Native Name: | Tampereen Komediateatteri |
Tampere Comedy Theatre | |
Location: | Tampere, Finland |
Coordinates: | 61.5031°N 23.7653°W |
Website: | https://www.komediateatteri.fi |
Built: | 1897 |
Opened: | 1991 |
Architect: | Georg Schreck |
Tampere Comedy Theatre (Finnish Tampereen Komediateatteri) is theatre in Tampere that focuses on comedy. It was founded in 1991 by actor Esko Raipia and screenwriter and director Tapio Parkkinen.[1] The theatre's address is Lapintie 3, Tampere.[2]
Since 1994 the theatre is operated from Juhlatalo, a historic building in Tampere that was completed in 1897 and designed by Georg Schreck. In 2006 a new stage that can fit 256 viewers was completed.
Apart from comedy, the theatre also hosts comedy and farces.[3] Since 1994 a theatre institution (Suomen teatteriopisto) has operated from the premise of the same building. The institution educates both amateur and professional actors.[4]