Aegidientorplatz

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The Aegidientorplatz in the area of today's theater has been the site of cinemas since the early 1920s. Originally it was the hall of a hotel, which was converted into the Ufa Palace in 1924. The building was destroyed in 1943 during bombing raids during the Second World War and rebuilt in 1953 with a slight offset. The new building of the Theater am Aegi was opened in 1953 as the “most modern theatre” in Hanover. It included a premiere cinema and an additional stage for artistic and musical performances. The then Landesbühne Hannover and the Thalia Theater had their regular venues here from 1958, there was no separate ensemble of the "Aegi". The building was largely destroyed in a major fire in 1964. When restored, it was reequipped and expanded to 1,110 slots.In 1978, the Theater am Aegi received a more modern appearance with a new façade. In 1994, the publicly subsidized theater was threatened with closure after the new Hanover theater had been built in 1992.