Tampere Comedy Theatre
Tampereen Komediateatteri
Theatre in 2017
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Location Tampere, Finland
Coordinates61°30′11″N 23°45′55″E / 61.5031°N 23.7653°E / 61.5031; 23.7653
Construction
Built1897
Opened1991
ArchitectGeorg Schreck
Website
https://www.komediateatteri.fi

Tampere Comedy Theatre (Finnish Tampereen Komediateatteri) is theatre in Tampere that focuses on comedy. It was founded in 1991 by actor Esko Raipia and screenwriter and director Tapio Parkkinen.[1] The theatre's address is Lapintie 3, Tampere.[2]

Since 1994 the theatre is operated from Juhlatalo, a historic building in Tampere that was completed in 1897 and designed by Georg Schreck. In 2006 a new stage that can fit 256 viewers was completed.[1]

Apart from comedy, the theatre also hosts comedy and farces.[3] Since 1994 a theatre institution (Suomen teatteriopisto) has operated from the premise of the same building. The institution educates both amateur and professional actors.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Teatterin historia". Tampereen Komediateatteri (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Tampereen Komediateatteri". Suomen Teatterit (in Finnish). 26 June 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. ^ "The Tampere Comedy Theater". Visit Tampere. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Historia". suomenteatteriopisto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
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