Swedstage Stockholm 26-30 August 2024!

For the first time, Scensverige’s export festival Swedstage and the queer festival Proud Performing Arts, together with the Stockholm Fringe Festival (STOFF) and the World Fringe Congress, was holding their events at the same time, in order to lift Swedish performing arts on the global cultural map with joint power.

Information about the performances!

Monday 26 August
13:00 FIGHT exclusive pitch & excerpt by PotatoPotato (Theatre)
16:00 Waterkind by Land Before Time (Dance Performance)
Public performance
17:00 VIP Launch 

Tuesday 27 August
11:00 Exclusive pitch & presentation by Cullberg (Dance)
13:00 Rite of Spring by Norrdans (Dance Performance)
16:00 On The Nature Of Rabbits by Pontus Lidberg (Dance Performance)
Public performance
19:00 Mingle at Stockholm City Hall

Wednesday 28 August
11:00-15:30 Swedstage Pitch Session 2024:
You want it darker by Anna Vnuk, Sandra Medina, Lisen Rosell
Pride and Prejudice by Lisen Rosell, Amanda Apetrea
Night Journey by Reich + Szyber
General Public by Poste Restante
A Study of Losses by Kompani Giraff
Burn Baby Burn by Mari Carrasco
Baba Karam by Konstgruppen Ful
K by ÖGAT / Lumination of Sweden / Planetariet
The world is full of married men by Malmö Dockteater/Malmö Stadsteater
Merkurius by Gunilla Heilborn / NorrlandsOperan
Transplantation by Charlotte Engelkes / ASTARTE
Hegemony by MDT / Ofelia Jarl Ortega

Thursday 29 August
14:00 My Heart Says: Live, Scream, Breathe by Unga Klara (Theatre)
18:00 Kabul Sthlm Paris by Angereds Teater (Theatre)
Public performance

Friday 30 August
12:00 General Public by Poste Restante
 

The program was curated by Swedish Performing Arts Coalition and our reference group:

Erik Gavelin, Producer & Curator
Cecilia Suhaid Gustafsson, Artistic Director, Riksteatern Dance Divison
Ulrika Josephsson, Producer, Jupither Josephsson Theatre Company 

Welcome to Stockholm!

Swedstage aims to show the very best of Swedish performing arts. We present exclusively selected performances, able to tour and available for an international audience. The first Swedstage was organized in 2012 together with ASSITEJ Sverige. More information about the Swedstage project: swedstage.se

Swedstage and Proud Performing Arts 2024 was funded by the City of Stockholm, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee and the Swedish Institute.