Gothenburg City Theatre
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Gothenburg City Theatre opened in 1934 at Götaplatsen square in Gothenburg, Sweden. The theatre was drawn by Carl Bergsten who gave the exterior a Neo-Classical look with a touch of Art Deco. The critics thought it to be a too old-fashioned building – the International Style had had a big breakthrough some years before at the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition. But the interiors of the building pleased the reviewers who thought the auditorium to be "intimate" and “democratic” (1). The theatre went through a major renovation some years ago and the auditorium was equipped with new technology and with new seats.
Many of Sweden's big theatre profiles have past the gates of the theatre: Gösta Ekman (senior) and Ingmar Bergman, just to mention two of them. The last ten years the theatre has been run by the Bosnian-Swedish director Jasenko Selimovic, who has been able to please both audience and theatre critics.
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(1) Guide till Sveriges arkitektur, by Waern, Caldenby (2001)
