Venue: Metronom Theater
Town: Oberhausen, DE

The Metronom Theater (formerly Stage Metronom Theater and TheatrO CentrO) at the Westfield CentrO shopping centre is a venue for musicals at the Neue Mitte Oberhausen in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 2005-2024, the theatre was owned and operated by Stage Entertainment Germany. Since March 2024, the theatre has been owned by Semmel Concerts, which eventually renovated it and has been running it with changing productions since November 2024. The programme includes musicals, shows and concerts. The musical theatre was built between November 1998 and September 1999 costing 30 million euros in the form of an arena and was equipped with 1,807 seats. The eye-catching roof is modelled on a dragon's head. The venue was designed for the musical Tabaluga & Lilli by Peter Maffay, which was to be performed on a long-term basis. The premiere was on 24 September 1999 and despite a revision at the beginning of 2001, the production closed on 30 June 2001. The world premiere of the musical Vom Geist der Weihnacht took place on 23 November 2001. The music was written by German composer Dirk Michael Steffan; the story is based on Charles Dickens' tale A Christmas Carol. The play was performed until 30 December 2001. From 4 April to 30 June 2002 and 16 September to 31 December 2002, the musical FMA Falco meets Amadeus was performed, but, like the first production, Tabaluga, was only moderately well received. On 1 August 2005, the theatre was taken over by Stage Entertainment Germany and extensively renovated within 14 weeks for around 20 million euros, which included a redesign of the foyer, the auditorium - new and additional seats were installed, increasing the number of seats to 1830 - the backstage area and the installation of a Stage Club and a redesigned box office. After a public search for a new name for the former TheatrO, it became the Stage Metronom Theater. The theatre at CentrO. With Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the en-suite theatre operation (meaning: