 Odense Teater , first established in 1796 , is Denmark 's second oldest theatrical enterprise and one of the country 's three main theatres . The original building was on <unk> Torv was used until 1914 when a new building designed by Jacobsen was opened on <unk> . It has three stages : Store Scene , <unk> , and <unk> . The theatre also has stages in the former sugar factory <unk> , where it runs the first drama school outside Copenhagen established in 1941 . It is notable in theatrical history for staging the première of Henrik Ibsen 's first contemporary realist drama The Pillars of Society on 14 November 1877 . Teater Momentum or Teater <unk> <unk> , publicly funded by the municipal government and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs , is also of note . Established in 2005 , it signs on a new director each year who is charged with creating the " volume " of the year with a set of plays and performers . It also puts on other cultural entertainment including concerts , debates , lectures and poetry . 
