© Theatre for Lower Saxony, photo Andreas Hartmann

Theatre and cinema

Clear the stage!

Tension crackles on stage, enchanting music fills the hall to its furthest corner: The Theater für Niedersachsen presents a captivating program year after year. In Hildesheim's main auditorium, with 550 seats and a recently renovated foyer, as well as a studio stage, you can enjoy enchanting productions in the genres of drama, opera, operetta, dance theater, and musicals. There's something for everyone. Its dual role as both a municipal and state theater also provides performances to other communities throughout the state. For your children, there's the Young Theater, offering participatory workshops, as well as the annual Hildesheim Children's Theater Week. Children's and youth plays, as well as poetry slams, performance art, lecture performances, and improvisational theater can all be admired at the Theaterhaus Hildesheim – in the former factory warehouses near the main train station, around 30 independent theater ensembles have joined forces, a truly unique venue in Germany. If you prefer to watch big films in Dolby Atmos quality, then come on in: Hildesheim's Thega Filmpalast is one of the largest and most beautiful cinemas in all of Northern Germany. Let yourself be enchanted for a while!

© Theatre for Lower Saxony, photo Andreas Hartmann

Theatre for Lower Saxony (tfn)

The Theater für Niedersachsen (tfn), which functions as both a municipal and state theater, presents over 630 performances annually at various venues. These include operas, operettas, dance theater pieces, musicals, plays for adults, and productions for children and young people.

Thega Film Palace

Hildesheim's cinema impresses with a wide, always up-to-date selection of films, various exclusive screenings – from surprise previews to ladies' screenings – and Dolby Atmos sound.

© Thega Filmpalast Hildesheim
© Theaterhaus Hildesheim, Photo Mona Hofmann

Theater House

Theaterhaus Hildesheim is a nationwide unique association of more than 30 independent theatre ensembles founded in Hildesheim, which realize artistically high-quality and nationally successful theatre productions.