Husets Teater was founded in 1975 in the inner of Copenhagen at the fourth floor in “Huset i Magstræde” - wherefrom the name comes. In 1995 the theatre moved to its present location on Halmtorvet at Vesterbro and overtook the offices of the departed Fiolteatret in a front house to the block “Copenhagen Meatpacking District“. Here the theatre has had a central location in a rapidly growing cultural area. Husets Teater has the status as a small city theatre with support from the Copenhagen municipality and now contains two scenes. The large scene has 121 numbered seats and the smaller scene, OverHuset, has up to 70 not numbered seats.
From 2008-2016 the management of Husets Teater was taken over by actor and director, Mads Wille, and playwright, director and dramaturge, Simon K. Boberg. The partners came from the theatre PLAN-B which they ran from 2002-2008 in the very same offices on forth floor in “Huset I Magstræde” where Husets Teater was founded. Simon K. Boberg and Mads Wille has presented some of the best newly written European drama, including 'Blekingegadebanden' (2009) based on Peter Øvig Knudsens books, 'The Golden Dragon' (2011) written by Roland Schimmelpfennig, Jens Blendstrup's 'God Speaks Out' (2012) as well as the Italian 'The Shit' (La Merda) (2015) by Cristian Ceresoli. Simultaneously, Simon K. Boberg and Mads Wille were also behind the successful reading festival Festival For New European Drama, which has been held at the Theater from 2008-2016.

From July 1 2016, actor and director Jens Albinus became the artistic director and producer Laura Ramberg became the administrative director of Husets Teater.