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Helsinki City Theatre

The Helsinki City Theatre (Finnish: Helsingin Kaupunginteatteri; Swedish: Helsingfors stadsteater) is a theatre located in Helsinki, Finland. Owned by the Helsinki Theatre Foundation, it calls itself a "modern popular bilingual repertoire theatre."[1]

Address

Kaikukatu 4
Helsinki
Finland

60°10′55″N 24°56′33″E / 60.18194°N 24.94250°E / 60.18194; 24.94250

Helsinki Theatre Foundation

Theatre

2625 across 6 stages
  • 947 (big stage)
    500 (Arena stage)
    347 (small stage)
    324 (studio Pasila)
    267 (Lilla Teatern)
    240 (studio Elsa)

September 1967 (1967-09)

1989, 2001, 2005, 2010

Timo Penttilä

The Helsinki City Theatre is the only Finnish representative in the European Theatre Convention.[2] In addition to drama and musicals, the theatre operates a concert dance oriented branch, the Helsinki Dance Company.


Annual figures reported by the theatre include 20 new productions, 1,100 performances, and 350,000 spectators.[1] The theatre has 250 permanent members of staff, and operates across 6 stages.[1]

Big stage (: Suuri näyttämö) — 947 seats

Finnish

Arena stage — 500 seats

Small stage (: Pieni näyttämö)— 347 seats

Finnish

Studio Pasila — 324 seats

Lilla Teatern — 267 seats

Studio Elsa — 240 seats

Alexander Theatre

(2003)

Club act!one

Finnish National Theatre

Swedish Theatre

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Official website