Backa Theatre

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Backa Theatre
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Backa Theatre
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AddressLärdomsgatan 1C
Gothenburg
Sweden
Coordinates 57°42′19″N11°56′07″E / 57.705226°N 11.935304°E / 57.705226; 11.935304
Construction
Reopened17 November 2007
Website
stadsteatern.goteborg.se/backa-teater/

Backa Theatre (Swedish: Backa Teater) is a youth theater located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It focuses on producing theater for children and their families. [1] [2]

The theater (then known as Skolteatern) was founded in 1978 by Eva Bergman, Ulf Dohlsten  [ sv ], and Maria Hedborg  [ sv ] 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  [ sv ] would be succeeding Alexander Öberg  [ sv ] 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

  1. ↑ "Om oss - Backa Teater". www.stadsteatern.goteborg.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Homesite of the theatre Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Grundare lämnar Backa Teater". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  4. ↑ "Backa Teater Historik". stadsteatern. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  5. ↑ Gerdin, Mia (2017-11-07). "Eva Bergman: "Teater är livsnödvändigt"". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  6. ↑ Vasell, Magnus (2006-03-30). "Mattias Andersson ny ledare för Backa teater". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  7. ↑ Petersson Moberg, Carl (2020-01-31). "Nu ska Backa teater ersätta Mattias Andersson". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  8. ↑ Björnulfson, Jenny (2007-10-12). "Backa teaters nya lokaler klara". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
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