The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: Det Kongelige Teater) is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the country. The theatre presents opera, the Royal Danish Ballet, multi-genre concerts, and drama in several locations. The Royal Danish Theatre organization is under the control of the Danish Ministry of Culture.

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Royal Danish Theatre

Det Kongelige Teater
The theatre seen from Kongens Nytorv
Address	Kongens Nytorv Copenhagen Denmark
Type	National theatre
Capacity	1,600 seats
Construction
Opened	1874; 150 years ago (1874)
Architect	Vilhelm Dahlerup
Website
https://kglteater.dk/

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• The Old Stage is the original Royal Danish Theatre built in 1874.
• The Copenhagen Opera House (Operaen), built in 2004.
• Stærekassen (New Stage) is an Art Deco theatre adjacent to the main theatre. It was used for drama productions. It is no longer used by the Royal Theatre.
• The Royal Danish Playhouse is a venue for "spoken theatre" with three stages, inaugurated in 2008.

• The Royal Theatre on Kongens Nytorv is a central location in the 1978 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang Sees Red (from 1:16:58).^[1]
• The Royal Theatre is the location of several important scenes in the 2015 drama film The Danish Girl where Einar (Eddie Redmayne) begins to acknowledge his feminine side.^[2]

• Copenhagen Opera House
• Royal Danish Ballet
• Royal Danish Ballet school
• Royal Danish Orchestra
• Edvard Fallesen, General Director of the Royal Danish Theatre from 1876 to 1894