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The 2024 Main Programme attracted over 8,000 spectators in total. The next Tampere Theatre Festival will be organised from 4 to 10 August, 2025. Main Programme shows will be selected by the Artistic Team consisting of Taija Helminen, Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen and Tanjalotta Räikkä, together with the Executive Director Hanna Rosendahl. Programme selection will be published in spring 2025.

Below you will find the performances of the 2024 Main Programme.

Opening Ceremony 2024
The Opening Ceremony is at Laikunlava and it's hosted in Finnish – free entry!
- Tue 6.8. 12.00
IGGY MALMBORG
Satan
The solo performance that
takes theatre to the core:
what is true and what is illusion?
- Tue 6.8. 19.00Buy ticket
- Wed 7.8. 13.00Buy ticket
SILKE HUYSMANS & HANNES DEREERE / CAMPO
Out of the Blue
A documentary work about
marine ecosystems
- Wed 7.8. 19.30Buy ticket
- Thu 8.8. 16.00Buy ticket
CIRKUS CIRKÖR
Tipping Point
The trailblazer of
Swedish circus art
- Fri 9.8. 19.00Almost full
- Sat 10.8. 13.00Buy ticket
DERONDE/DEROO
Transit
A surreal and absurdly humorous
performance about the
intermediate states of life
- Sat 10.8. 17.30Buy ticket
- Sun 11.8. 12.30Almost full
FESTIVAL D'AVIGNON / TEATRO NACIONAL D. MARIA II
Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists
Is there a place for violence
in the struggle for a better world?
- Sat 10.8. 18.00Almost full
TIMO RUUSKANEN, RIIHIMÄKI THEATRE & TEATTERI AVOIMET OVET
Rautavaara
An icon in the midst of
a nation divided in two
- Mon 5.8. 19.00Buy ticket
RED NOSE COMPANY
Mieletön – No mind, crazy, amazing
Two clowns are chasing enlightenment together
- Mon 5.8. 19.00Almost full
TURKU CITY THEATRE
Sisterhood
A musical piece about the
hushed knowledge passed
through womanhood
- Mon 5.8. 19.00Almost full
- Tue 6.8. 14.00Almost full
KAJAANI CITY THEATRE & ROUTA COMPANY
Anna Liisa
Self-determination rights in Eastern Finland: a remake
of a Finnish classic
- Tue 6.8. 18.00Booked up
- Wed 7.8. 13.00Booked up
Q THEATRE
Some Discussions on Meaning
Finland's most renowned actors
on the threshold of ennui
- Tue 6.8. 19.00Booked up
- Wed 7.8. 13.00Booked up
AHAA THEATRE
Blue and the House of Friendship
This year's fun piece for the
whole family! What is
friendship really like?
- Wed 7.8. 18.00Buy ticket
- Thu 8.8. 12.00Buy ticket
TAMPERE THEATRE, KOUVOLA THEATRE, TURKU CITY THEATRE, LAHTI CITY THEATRE, SEINÄJOKI CITY THEATRE, HÄMEENLINNA THEATRE & VAPAA TEATTERI
Defiance
The silent lives
of five women
after the Lapland War
- Wed 7.8. 18.00Booked up
- Thu 8.8. 13.00Booked up
ET ALIA, KIASMA THEATRE, TEATTERI TAKOMO & SKS
The Lovely Daughter Erika – Notes on a name
Remembrance in the context
of transgender history.
Free of charge.
- Thu 8.8. 14.00
- Thu 8.8. 20.00
KOKOTEATTERI
The Play of Norms
Unspoken rules get shaken anew in this rainbow colored
character extravaganza!
- Thu 8.8. 18.30Almost full
- Fri 9.8. 13.00Buy ticket
NENONEN NIITTYMÄKI PAASONEN PIETILÄINEN
Plup plup
An exhilaratingly incorrect
performance of physical theatre
- Thu 8.8. 19.00Almost full
- Fri 9.8. 16.30Almost full
JYVÄSKYLÄ CITY THEATRE
Lungs
A love story infused with the ecological stress of bringing children to this queasy world
- Thu 8.8. 19.00Booked up
- Fri 9.8. 16.30Almost full
KOTKA CITY THEATRE
Aino A.
An architect talent
in the spotlight
- Fri 9.8. 19.00Almost full
- Sat 10.8. 14.00Almost full
OULU THEATRE & CARL KNIF COMPANY
Death in Venice
A story about the power of
repressed feelings
- Sat 10.8. 13.00Booked up
- Sat 10.8. 17.00Booked up
MASI TIITTA & TEAM
Dilemma
Performed by two actors:
a delicate piece about the difficulties in choice making
- Sat 10.8. 19.00Buy ticket
- Sun 11.8. 14.00Almost full
TAMPERE THEATRE
The Visitor or A Fiend On a Summer Night
A Nazi leader drops for
a visit: when is our
hospitality immoderate?
- Sat 10.8. 19.00Almost full

Contact Info

Office
The festival office is closed during the holidays – open again on 7 January 2025.

Tel. +358 3 222 8536
Email: info@teatterikesa.fi

Address
Tampereen Teatterikesä
Finlaysoninkuja 21 A
33210 Tampere
Finland

Tampere Theatre Festival Box Office
Ticket Sales for the 2025 festival begins in May.
Tel. +358 3 223 1066

Gift vouchers for the 2025 festival can be purchased here.

Photo on the front page:
Filipe Ferreira
Festival d'Avignon/Teatro Nacional D. Maria II: Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists

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