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Photos by Louise Stickland
VANEMUINE TEATER
TARTU, ESTONIA EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
The Vanemuine Teater in Tartu, Estonia’s vibrant second city, has al- ways enjoyed a reputation for being a European centre of excellence. The theatre is a multiple producing and receiving house for a whole range of genres - drama, dance, musicals, opera, live music concerts and so on. Even during nearly 50 years of Soviet occupation, it was the only house to retain its unique combined repertoire of music and drama. Estonia’s oldest theatre, founded in 1870 by an amateur singing and acting society, now comprises three venues - The Big House, The Small House and the new Harbour Teater - collectively a gleam-
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ing paean to modern independent theatre. Around 350 shows are year staged between Vanemuine’s three venues, with all of them constantly busy between September and May. In the summer months the Teater also produces a number of outdoor projects in and around the city.
Embracing exceptionally high production values and an enterprising attitude towards technology, the Vanemuine phenomenon is run by around 360 dedicated and hugely enthusiastic full time staff, techni- cians, engineers and creatives, plus a regular pool of freelancers - it is one of the primary state supported theatres in Estonia. Since this ‘new’ young country gained independence from the USSR in 1991, its many productions have been hugely popular as well as commer- cially successful. Vanemuine has recently completed a major stage lighting upgrade,
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