Helsinki City Theatre

About

The theatre house, designed by Finnish architect Timo Penttila, came into use in the autumn of 1967. The Theatre has currently six stages: big stage (947 seats), small stage (347 seats), studio Elsa (240 seats), Theatre Studio Pasila (324 seats), Arena stage (500 seats) and Lilla Teatern (267 seats), which is producing plays mainly in Swedish. Helsinki City Theatre is also active in the fields of audience work and art education. Performance-related workshops are organized for various groups: children, adults and senior citizens. Theatre cooperates with various schools in art education projects. Helsinki City Theatre patrons can use subtitle devices at performances on the main stage. Subtitles are currently available in Russian and Finnish, and sometimes in English too. The subtitling service is free, and they may be read either with the Thea app on the spectator's own smart phone (iPhone or Android), or on an iPod supplied by the theatre. Subtitle devices must be reserved at the same time as tickets, and the head usher will hand them out and explain how they work in the lobby before the performance. For more information please call to ticket sales.