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• OFF Tampere and Additional Programming are announced (18.6.)
• Free admission street performances as part of the Main Programme! (10.6.)
• The Main Programme 2025 is announced! (8.5.)
• The first selection of the main programme announced: ISH Dance Collective will perform at Tampere Theatre Festival (27.3.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival has moved to a temporary office in the Finlayson area (17.12.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival attracts 56,000 festivalgoers – a big thank you to everyone! (13.8.)
• Tickets released for sale: Plup plup & Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists (8.8.)
• The Great Nocturnal Happening is celebrated today – here are some event tips! (8.8.)
• The Tampere Theatre Festival's Opening Ceremony was held yesterday (7.8.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival begins today! (5.8.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival's free admissions (26.7.)
• Performances suitable for a non-Finnish-speaking audience (23.7.)
• The Programme for The Great Nocturnal Happening has been announced – lots of things to see and do from morning till night (23.7.)
• Emotional and analytical Out of the Blue angles its diving goggles towards deep sea mining (19.7.)
• Theatre Festival's performance tips for families with children! (18.7.)
• On the journey to nowhere – DeRonde/Deroo’s cinematic TRANSIT bravely faces the intermediary states of life (17.7.)
• Box Office is open again – new Theatre Festival t-shirts on sale (15.7.)
• "I think it's a mixture between not understanding the world and not feeling welcomed or wanted": Iggy Malmborg's SATAN is a reimagined campfire story about fitting in (10.7.)
• The program for the opening ceremony of Theatre Festival has been announced (26.6.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival Box Office is closed between 1–14 July (26.6.)
• Additions in the Main Programme and a new brunch concert (12.6.)
• Anniversaries, theatre and atmospheric music at T Lab (7.5.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival Announces Its Brand New Main Programme (7.5.)
• Happy World Theatre Day – The Main Programme will be announced on 7 May (27.3.)
• Season's Greetings! (19.12.)
• A huge thank you for the Festival of 2023! (13.8.)
• The Olavi Veistäjä award was given to Meri-Lapin Teatteriyhdistys and to Finnish translator Mikko Koivusalo (9.8.)
• The Tampere Theatre Festival begins today! (7.8.)
• Performances suitable for non-Finnish-speaking audience (31.7.)
• The performances by the students of Degree Programme in Theatre Arts have been announced (19.7.)
• Shadow tells a story about humanity, AI and a town hall meeting gone wrong (18.7.)
• Fire, AI and 'I do' - the program for the Great Nocturnal Happening has been announced (3.7.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival Box Office is closed between 3–16 July (27.6.)
• The programmes of Hotel Tammer Brunch Concert and OFF Tampere are out now (14.6.)
• Registration for The Great Nocturnal Happening is open (15.5.)
• The Main Programme 2023 Is Out Now! (11.5.)
• High-quality theatre, music and entertainment at T Lab (11.5.)
• The registration for OFF Tampere is now open (26.4.)
• Happy World Theatre Day – The Main Programme will be announced on May 11 (27.3.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival receives the EcoCompass environmental certificate (8.8.)
• A warm thank you for the Festival of 2022 – Tampere Theatre Festival reached its goal of festivalgoers (8.8.)
• Taija Helminen becomes a new member of Tampere Theatre Festival’s artistic team (5.8.)
• Nocturnal Happening takes over Tampere today (4.8.)
• The midpoint of the festival is almost here (3.8.)
• The Death of the Actor dives into the heart of meeting one’s eyes and being on view (3.8.)
• Summary of the press conference (3.8.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival’s free events are here to entertain again (1.8.)
• Recommended shows for non-Finnish speakers (29.7.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival has plenty to offer to kids and families (29.7.)
• We recommend wearing a face mask indoors (28.7.)
• Both mustaches and minds are treated in the institute (27.7.)
• A theatre performance that got tired of theatre (22.7.)
• The Festival opening ceremony will be held as usual on Tuesday 2.8. at 12 (21.7.)
• The Great Nocturnal Happening is here again! (28.6.)
• OFF Tampere Programme is out now (21.6.)
• "I believe in creative contamination": Julian Hetzel's humorously thought-provoking All Inclusive combines multiple art forms to comment on the economics of the art market (14.6.)
• Hotel Tammer Brunch Concert with Ida Elina takes place on Saturday 6 August (31.5.)
• Registration for the Great Nocturnal Happening Is Now Open (10.5.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival Celebrates Its Brand New Repertoire (5.5.)
• The TLab programme is announced (4.5.)
• The registration for OFF Tampere fringe programme has begun (27.4.)
• The Main Programme will be announced online on 5 May (22.4.)
• Happy World Theatre Day! (27.3.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival 2021 gathered around 23 000 people (10.8.)
• Win tickets to Tampere Theatre Festival 2022 by answering a visitor survey (6.8.)
• Theatre Festival is contacting clients concerning tickets changes on 5.-8.8., please check your emails (4.8.)
• Imitation of Life – Tampere Theatre Festival’s international bonus (4.8.)
• List of the main programme performances in which the amount of audience seat capacity has to be reduced and the instructions of voluntary ticket cancellations (3.8.)
• Pirkanmaa region is in the acceleration phase of coronavirus – We are staying up-to-date and prepared and will inform about possible changes (28.7.)
• OFF Tampere fringe programme is out now! (2.7.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival Box Office is closed between 5–18 July (1.7.)
• The 2021 Main Programme is especially dedicated to Finnish theatre (11.5.)
• The programme of TLab is now announced (11.5.)
• Registration for OFF Tampere and The Great Nocturnal Happening is now open! (5.5.)
• Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen and Tanjalotta Räikkä continue as members of the festival's artistic team (7.8.)
• Cancellation of Tampere Theatre Festival 2020 (29.4.)
• Staff working remotely until April – preparations are underway for the Festival (18.3.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival brought together almost 90,000 theatre-goers (12.8.)
• Weekend tips for theatregoers (9.8.)
• Mid-festival update – suggestions for the days ahead! (8.8.)
• The Great Nocturnal Happening takes over the city on Thursday (8.8.)
• Start of the 51st Edition of the Tampere Theatre Festival (5.8.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival takes over the Theatre Capital of Finland between 5 – 11 of August (1.8.)
• ”Where understanding ends is where Milo Rau’s theatre work begins.” (25.7.)
• The entire city turns into a stage during the Great Nocturnal Happening on 8th of August (23.7.)
• The children become the protagonists in the reimagined Medea (22.7.)
• Keisha Thompson loves words and mathematics (5.7.)
• Exquisite Performances for International Audiences (2.7.)
• A play with no rehearsals – The actor sees the script for the first time on stage in Nassim Soleimanpour's eponymous piece (26.6.)
• Newly Published Main Programme of Tampere Theatre Festival Celebrates Courage (3.5.)
• The performances of 20th Programme Tent are published (3.5.)
• World Theatre Day Message 2019 (27.3.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival’s 50th anniversary was a success with more than 90,000 visitors (14.8.)
• Final day of this year's Tampere Theatre Festival (12.8.)
• Saturday's recommendations (11.8.)
• Changes in Tampere Theatre Festival’s artistic team (10.8.)
• Full speed on Friday Night (10.8.)
• Highlights from the Third Press Conference (10.8.)
• Top picks from Thursday's Main Programme (9.8.)
• Highlights from the Second Press Conference (9.8.)
• Great Nocturnal Happening of Thursday is on! (9.8.)
• Festival's Wednesday is full of action (8.8.)
• Highlights from the First Press Conference (7.8.)
• What is happening on Tuesday? (7.8.)
• The 50th Anniversary Festival is on - Welcome all! (6.8.)
• Breaking Language Barriers (3.8.)
• Ida Elina: folk music meets Michael Jackson (27.7.)
• Change in the duration of the world premiere "Turkka Dies" (25.7.)
• Great Nocturnal Happening – see stars on stage and in the sky (24.7.)
• Cock, Cock.. Who’s There? – an honest perspective on sexual violence (17.7.)
• OFF Tampere offers exquisite performances throughout the week (11.7.)
• Tuuletar – not your average folk band (11.7.)
• Encorebaana club programme out now (5.7.)
• Chekhov blurs the line between the actor and the spectator (25.6.)
• Macbettu: the marriage of Shakespeare and Sardinia (20.6.)
• Philippe Quesne - the man with a microscope (8.6.)
• The past meets the future in seminars, meetings and more (8.6.)
• Intriguing instruments and amazing a cappella music at the Programme Tent (4.5.)
• The Main Programme for Tampere Theatre Festival’s 50th Anniversary is published (4.5.)
• The registration for OFF Tampere fringe programme is now open (2.5.)
• World Theatre Day Message (27.3.)
• New Tampere Mini Theatre Festival in Serlachius Museums in November (31.8.)
• Powerful Performances Attracted Viewers in 2017 (14.8.)
• Highlights from the Third Press Conference (12.8.)
• Protagonist – Free from the Past, Living in the Present (12.8.)
• Changes in the Artistic Team of Tampere Theatre Festival (11.8.)
• Highlights from the Second Press Conference (10.8.)
• The Week Is Halfway Through – Where to Go Next? (9.8.)
• World Without Us – When we are gone (9.8.)
• Highlights from the First Press Conference (8.8.)
• Start of the 49th Tampere Theatre Festival week (7.8.)
• Great Nocturnal Happening: Carnivalistic Atmosphere in Tampere (25.7.)
• OFF Tampere Programme Features a Wide Range of Creative Energy (28.6.)
• Breaking Language Barriers (16.6.)
• A Fantasy About the Hard Things in Life (14.6.)
• The Main Programme is published (4.5.)
• Acclaimed Cullberg Ballet part of the Main Programme 2017 (27.3.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival 2016 Has Come to an End – Audience Objectives Reached (12.8.)
• The Great Nocturnal Happening Today! (4.8.)
• Take Part in Visitor Survey (2.8.)
• Finnish Showcase from Tuesday to Sunday (2.8.)
• OH MY HALEY, here we go again! (26.7.)
• Yana Ross, Interpreter of Chekhov (15.7.)
• OFF Tampere – Multicultural and Artistically Diverse Fringe Festival (7.7.)
• Transformations: A Gender (on) Border (4.7.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival By Night – The Club Festival Encorebaana (30.6.)
• Perspectives on A Retrospective (21.6.)
• Breaking Language Barriers (15.6.)
• Finnish Showcase 2016 Presents Artists of Contemporary Finnish Theatre (9.6.)
• The Programme Tent Offers Music, Poetry and Strong Interpretations (1.6.)
• The Seagull Today. (31.5.)
• Tampere Theatre Festival in 2016: In Quest of New Visions for the Future (12.5.)
• The Artistic Team about Programme (10.5.)