, called ''"Maxim"'' in
English or ''The Maxim Theatre'', has been a popular private
theatre at
Karlaplan in central
Stockholm
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,
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since the 1960s.
Originally named the Karlaplansstudion,
it was designed as a theatre for film screenings. The house was built in 1945–46 by architect
Ernst Grönvall.
It was originally used as a studio by
Swedish Radio
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who aired the popular radio shows ''Karusellen'' (The Carousel) and ''Frukostklubben'' (The Breakfast Club) from there in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1963,
The Beatles played their first gig outside of the United Kingdom and Germany there; the performance was included on the ''
Anthology 1'' compilation album in 1995. In 1967 the studio was rebuilt into a theatre and movie theatre, but from the 1970s onwards has run exclusively as a theatre.
In the 1980s, the
Limabrall company took over the management of Maximteatern. Behind Limabrall were
Lill Lindfors,
Magnus Härenstam,
Brasse Brännström and
Aller Johansson
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– all well-known names in the Swedish entertainment industry. Productions such as ''SPÖK'', ''Omaka par (
The Odd Couple)'', ''Skål (Cheers)'' and ''Arsenik och gamla spetsar (
Arsenic and Old Lace)'' were among the most successful productions in the 1980s and 1990s.
Since 2003 the theatre has been run by a company called Proscenia.
References
Theatres in Stockholm
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