Backa Theatre

Backa Theatre (Swedish: Backa Teater) is a youth theater located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It focuses on producing theater for children and their families. ^[1][2]

Backa Theatre

Backa teater
Entrance of theatre in 2012
Interactive map of Backa Theatre
Address	Lärdomsgatan 1C Gothenburg Sweden
Coordinates	57.705226°N 11.935304°E / 57.705226; 11.935304
Construction
Reopened	17 November 2007
Website
stadsteatern.goteborg.se/backa-teater/

The theater (then known as Skolteatern) was founded in 1978 by Eva Bergman, Ulf Dohlsten (sv), and Maria Hedborg (sv) as part of Gothenburg City Theatre.^[3][4] Bergman remained the artistic director of the theatre for just over 20 years.^[5]

On 30 March 2006, it was announced that playwright and director Mattias Andersson (sv) would be succeeding Alexander Öberg (sv) as artistic director.^[6] In October 2020, Andersson announced was leaving after 13 years at Backa Theatre.^[7]

The theatre moved to a new space in 2007, which cost 54 million SEK and was slightly larger than their previous location at 3,300 square metres. The official reopening was on 17 November.^[8]