HAU Hebbel am Ufer is Berlin's main house for international dance, theatre and performance, and the organiser of the summer dance festival Tanz im August. It was formed for the 2003/04 season by merging three theatres a few minutes apart in Kreuzberg into one programme with three stages. Since 2020 a fourth, digital stage, HAU4, has hosted online work.
HAU1, Stresemannstraße 29, is the old Hebbel-Theater. Oskar Kaufmann designed it in a late Jugendstil manner, and it opened on 29 January 1908 with around 800 seats. The building is a listed monument. HAU2, Hallesches Ufer 34, is a plainer hall on the Landwehrkanal where the Schaubühne once played; it holds the box office and the bar and restaurant WAU. HAU3, Tempelhofer Ufer 10, is a small stage on the third floor of an 1892 courtyard workshop.
The programme favours artists who work across forms: choreographers who sing, theatre made with non-actors, long-term collaborations with companies such as Gob Squad and She She Pop.
Visiting
- Tickets: online, by phone (+49 30 259004-27) or at the box office in HAU2, Monday to Saturday from 3pm. Evening box offices open an hour before each show. Reduced tickets for students and others with proof, half-price sale on the 20th of each month from 5 to 9pm.
- Access: HAU2 is step-free. HAU1 has a separate lift entrance to the stalls, two marked parking spaces and an accessible toilet, but the evening box office and bar are up steps. HAU3 is not accessible.
- Coming up: Kat Válastur's solo Dive into You at HAU1 on 24 and 25 November 2026, and Interrobang's AI piece Enter the Blackbox at HAU3 from 25 to 28 November. Isabelle Schad's Piece of Changes premieres at HAU2 on 28 November and runs to 1 December.
Getting there
For HAU1: bus M41 to Willy-Brandt-Haus stops outside. U1, U3 and U6 Hallesches Tor are about seven minutes on foot; the U6 platform has a lift. U7 Möckernbrücke and S-Bahn Anhalter Bahnhof are also close.
Nearby
The Sophiensæle in Mitte is the city's other key stage for independent dance and performance.