Young Stage 2024-2027

Helsinki City Theatre is once again one of six professional theatres in the national Young Stage project organised by the Association of Finnish Workers’ Stages.

Since 2013, the Helsinki City Theatre has been involved in the national Young Stage activities organised by the Association of Finnish Workers’ Stages. The national Young Stage brings together young theatre enthusiasts to work together with professional theatre makers and playwrights.

This season’s youth groups have been chosen: there are 28 youth groups from 15 different locations. Helsinki City Theatre is one of the Young Stage’s partner theatres and mentors seven theatre groups in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
The selected groups are:

Instructions for using an umbrella / Pukinmäki ArtSchool Fanny / Tikkurila TheatreSchool Ressu Upper Secondary School Theatre Oulunkylä Secondary School Theatre Club and Whole School ChoirVaskivuori Upper SecondarySchool Kipinä-Välke / Expression School ValoTapiola Upper Secondary School Music Theatre

The selected youth theatre groups prepare performances based on the play texts, and a theatre professional is appointed as a sponsor for each group of young people. The performances will be prepared during the semester 2026-2027. The performances will be seen at six local festivals in the spring of 2027 on the stages of professional theatres.

Helsinki City Theatre’s local festival will be held on 13.-15.5.2027 on the stage of Studio Pasila.

The theme of the Young Stage activities in 2024–27 is Young People and the Forest. 
The texts of the plays are available on the Young Stage website.

The main organiser of the activities is the Association of Workers’ Stages.
More information about the Young Stage here.Further information: Helsinki City Theatre, Mirja Neuvonen, Head of Audience Outreach, tel. 040 352 3969, mirja.neuvonen@hkt.fi