Overview

• The city has opted for a permanent theater complex in Altchemnitz, citing renovation estimates of over 34 million euros for the current Schauspielhaus.
• The proposed project carries a budget of 32.5 million euros for stage, auditorium and workshop facilities plus 500,000 euros for a 300-seat open-air stage.
• Officials selected the Spinnbau site to centralize Schauspiel and puppet theater operations and consolidate scattered workshops under one roof.
• FDP and SPD leaders have rejected the plan, insisting the Schauspielhaus’s DDR-era role as an Ort des freien Wortes warrants its preservation.
• City planners say that once funding and land acquisition are secured, construction and fitting out could stretch beyond 2030, with performances remaining at the Spinnbau in the meantime.