The English Theatre offers a big variety of shows. I watched musicals and plays here during the…read morelast years. The shows were always very good and exciting. The bar is very nice too. They usually offer special cocktails according to the show they are playing. The staff is always helpful and nice.

Das Englisch Theatre in Frankfurt bezeichnet sich als das "Größe englischsprachige Theater auf dem…read moreKontinent". Das kann ich weder bestätigen noch widerlegen. Das Einzige, was ich sagen kann ist, das dieses einzigartige Theater den hohen kulturellen Standard von Frankfurt weiter erhöht. Der sehr gemütliche Theatersaal mit rund 250 Plätzen befindet sich im Keller eines kleineren Wolkenkratzers (Gallieleo), ganz in der Nähe der Frankfurter Oper im Bahnhofsviertel. Das Theater bietet normalerweise fünf oder sechs verschiedene Schauspiele, Komödien oder Musicals in jeder Spielzeit. Für 19 bis 42 Euro kann man hier erstklassige Künstler und eine exquisite Programmwahl genießen. Der Preis ist mehr als gerechtfertigt! Dieser Artikel ist auf Deutsch, um die Interessenten etwas zu leiten - Englischkenntnisse sind unbedingt erforderlich um das Angebot wirklich zu genießen... An English language version is available as well - just check "German" ;-)

Fortbildung im Auktionshaus - Halle 45, tolle Location, lecker Essen und sehr guter Service…read more Definitiv weiterzuempfehlen

Just imagine you're queuing outside a theatre, when suddenly the characters from the play you are…read moregoing to see come and serve you drinks and start chatting to you. Then when you get inside there aren't just row upon row of seats, there are tables with table cloths on and a menu. Then the same characters (all the time playing the part they take in the play) come and take your order for drinks and food. The menu is always themed to suit the play, and when everyone has finished eating the play begins. You can buy tickets in the evening at the theatre itself, or in the Luisencentre. Most nights are sold out and there's no set seating, the only way you can reserve a place is to become a friend of the theatre, so you have to get there pretty early, especially if you want a table. The plays (even Shakespeare) are in German, so you will need to be relatively proficient. But it all makes for one of the best nights out in Darmstadt. ---- Addendum Just be warned that sometimes, like tonight, the food service can go completely to cock. Eventually you have a bare 15 minutes to eat up before the play begins. You try to order coffee for the interval, only to be told to wait and ask later, even though everyone else had managed to do so, eventually you begin to wonder what on earth you might have done to upset the waiter as he walks past you again and again without even a cursory glance, it didn't get any better in the interval either, I had to leave half my dessert so as not to clatter my cutlery during the play and the people sitting round me didn't fair any better, although the ones across the room seemed to be getting sterling service (with a smile no less). Such a shame because I'd managed to get hubby to come with me for the first, and possibly the last time. Ho hum, luckily the play was excellent, though I must admit, it's not the version of 1001 nights my mum used to tell me.

I went here for a Calexico gig and I have to say, it's pretty nice. In fact, for a gig, it's quite…read moreposh. It's a modern building, with a bar on the corner. There's an underground car park nearby that's open 24/7. Inside the actual theatre there's a cloakroom and more importantly a good sound system and it's not too large (max capacity 800). There is also a small seated area upstairs. But ... they have such a strange layout in the main hall. There are huge pillars, you really don't want to get stuck behind, and I don't know how to describe the thing they built towards the back of the room, sort of a raised standing area, which was such a waste of space. On their website they say they can raise various platforms in any desired position, but I would really question the point of raising such a thing during a pop concert, slap bang in the middle of the entrance. The other bad point was the bar in the venue. The place was packed, the temperature must have been about 130°, but they only had one small bar open, and whilst the people serving did their best, I for one would have had more than one beer if I hadn't had to queue round the block for it. That said, I'm going back for an Elbow concert when I'm back in D next month, so it can't be that bad. Just an additional point, at the Elbow gig we went into the bar next door. Really nice food and good service. It's a modern, bistro style place, but serves traditional food like Handkase mit musik (ugh, but that's just my personal taste), very nice Zwiebelkuchen onion tart, and the best Kartofelpuffer I've ever had in Germany. So I've added another star. :)

Great local theatre, always worth checking out if there's a concert or dance piece that takes your…read moreinterest, nice food in the bar, definitely worth a weekday night out in the depths of winter. Buying your tickets in advance, even if it's the afternoon of the show, gets you a discount.