.JPG/250px-Backa_Teater,_Gothenburg_(rear).JPG){kind=small}
.JPG/2000px-Backa_Teater,_Gothenburg_(rear).JPG)
Community hub
Recent from talks
Contribute something
Nothing was collected or created yet.
Backa Theatre
View on WikipediaBacka Theatre (Swedish: Backa Teater) is a youth theater located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It focuses on producing theater for children and their families. [1][2]
Key Information
.JPG)
The theater (then known as Skolteatern) was founded in 1978 by Eva Bergman, Ulf Dohlsten, and Maria Hedborg as part of Gothenburg City Theatre.[3][4] Bergman remained the artistic director of the theatre for just over 20 years.[5]
On 30 March 2006, it was announced that playwright and director Mattias Andersson would be succeeding Alexander Öberg as artistic director.[6] In October 2020, Andersson announced was leaving after 13 years at Backa Theatre.[7]
The theatre moved to a new space in 2007, which cost 54 million SEK and was slightly larger than their previous location at 3,300 square metres. The official reopening was on 17 November.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Om oss - Backa Teater". www.stadsteatern.goteborg.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ Homesite of the theatre Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Grundare lämnar Backa Teater". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ^ "Backa Teater Historik". stadsteatern. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ Gerdin, Mia (2017-11-07). "Eva Bergman: "Teater är livsnödvändigt"". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ^ Vasell, Magnus (2006-03-30). "Mattias Andersson ny ledare för Backa teater". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ^ Petersson Moberg, Carl (2020-01-31). "Nu ska Backa teater ersätta Mattias Andersson". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ^ Björnulfson, Jenny (2007-10-12). "Backa teaters nya lokaler klara". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-23.