Skillinge Teater, Theater and restaurant in Skillinge, Sweden
Skillinge Teater occupies a converted farm in Skillinge on Österlen: a long, single-storey building with white plastered walls and a steep pitched roof of reddish-brown clay tiles. A tall dark red wooden double door sits in the slightly projecting central section beneath a small tiled gable, with four small windows and a wall lamp beside it; the sign reads "Skillinge Teater". Inside are three stages: Stora Scenen seats about 200, Studion 120 and Caféscenen 130.
Skillinge Teater was founded in 1995 by Mikael Strandberg and Katarina Zell in a converted farm building in Skillinge on Österlen. They ran it until 2016; the production Tiden är vårt hem earned the theatre Kvällspostens Thaliapris in 2002. Awards include Svenska Akademiens pris (1998), Simrishamns kommuns kulturpris (1999) and Ystads Allehandas kulturpris (2021). On 1 January 2017 Karin Johansson-Mex and Nils Peder Holm took over and carried out extensive renovations.
The theatre's name comes from the village of Skillinge on Österlen. Since 2017 it has run Skillinge Teater Café och Restaurang alongside the stage programme. Besides two or three own productions a year, it hosts guest theatre, concerts, stand-up and literary readings, and its production Tiden är vårt hem won Kvällspostens Thaliapris in 2002.
The theatre sits in Skillinge on Österlen in Skåne, with three stages: Stora Scenen seats about 200, Studion 120 and Caféscenen 130. The café and restaurant opened after the 2017 renovation, so indoor seating is available before performances. The building is single-storey with a tall dark red double door under a small tiled gable; outdoor furniture and a bench stand on the grass in front.
The theatre opened in 1995 in a converted farm, run by Mikael Strandberg and Katarina Zell until 2016. Its production Tiden är vårt hem won the Kvällsposten Thalia Prize in 2002, and the company also received the Swedish Academy prize in 1998 and Simrishamn Municipality's culture prize in 1999.
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