Backa Theatre is a theatre and theatre company in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

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, Sweden

Sweden

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, specialized in youth and children theatre. When it started in 1970's it was touring company, but after some years it settled in an old bolt factory which was renovated.. Backa theatre has a good reputation in Sweden and has been named national youth theatre by the Swedish government. The company was started by director Eva Bergman

Eva Bergman

Eva Bergman is a Swedish director of film, theatre and television, who currently works at Dramaten.She is the daughter of fellow Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, and has been married to the crime writer Henning Mankell since 1998.-Filmography:*En Midsommarnattsdröm *Trappen *One Love and the Other...

and is now led by Mattias Andersson, who himself has background as an actor at Backa Theatre.. The company has had the privilege to set up newly written plays, for example In a dark and northern place which was written by Mattias Andersson. The theatre will move into new premises autumn 2007..

External links

• Homesite of the theatre

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