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The Orion Theatre (

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: ''Orionteatern'') is a theater located at Katarina Bangata 77 in the district of

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in Stockholm, Sweden. Orion theater was founded in 1983 and is the city's largest avant-garde stage.

History

The building was built in 1929 and was once a mechanical workshop. The theatre provides a space for theatrical experiments and artistic works and it is a meeting place for artists searching for new ways of working outside the limitations of institutional theatre. It is also provides a place for institutions who want to try out new working methods through collaboration. The theatre has exchange programs with companies from all parts of the world. Among these are the

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, Theatre de Complicité from

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, Le Cirque Invisible from

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, the Suzuki Company of

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, Japan, Gopal Venu's Kootiyattam ensemble from

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, India and the School of Dramatic Art,

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. Orion Theater is also an educational theater with a developed collaboration with the Theater Academy and the Dramatic Institute in Stockholm. Lars Rudolfsson and

Stina Oscarson Stina Elisabet Oscarson (born 17 October 1975) is a Swedish theater director, author, and debater. Biography Oscarson grew up in Skellefteå and has worked with theater at Stockholm's stadsteater, along with Suzanne Osten and Etienne Glaser. She ...

were jointly artistic directors of the theater between 2004 and 2011. Since 2011 Lars Rudolfsson remained as the sole artistic director.

References

External links

Orionteatern official website
Theatres in Stockholm 1983 establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-theat-struct-stub