Having been founded in 1991 and featuring six salaried actors, it is the newest as well as the smallest civic theatre in Germany.
It was the first civic theatre to be built after the Second World War in Britain and as such was more than a place of entertainment.
The city is home to one of the last remaining civic theaters.
He was also a semi-professional actor in local radio, television, civic theater, and in films made in the Kansas City area.
In addition, Gibson was responsible for the first rooftop parking plus the development of a civic theatre (the Belgrade Theatre) and the circular market.
The Belgrade Theatre had already opened, in March 1958, the first civic theatre to be built in Britain since the war.
A group of concerned citizens advocated that the theatre instead become a civic theatre, which was a success (the Grand Theatre reopened in 1964).
After having learnt Swedish he was asked to direct several plays in civic theatres in Sweden, many of them translated or adapted by his wife.
The Belgrade Theatre was Britain's first purpose-built civic theatre, opened in 1958.
He was also the financial force behind our sparkling new civic theater, due to open Friday night.