 seats, and a newly designed disco cellar increased the house's total capacity by 50 percent to 370 people. Nationally known rock bands performed in the disco cellar, though repeated brawls later earned the house the nickname "blutiger Rudi" (bloody Rudi). After the Wende, the leisure club "Twenty Five" operated temporarily in the house, and the originally Löbtau-based "Theater 50" used the large hall and the cellar in the mid-1990s. Between 1992 and 2025, OASE e.V. ran an open youth centre on the first floor. Since 1997 the house at Fechnerstraße 2a has borne its current name. Due to the City of Dresden's municipal austerity policy, the theatre had to close on 1 January 2000. Immediately afterwards, the Landesbühnen Sachsen used the theatre hall and theatre cellar for two years. In 2002 it was able to reopen as the amateur theatre house Rudi. The building also houses the offices of the Landesverband Amateurtheater Sachsen (LATS) and the Theaterpädagogisches Zentrum Sachsen (TPZ).

The building that now houses Theaterhaus Rudi was built from 1872 by Karl Friedrich Trentzsch (1821–1887), a former mill owner from Trachau, about 350 metres west of the Trachau village centre. It opened in March 1874 as the public house "Feldschlößchen". At his request, Trentzsch received licences for beer and spirits sales in 1874 and 1877, and in March 1879 permission to set up feeding troughs in front of his tavern so that carters could unhitch and feed their horses. On 4 October 1880 the Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Neustadt also permitted him to build an annex. After Trentzsch's death in 1887, his widow sold the tavern to Karl Ferdinand Fischer, who ran it until the end of 1893 and then sold it to the produce merchant Friedrich Ernst Leipert. In 1895/96 Leipert expanded the property with an asphalt skittle alley and a small-animal slaughterhouse. In the application he called his tavern "Zum Feldschlößchen", a name that survived into the 1950s. On 12 November 1897 Leipert applied to erect a new "restaurant building with adjoining society hall". The plans came from the Radebeul architect Carl Käfer. In 1908 Leipert sold the house to the housekeeper Helene Margarethe Schumann, who leased the restaurant to the innkeeper Arthur Bär. In 1913 the "Actien-Bierbrauerei Reisewitz" in Dresden-Löbtau became the new owner of the tavern, and Gustav Albin Eichhorn became the new innkeeper. In 1919 Georg Max Haase, born in Mittweida in 1874, acquired the house. Due to the growing popularity of cinemas, a cinema with around 300 seats was installed there after the First World War and operated until about 1937/38. After the Second World War the ground-floor restaurant continued to operate, and during the housing shortage several families were quartered above it. The hall was used as a store, and the SED district leadership also used the building for a time. The dance venue known as the youth club house "Rudi Arndt" was a well-known youth meeting place on 28 December 1957. Increasingly, however, structural damage and equipment deficiencies became apparent. Smaller maintenance measures and partial reconstructions delayed but could not avoid the closure of the house for a full reconstruction. After renovation by the City of Dresden, which acquired the house in 1976, it reopened in November 1981. The renovation had cost over 1.25 million marks. The large hall offered space for 110 people. The former club room became a day café with 36 seats. Through the newly designed disco cellar, the house increased its total capacity by 50 percent to 370 people. Nationally known rock bands performed in the disco cellar; later there were repeated brawls that earned the house the nickname "blutiger Rudi". After the Wende there was temporarily the leisure club "Twenty Five" in the house; the originally Löbtau-based "Theater 50" used the large hall and the cellar in the mid-1990s. Between 1992 and 2025, OASE e.V. ran an open youth centre on the first floor of the house. Since 1997 the house at Fechnerstraße 2a has borne its current name. Due to the municipal austerity policy of the City of Dresden, the theatre had to close on 1 January 2000. Immediately afterwards, the Landesbühnen Sachsen used the theatre hall and theatre cellar for two years. In 2002 it was able to reopen as the amateur theatre house Rudi. The building also houses the offices of the Landesverband Amateurtheater Sachsen (LATS) and the Theaterpädagogisches Zentrum Sachsen (TPZ).

• 2002

  The venue reopens as the amateur theatre house Rudi.

• 2000

  The theatre must close on 1 January due to municipal austerity policy; Landesbühnen Sachsen then use the hall and cellar for two years.

• 1997

  The house at Fechnerstraße 2a takes its current name, Theaterhaus Rudi.

• 1992

  OASE e.V. begins running an open youth centre on the first floor (until 2025).

• 1981

  After renovation costing over 1.25 million marks, the house reopens in November.

• 1976

  The City of Dresden acquires the house.

• 1957

  The youth club house "Rudi Arndt" is a well-known youth meeting place on 28 December.

• 1937

  The cinema with around 300 seats, installed after the First World War, ceases operation around 1937/38.

• 1919

  Georg Max Haase acquires the house.

• 1913

  Actien-Bierbrauerei Reisewitz becomes the new owner; Gustav Albin Eichhorn becomes innkeeper.

• 1908

  Leipert sells the house to Helene Margarethe Schumann, who leases the restaurant to Arthur Bär.

• 1897

  Leipert applies to erect a new restaurant building with an adjoining society hall; plans by architect Carl Käfer.

• 1893

  Fischer sells the tavern to produce merchant Friedrich Ernst Leipert.

• 1887

  After Trentzsch's death, his widow sells the tavern to Karl Ferdinand Fischer.

• 1874

  The public house opens in March as "Feldschlößchen".

• 1872

  Karl Friedrich Trentzsch begins building a public house about 350 metres west of the Trachau village centre.

Amateur theatre venue and cultural house in Dresden with multiple stages in a heritage-listed building.

Product categories. Amateur theatre performances · Theatre hall (Theatersaal) · Theatre cellar (Theaterkeller) · Theatre under the roof (Theater unterm Dach) · Theatre pub (Theaterkneipe)

1. 1Startseite - Theaterhaus Ruditheaterhaus-rudi.de
2. 2Theaterhaus Rudi - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Theaterhaus Rudi - Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org