Press Releases

Dance Theatre Performances on Each Day

On each festival day there is a chance to see dance theatre: in four performances dance plays a big part. In addition to three dance performances in the Main Programme, also Programme Tent offers the joy of dance and movement. More information here.

Tampere Theatre Festival Offers Seminars and Discussions also in English

Tampere Theatre Festival hosts many seminars and discussions during the festival week. They give theatre professionals a chance to present projects and researches as well as to network. The events invite the participants to swap opinions, to exchange ideas and to get inspired. More information here.

Off Tampere Offers a Great Deal of Energetic and Passionate Theatre Art Performances

Off Tampere is a fringe programme for any professional and amateur artist and group who wish to perform in Tampere Theatre Festival at their own expense. More information here.

The Theatre Festival's Encorebaana Program is Making its Way into Restaurants

As a production of Tampere Theatre Festival, Encorebaana is a club festival for all tastes and preferences, with its broad selection of venues and performances. All of the shows have free entrance. More information here.

Great Nocturnal Happening Takes Over the Whole City of Tampere

On Thursday August 5th Tampere is taken over by the carnevalistic Great Nocturnal Happening. The happening is organized in connection with Tampere Theatre Festival and it includes dance performances, music, films, interviews with novelists, improvisation theatre, stand-up comedy and programme for children, among others. Also many museums have extended opening times due to the Great Nocturnal Happening. More information here.

The Opening Ceremonies of the Festival

The traditional Tampere Theatre Festival's Opening Ceremonies will be celebrated in the front of Vanha Kirjastotalo on Tuesday 3.8. at 12am. The Opening is free of charge. Read the programme here.

Quai Ouest: Director's Forewords

Read here, how director Rachid Zanouda describes the backgrounds of the performance.

Absurd Approach to War

The Rovaniemi Theatre’s Leiri maailman laidalla (A Camp on the Edge of the World) was awarded with three prizes in the Thalia Gala in February. Read director Taava Hakala's interview here.

Programme Tent: The Performers from Furthest Away Arrive from Borduria

The Programme Tent is an arena for a wide variety of performing arts, drama, dance, monologues, vocal performances and concerts. It is also a cosy, fully licensed bar. The Tent is pitched on the Central Square for the 11th time this year. Lovers of high level performing arts are entertained with ten performances on five days, August 3–7.More information here.

Koltès' Themes Still Current

Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948–1989), the writer of Quai Ouest (Quay West), was a French playwright and director. He became famous for his co-operation with director Patrice Chéreau, who directed each of his plays. Koltès died of AIDS in the age of 41. Read more information about Koltès here.

Alvis Hermanis Visits Tampere Again

The much appreciated director Alvis Hermanis visits Tampere Theatre Festival for the fifth time. This year Hermanis and his play The Young Ladies of Wilko is brought to Tampere by Prospero, which is a cooperation project of six theatre cities. Read here, how Hermanis describes the backgrounds of the performance.

Festival's 42nd Edition in a Nutshell

The Main Programme includes eight international and 16 Finnish performance. More information here.

Project Prospero in Tampere Theatre Festival for the Second Time

Project Prospero brings two international performances on Tampere Theare Festival stage. More information here.

Silver Stars Twinkle on Stage

The intimate Silver Stars is based on authentic, documented interviews, in which men of older generations tell about the times when it was unimaginable to come out as a homosexual in Catholic Ireland. We interviewed directors Feidlim Cannon and Gary Keegan and asked them to tell us a little about the process of making the play. Read the interview here.

Teater NO99 Was Inspired by Performance Art

How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare is based on a famous performance by Joseph Beuys. Read more here.