02.10.2024

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75 amazing plays from around the world 

For the past three years an advisory board set up by TINFO has been reading plays from around the world in order to find texts that could be translated and produced by theatres in Finland. Now that the project is coming to a close, we would like to share our list of great contemporary plays from Argentina to Benin and Cameroon, from Denmark, to Syria and Japan. 
 

The World on Stage project was initiated by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, supported by the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, and coordinated by TINFO. The project was set up to inspire theatres in Finland to stage plays primarily from countries outside of the core Anglosphere, that are less accessible. In addition, special focus was placed on the Nordic region. The advisory board recommended 25 plays a year, and theatres were able to seek funding for their translation and production. 

The advisory board was made up of producer, translator Eeva Bergroth (2022), author Hassan Blasim (2022), playwright, dramaturge E. L. Karhu (2023-2024), playwright, dramaturge Marie Kajava (2023-2024), director Davide Giovanzana (2022-2024), playwright, dramaturge and translator Elli Salo (2022-2024), TINFO's director Linnea Stara, and playwright, director Saara Turunen (2022-2024). 

We have so far seen around ten productions staged through the project in Finland, with more to come during this current and forthcoming seasons. Theatres have been able to seek funding also for other plays than the onces recommended by the advisory board. 

We hope that the plays will inspire other theatres outside of Finland as well, and that these amazing, contemporary plays will find themselves on stages across the world in the future.  

The plays selected by the World on Stage advisory board 2022-2024: 

The database is in Finnish. TINFO does not distribute plays, instead we advise you to get in touch with an agency in your own country to inquire about rights. Since there are playwrights that do not have representation, we can connect you with the playwright. Send any inquiries to tinfo@tinfo.fi