Turku City Theatre
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Turun kaupunginteatteri Åbo stadsteater | |
Address | Itäinen Rantakatu 14, 20800 Turku Finland |
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Coordinates | 60°26′46″N 22°15′50″E / 60.4460°N 22.2638°E |
Capacity | 815 655 (Main Stage) 50–100 (Sopukka Stage) 60 (Pikkolo Stage) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1959 |
Built | 1961 |
Opened | 1962 |
Renovated | 1996, 2014 |
Architect | Aarne Hytönen, Risto-Veikko Luukkonen and |
Website | |
https://teatteri.turku.fi/en |
Turku City Theatre is a theatre in the City of Turku. It was founded in 1946, when "Turun Teatteri" and "Turun Työväen Teatteri" merged. It was the oldest fully municipality owned theatre in Finland, until 2014, when it became a joint-stock company owned by the City of Turku.[1]
Theatre directors[]
- Jorma Nortimo 1946–1958
- 1958–1963
- Kalervo Nissilä 1963–1968
- 1968–1972
- (art director) and Kalle Holmberg (director) 1972–1977
- 1977
- 1977–1981
- 1981–1985
- 1985
- 1986–1990
- Alpo Suhonen 1991–1992
- 1993–2007
- 2008–2013
- 2014– (director) and Mikko Kouki 2014– (art director)
References[]
- ^ "About the Turku City Theatre". Turku City Theatre. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- Theatres in Finland
- Buildings and structures in Turku
- Tourist attractions in Turku
- Theatres completed in 1962
- Arts organizations established in 1946