Boulevardteatern (''Boulevard Theatre'') is a
theatre in the district of
Södermalm in
Stockholm
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, Sweden.
History
Boulevardteatern is located on
Götgatan 73 in Södermalm. The theater was previously located at a site on
Ringvägen 125, which was owned by the cinema ''Trocadero'' (30 September 1933– June 1934) and by ''
Nationaltemplarorden (NTO)'' which subsequently bought. From 1957 until the mid of the 1960s, the theatre ''
Nöjeskatten'', founded by
Arne Källerud
Arne may refer to:
Places
* Arne, Dorset, England, a village
** Arne RSPB reserve, a nature reserve adjacent to the village
* Arné, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France
* Arne (Boeotia), an ancient city in Boeotia, Greece
* Arne (Thessaly), ...
(1913- 1981) and
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt (1921– 1992), owned the premise.
Boulevardteatern was started by Malmö based Tidningsteatern which was operated by the brothers
Michael Segerström and Thomas Segerström.
It opened on 10 January 1985 with the
play ''Teaterterroristerna'', directed by Michael Segerström and the plays since the opening are among ''Revisorn'', ''Den girige'' and ''Onkel Vanja''. In 2002 Autumn the
radio program ''
Clownen luktar bensin'' was broadcast from Boulevardteatern.
In 2006, Roger Westberg and Yvonne Granath took over the leadership of the theater. Since 2007, Westberg has been theater manager and artistic director at the Boulevard Theater. In 2010, Westberg started Boulevardteaterns Teaterskola, a vocational post-secondary theater school which is run in close collaboration with the theater.
References
External links
website
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Theatres in Stockholm