World on Stage 

 

World on Stage is a drama translation project set up to support the translation of new foreign plays into Finnish and to bring these translated works to the Finnish stage. It is particularly focused on promoting works from underrepresented languages and cultures. Funding is also available to support touring productions of the selected works. 

 

As part of the project, the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland will support the translation of world drama into Swedish with view to bringing it to the stage in Finland. 

 

 

The Finnish Cultural Foundation and the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland will make funding available to professional theatres and professional theatre practitioners to support the translation and production of foreign drama in Finland. The foundations will allocate funding through a formal application process. 

 

The World on Stage advisory board members are: 

 

Davide Giovanzana, theatre director and researcher 

Marie Kajava, playwright, dramaturge
E.L. Karhu, playwright, dramaturge
Elli Salo, playwright, dramaturge and translator  

Linnea Stara, TINFO director 

Saara Turunen, playwright, theatre director

 

 

 

 

During the project’s three-year run, TINFO will also organise an annual event to showcase and celebrate international drama. The event will take place in March to coincide with World Theatre Day. The inaugural event in 2022 will comprise a staged reading of one of the plays translated as part of the project. The event will be open to the public. 

 

 

Theatres are eligible to apply for funding towards translation costs and the costs associated with a theatre production. The maximum award is EUR 30,000 per title. The first Finnish Cultural Foundation application round will launch in August, while the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland will launch its own round in November as a part of their regular application process. Subsequent application rounds in 2023 and 2024 will take place at the same points in the year.