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Uncategorized 9.1.2026

Milja Sarkola Seeks Exactitude in Subjectivity – Most Lately in Forget Me

Milja Sarkola’s writing straddles the worlds of a diary’s intimacy and the theatre’s collective format. In Sarkola’s plays, the private is never purely confessional, but instead a device that tests the limits of what can fit on a stage.
Uncategorized 19.9.2025

60 theatres from Finland read stories by children from Gaza

Today, 60 Finnish theatres read aloud the stories of children from Gaza. This campaign is a human call for empathy — so that as many people as possible hear the voices of Gaza’s children and take a moment to pause with them.
Uncategorized 1.9.2025

How Svenska Teatern became the first theatre to perform Astrid Lindgren’s classic, Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter

Astrid Lindgren’s beloved children’s novel, Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter (sw: Ronja Rövardotter) first opened at Svenska Teatern in 1987, bringing the iconic heroine to the stage for the very first time.
NEWS 7.10.2024

Love, doubt, and generational rebellion drive Dritëro’s Hamlet

When staging the world’s most famous play by the greatest playwright in theatre history, you need something to say—both about the play and the present time. This is what director Dritëro Kasapi brings to his reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, premiering on November 7th at Svenska Teatern in Helsinki.