62 VENUE - EMEA
VANEMUINE THEATRE TARTU, ESTONIA EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
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Estonians love the theatre, with every major city having at least one or two stages. Tartu, Estonia’s second largest city after the capital Talllinn, is home to the country’s oldest theatre, Vanemuine. It is the only one of its kind with three different buildings at its disposal; the larger grand building, which is the refurbishment project, the historic small building and the black box-style Harbour Theatre. The Vanemuine cultivates all possible genres of performance art, such as opera, classical drama, musicals, children’s shows, contemporary ballet and symphonic concerts. One season lasts from September to May, but, with various summer projects often planned, the theatre is, essentially, open all year round. The grand building, rebuilt in 1967, is a modernist-style theatre, which has a 700seat capacity auditorium, rehearsal rooms, cloakrooms, workshops, a café and an administrative wing that was renovated in 2004. To be able to hold such a wide range of events meant that modernisation of the Vanemuine was required, which was a major project
