Turku City Theatre | |
Native Name: | Finnish: Turun kaupunginteatteri Swedish: Åbo stadsteater |
Address: | Itäinen Rantakatu 14, 20800 |
City: | Turku |
Country: | Finland |
Coordinates: | 60.446°N 22.2638°W |
Architect: | Aarne Hytönen, Risto-Veikko Luukkonen and Helmer Stenroos |
Capacity: | 815 655 (Main Stage) 50–100 (Sopukka Stage) 60 (Pikkolo Stage) |
Broke Ground: | 1959 |
Built: | 1961 |
Opened: | 1962 |
Renovated: | 1996, 2014 |
Website: | https://teatteri.turku.fi/en |
Turku City Theatre is a theatre in the City of Turku. It was founded in 1946, when "Turun Teatteri" and "Turun Työväen Teatteri" merged. It was the oldest fully municipality owned theatre in Finland, until 2014, when it became a joint-stock company owned by the City of Turku.[1]