In the location's words:

Passage Neukölln, built in 1908-1910 under city planning officer Reinhold Kiehl, is Berlin's first open arcade building with a mix of culture, commerce and living that remains unchanged to this day. The ensemble of buildings is one of Neukölln's outstanding architectural monuments and is a cultural beacon of the changing Karl-Marx-Straße. The Neuköllner Oper - Berlin's production house for independent music theater - has been located directly under the roof since 1988 and performs in the former ballroom of the entertainment complex. In contemporary productions, primarily premieres and first performances, the Neuköllner Oper takes up the discourses of this most vital of Berlin's districts and brings them to the stage with a good dose of pop.