Theater Plauen - Zwickau

Name

Theater Plauen - Zwickau

Legal name

Theater Plauen-Zwickau gGmbH

Website

https://theater-plauen-zwickau.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts (Theater Services)

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Performing Arts Companies (7111), Musical Groups and Artists (71113), Dance Companies (711120)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regional & Repertory Theatre Companies (MPAGABAB), Musical Theatre (Non-Broadway/Fringe) (MPAGABAG), Theater & Performing Arts Venue Operations (Playhouses, Opera Houses) (MPAGALAB), Theater & Drama Education (Acting, Improvisation, Musical Theater) (EDAMAAAG)

Keywords

• Performing arts
• Live theater
• Opera productions
• Stage drama
• Orchestral concerts

Headquarters

HQ city

Plauen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from individual performance tickets and subscription packages (Abonnement)
2. Institutional Funding: Government funding from Kulturstiftung des Bundes and regional cultural funding bodies
3. Donations and Sponsorship: Donations from Freunde & Förderer program, corporate sponsorship from local businesses, and theaterförderverein support

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Theater Plauen-Zwickau is a non-profit (gGmbH) performing arts company that produces and presents live theater productions across two venues — the Vogtlandtheater Plauen and the Gewandhaus Zwickau — spanning opera/musical theater, drama, ballet, orchestral concerts, and youth theater. It operates an in-house orchestra, ensemble, and technical production staff, and runs community-engagement projects such as Plauen.Zwickau.Umgarnen.

Product overview

Theater Plauen-Zwickau is a regional performing arts institution operating as a unified multi-venue theater company. The portfolio consists of five core performance categories: Musiktheater (opera and musical theater with orchestra and choir), Schauspiel (dramatic theater), Ballett (dance productions), JUPZ! (youth and family programming), and Konzert (orchestral concerts). The company also runs Plauen.Zwickau.Umgarnen, a community engagement project funded through 2029. Performances take place across multiple venues including the Vogtlandtheater Plauen, Gewandhaus Zwickau, Kleine Bühne Plauen, and open-air locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JUPZ!: Youth theater program for children and young people.

Products and services

• Musiktheater (Music Theater / Opera) Live opera and musical-theater productions performed in-house by the company's ensemble at both venues, for general adult and family audiences.
• Schauspiel (Drama) Live stage drama productions performed by the in-house acting ensemble across the two theater venues, for general adult and family audiences.
• Ballett (Ballet) Live ballet productions performed by the in-house ballet company at both venues, for general adult and family audiences.
• JUPZ! (Youth Theater) Dedicated theater productions and programming aimed at children, young people, and school groups across both venues.
• Konzert (Concerts) Live orchestral and concert performances by the in-house orchestra and guest artists across the two venues.
• Plauen.Zwickau.Umgarnen (Community Engagement Project) Community-participation and outreach program engaging local residents in creative and cultural activities across the Plauen-Zwickau region.

Quantifiable outcome

• 13th Saxon Theater Meeting Award 2026
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• fachbetrieb rita grechenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner for the BROT audio walk project in Plauen, contributing to the development of theatrical content about local bakery culture.
• FSV Zwickau e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSports club partner for Philharmonic PLUS concert event (Rot-Weiß-Goldenes Weihnachtssingen).
• ArtBeatzminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective collaborating on HutznTisch Pride Special event as part of the Umgarnen community project.
• Bierseitenhof DrochausminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost venue partner for HutznTisch summer special event.
• Quartier 30 PlauenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost venue for HutznTisch event featuring textile workshop with Angewandte Kunst Schneeberg.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Theater Vorpommern: Multi-city regional theater operating across Greifswald, Stralsund, and Putbus in northeastern Germany. Comparable as a multi-venue, publicly funded performing arts company serving a structurally similar demographic region.
• Theater Erfurt: Multi-venue regional German Stadttheater offering opera, drama, ballet, and concerts with comparable headcount and public funding mix. Strong comparable for non-Saxon regional German theater operations.
• Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau: Multi-city regional theater in eastern Saxony operating venues across Görlitz and Zwickau-area partners. Directly comparable as a multi-venue Saxon performing arts institution serving a structurally similar demographic region.
• Staatstheater Cottbus: Multi-venue regional state theater in eastern Germany offering opera, drama, ballet, and concerts. Directly comparable in terms of multi-disciplinary programming, eastern German public funding model, and headcount scale.
• Mittelsächsisches Theater Freiberg-Döbeln: Saxon regional theater operating across two cities (Freiberg and Döbeln) with opera, drama, and concert programming. Closely comparable multi-venue regional structure and public funding model within the same state.
• Theater Chemnitz: Publicly funded multi-venue regional theater in Saxony offering opera, drama, ballet, and concerts. Most directly comparable peer given shared state, similar multi-disciplinary model, and analogous gGmbH-style public funding structure.

Broad incumbents

• Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe: Larger multi-venue German state theater offering opera, drama, and ballet. Comparable multi-disciplinary regional model, but operates at significantly larger scale and broader audience base.
• Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Semperoper): Premier Saxon state opera house offering opera and ballet at a significantly larger scale. Comparable as a Saxon performing arts institution with overlapping opera and ballet programming, but broader in scope and audience reach.

Regional players

• Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck: Regional German-speaking theater offering opera, drama, and musicals with similar multi-disciplinary public funding model. Comparable as a non-metropolitan German-speaking state theater, though in Austria.
• Landestheater Schwaben Memmingen: Regional Bavarian theater offering drama, opera, and youth programming in a structurally similar smaller-city German context. Comparable as a publicly funded multi-genre theater, though serving a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/TheaterPlauenZwickau
• Facebookde-de.facebook.com/Theater-Plauen-Zwickau-157394027615227
• Instagraminstagram.com/theaterplauenzwickau/?hl=de
• Xx.com/thplauenzwickau
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/theater-plauen-zwickau-ggmbh

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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