Theater in der Washingtonallee

Theater in der Washingtonallee stood in a quiet corner of Hamburg-Horn, a small private stage with forty seats. The building was part of a 1936/37 brick settlement designed by Hans Stockhause, once a grocer’s shop for the local community. A short walk from the U-Bahn at Horner Rennbahn, the theatre occupied the right half of a single room that once sold colonial goods. The stage won praise for its intimate productions. Angelika Landwehr, actress and founder, played leading roles herself and directed most shows. Fifty-five plays were staged in fifteen years, from Albee’s *Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* to Shakespeare’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* outdoors. Over four hundred guest performances by young artists filled the small space, while Landwehr’s one-woman evenings drew rave reviews for their intensity. Inside, the black-painted room had no formal stage; actors moved among the seated audience. A tiny foyer served as a bar before and after shows. Behind the building, an open grass patch hosted open-air performances until a low fence appeared. Today the same space carries on under a new name, keeping the spirit of the original theatre alive.