With a new adaptation of Shakespeare's classic Twelfth Night in '98 percent English, 1.5 percent Swedish, and 0.5 percent very bad French' performing outdoors, Stockholm's Polar Eclipse Theatre isn't afraid to do something different. The international founders told The Local why they think Shakespeare is made to be performed outside.
OPINION: It isn't always easy putting on English-language theatre in southern Sweden, but presenting plays in their original language has huge value – not least for integration – writes Playmate Theatre member Vanessa Poole.
Can you feel it? That crisp but comforting chill in the air that signals Christmas is coming! As advent stars twinkle in windows, the glögg flows freely, and the smell of saffron drifts through the streets, everyone in Sweden is full of festive spirit.
The Old Town in Sweden's capital is about to relive the most infamous massacre in its history as a theatre company re-enacts the grim events known as the "Stockholm Bloodbath", where Denmark's king seized the city in brutally violent fashion.
Josh Lenn, originally from San Francisco, has been working in improvised comedy in Sweden for over seven years. He tells The Local how expat life is just like improvisation.
Keith Foster, 54, left Kent in the UK for Sweden in the 1980s, and since then he has had a diverse career spanning public service, writing and performing.
The most colourful race on the planet is coming to Sweden, so get your running shoes (and smiles) on. We've also picked out two great gigs for you this week, as well as a fascinating exhibition on Sweden's role after the Second World War.
Join the Swedes in welcoming the beginning of spring by lighting bonfires in honour of an eighth-century German abbess this weekend. If that sounds too weird to you, there's also plenty of music, dancing and fitness events to ensure your calendar stays jam-packed.
With spring well underway in Sweden, it's the perfect time to get out of your apartment. How does an indie pop gig, artisan coffee tasting or an Irish-Swedish modern drama sound? For the brainiacs among you, we've thrown in an international science festival too.
Alternative duo Say Lou Lou present their new album in Stockholm, and a musical tour of all the great American hits translated into Swedish hits the road. Here are some tips for fun activities over the next seven days.
With a new stage show about Greta Garbo on the way to Stockholm, The Local's Ann Törnkvist caught up with leading lady Ottiliana Rolandsson to find out why the Swedish silver screen legend haunts her.
Swedish theatre director Catta Neuding has long sung the virtues of private money in the cultural sector. She tells The Local why many of her colleagues see her as a norm-breaker.
The Local chats with British comedian Paul B. Edwards about Swedish humour, the problems with anti-comedy, and the launch of his new English-language comedy show in Gothenburg.
In the second of a five-part column series on love, single girl <b>Emilia Millicent</b> tells us how a trip to the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm reminded her that boys are not toys.
The Swedish government wants to extend the reach of state-funded cultural offerings by looking into how to digital technology can make plays, music, and dance available to a wider public.
A growing number of Swedish cinemas have had their final curtain call, with 25 percent closing down in the past ten years, a trend experts believe will continue.
Stockholm's English-speakers can revel in some home culture as Hamlet returns to the city in November. Performed as a one-man show, The Local spoke to its only actor, Roger Westberg.
A new improv comedy show in Stockholm pokes fun at the cultural differences foreigners often encounter while living in Sweden. The Local catches up with American actor Josh Lenn, one of the show's creators, to find out more.
A play based on the entire Bible will premiere in Sweden this week in what the playwright said Thursday will be the world's first attempt to adapt both the Old and New Testaments to the stage.
English-speakers in Stockholm and Uppsala looking for a slice of home language culture should leave a day or two free in October for some skillful, crazy fun - and some nudity - when two celebrated performance groups take to the stage.
Celebrated playwright David Mamet's comedy of manners Boston Marriage is set to hit the stage in Stockholm this week, thanks to a recently-founded international theatre company based in the Swedish capital, The Local's <b>Clara Guibourg</b> discovers.
When a performing arts group put on a show at a the Inkonst culture venue in central Malmö on Friday, one actor got so drunk that he fell asleep on stage.
