Gothenburg English Studio Theatre

Last updated
Gothenburg English Studio Theatre
Founded2005;19 years ago (2005)
FounderKristina Brändén Whitaker
Gary Whitaker
Headquarters Gothenburg, Sweden
Key people
Kristina Brändén Whitaker
(artistic director)
Gary Whitaker
(artistic director)
Website gest.se

The Gothenburg English Studio Theatre (GEST) is a professional English-language theatre company in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Contents

Overview

The GEST was created in 2005 by Swedish actress Kristina Brändén Whitaker and English actor Gary Whitaker, a married couple who previously lived and worked in London, where they worked in theatre; they also write and direct with the GEST. The company has been headquartered in Gothenburg's Majorna district since 2012. [1] It works with actors and directors from Sweden and Britain to stage English-language productions, [2] and is currently the only one of its kind in west Sweden. [3] It is a non-profit theatre working both in Sweden and abroad. [4]

In 2010, the GEST participated in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was awarded the Fringe Review Award for Outstanding Theatre for its production of Kristina's play Expectations. [5] [6] In 2015, Scenkonstgalan awarded the GEST with the Årets Katharsis prize for its production of Nick Payne's play Constellations. [7] In 2020, the GEST established its Creative Learning Department, which collaborates with schools, colleges, and universities by leading workshops and after-show discussions. [8]

Productions

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gothenburg</span> City in Västergötland, Sweden

Gothenburg is the capital of Västra Götaland County in Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. It is situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, with a population of approximately 600,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">.nu</span> Internet country code top-level domain for the island state of Niue

.nu is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the island state of Niue. It was one of the first ccTLDs to be marketed to the Internet at large as an alternative to the gTLDs .com, .net, and .org. Playing on the phonetic similarity between nu and new in English, and the fact that nu means "now" in several northern European languages, it was promoted as a new TLD with an abundance of good domain names available. The .nu domain is now controlled by the Internet Foundation in Sweden amid opposition from the government of Niue.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leif Pagrotsky</span> Swedish politician, economist and diplomat

Leif Pagrotsky is a Swedish politician, economist, and diplomat. He served as Minister of Culture from 2004 to 2006 and Minister for Business and Industry from 2002 to 2004 under Prime Minister Göran Persson. After this, he held the position of Consul General of Sweden in New York City from 2016 to 2018.

<i>After Miss Julie</i>

After Miss Julie is a 1995 play by Patrick Marber which relocates August Strindberg's naturalist tragedy, Miss Julie (1888), to an English country house in July 1945. The re-imagining of the events of Strindberg's original are transposed to the night of the British Labour Party's "landslide" election victory.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arbetarnas bildningsförbund</span> Swedish labor organization

Arbetarnas bildningsförbund (ABF) is the educational section of the Swedish labour movement. ABF conducts seminars, classes and study circles on a variety of subjects, including workshops, languages and music.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Jöback</span> Musical artist

Peter Arne Jöback is a Swedish singer, actor and musical artist.

<i>Stones in His Pockets</i> 1996 play by Marie Jones

Stones in His Pockets is a two-hander written in 1996 by Marie Jones for the DubbleJoint Theatre Company in Dublin, Ireland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre</span> Exhibition and convention centre in Gothenburg, Sweden

The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre is an exhibition and convention centre in Gothenburg, Sweden and one of Scandinavia's largest assembly points, which attracts around 1.8 million visitors a year. It is one of Europe's largest, fully integrated hotel and congress facilities, owned and run by a nonprofit foundation, the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre Foundation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Islam in Sweden</span> Islamic organization in Sweden

Contacts with the Muslim world dates back to the 7th–10th centuries, when the Vikings traded with Muslims during the Islamic Golden Age. Since the late 1960s and more recently, immigration from predominantly Muslim countries has impacted the demographics of religion in Sweden, and has been the main driver of the spread of Islam in the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Planka.nu</span> Swedish organization for public transport

Planka.nu is a network of organizations in Sweden promoting tax-financed zero-fare public transport with chapters in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Skåne and Östergötland. Planka.nu was founded in 2001 by the Swedish Anarcho-syndicalist Youth Federation in response to the increasingly expensive ticket prices in the public transport system in Stockholm. The campaign has received much attention because of the controversial methods used to promote free public transport: Planka.nu encourage people to fare-dodge in the public transport, aiding its members in paying penalty fares through the insurance fund p-kassan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">International Science Festival in Gothenburg</span> Annual festival in Gothenburg, Sweden

The International Science Festival in Gothenburg is an annual festival in Gothenburg with science activities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tora Garm-Fex</span> Swedish journalist and writer

Tora Garm-Fex (1890–1973) was a Swedish journalist and writer. She was born in1890, Vänersborg, Sweden to N.O. Jonzon, Håbol (1852–1922) and Emma Carolina Strömberg (1856–1924) and married in 1921 to Filip Fex, Stockholm.

Tommy Zethraeus is a Swedish mass murderer responsible for the murder of four people outside the restaurant Sturecompagniet at Stureplan, Stockholm on 4 December 1994. After Zethraeus and two of his friends were denied entry at the door to the restaurant, they went home by taxi and returned at about five in the morning. Zethraeus had brought with him a fully automatic Norwegian AG-3 battle rifle and gunned down three women, Katinka Genberg (21), Daniella Josberg (22) and Kristina Oséen (21), and doorman Joakim Jonsson (22). Over twenty other people were injured.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suzanne Osten</span> Swedish film director

Carlota Suzanne Osten is a Swedish film director stage director and screenwriter. She won the award for Best Director at the 22nd Guldbagge Awards for the film The Mozart Brothers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lilla Bommen</span>

Lilla Bommen is a part of Gothenburg harbor used for visiting boats and also the name given to the land surrounding the harbor. The eponymous building along with The Göteborg Opera house and the barque Viking are all located at Lilla Bommen.

Josefin Sofia Isabelle Ljungman is a Swedish actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hedda Stiernstedt</span> Swedish actress

Hedda Matilda Stiernstedt is a Swedish actress. Born into the Stiernstedt family, she is the daughter of painter Jöran Modéer and teacher Metta Stiernstedt. Her breakthrough roles were as Nina Löwander in Vår tid är nu (2017–2021) and as Alice in Unga Sophie Bell (2015).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johan Petri</span>

Johan Petri is a Swedish theatre director, dramatist, and theatre scholar. His work takes place in a field formed by authors of late modernism, contemporary poetry, postdramatic theatre, improvised and contemporary classical music.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Farnaz Arbabi</span> Iranian-born Swedish theatre director and playwright

Farnaz Arbabi is an Iranian-born Swedish theatre director, playwright and writer. She has been the creative co-director of Unga Klara since 2014.

Bertil Gunnar Valter Söderström was a Swedish painter, draughtsman, sculptor, printmaker, and theater decorator.

References

  1. ↑ "Gothenburg English Studio Theatre, GEST | Scenkonstportalen".
  2. ↑ "GEST - Gothenburg English Studio Theatre -". Nordophile. 2016-02-15. Archived from the original on 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  3. ↑ "» GEST – Gothenburg English Studio Theatre — Kulturpunkten". kulturpunkten.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  4. ↑ "GEST teater på Chapmans torg | the Events av David Grieg". 12 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Gothenburg English Speaking Theatre at the | SwedenAbroad". www.swedenabroad.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  6. ↑ "Expectations". FringeReview. 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  7. ↑ "Gatstenarna gick till... - Scenkonstguiden". Scenkonstguiden (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2018-12-18. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  8. ↑ http://www.teatercentrum.se/utveckla-engelskan-med-gest/%5B%5D
  9. ↑ "Nyhetsbrev vecka 17-18 2010". www5.goteborg.se. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  10. ↑ "Expectations". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  11. ↑ UnderwaterPistol.com. "Gate Theatre — What's On". www.gatetheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  12. ↑ "Premiär: Yen – Gothenburg English Studio Theatre | Teatercentrum". www.teatercentrum.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  13. ↑ "The Events". Kulturhuset Stadsteatern. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  14. ↑ "» These Halcyon Days — Kulturpunkten". kulturpunkten.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  15. ↑ "Woody Allen(ish) | Köp biljetter | | | www.biljettforum.se". www.biljettforum.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-05-05.[ permanent dead link ]
  16. ↑ Kaivola, Ida. "Offline - Gothenburg English Studio Theatre - Kulturterminen - för barn och unga". kulturterminen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-05-02.[ permanent dead link ]
  17. ↑ Kaivola, Ida. "Broken Biscuits - GEST (Gothenburg English Studio Theatre) - Kulturterminen - för barn och unga". kulturterminen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  18. ↑ "» Pope Head: The Secret Life of Francis Bacon — Kulturpunkten". kulturpunkten.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-05-05.

57°41′37.0″N11°55′09.2″E / 57.693611°N 11.919222°E / 57.693611; 11.919222

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.