

If you are in this kind of accommodation you should expect a room that is clean and comfortable, with a warm welcome but not necessarily the latest decor – ours was in shades of 1970s browns and greens. However it is a large theatre, so you will be able to see more detail of the performance if you are seated in the front half of the theatre. The theatre auditorium is covered over for the audience of 4500 people and seats rise on a gentle incline from the stage giving everyone a good, clear view even at the back. The wide stage at one end is open to the elements and there are trees and mountains in view behind the stage set.

The Oberammergau Passion Play is performed in a large, modern, purpose built theatre that seats 4500 people and there are entrances all along each side to get the audience in and out relatively quickly. Read more from this trip: An introduction to the Oberammergau Passion Play in Germany The Passion Play Oberammergau theatre and performance During the performance there were free shuttle buses available to take everyone in allocated accommodation into the centre of Oberammergau or to the restaurants where they would eat lunch and dinner. This prevented coach congestion in the village of Oberammergau and the guide then stayed on the coach to assist the driver to deliver others of the party who were staying in accommodation outside the village. From that time there were no further deaths in the village and since then the Passion Play in Germany has been regularly performed at Oberammergau, becoming especially popular for visitors in the last century. The people of Oberammergau gathered to ask God to spare their village and made a vow that they would perform a Passion Play every ten years. The Oberammergau play dates back to 1632 when the Plague was sweeping through Europe and reached the town claiming many lives. Click to subscribe to our monthly newsletter, news and reader offers.Oberammergau Passion Play – Visitor Resources.More articles about our visit to Altötting from this trip to Bavaria.More articles about Oberammergau and the Passion Play.Is the Oberammergau Passion Play worth it?.Accommodation in Oberammergau during the Passion Play.What to bring to the Oberammergau Passion Play performance.The Passion Play Oberammergau theatre and performance.Oberammergau Passion Play tickets – how to book.History of the Oberammergau Passion Play.
