Göteborgs Stadsteater is the city's main municipal theatre, founded in 1916 and housed since 1934 in a functionalist building on Götaplatsen. The programme spans classical drama and contemporary world premieres across several stages. The main auditorium seats just over 700.
theater12:00Jonas Bergström from Dramaten and folk musician Maria Hulthén Birkeland present a varied lunch theatre programme with music, song and poetry.
theater12:00A musical theatre piece where Marie Öhrn tells poetic stories about pursuing her dream and her inborn singing talent, accompanied by pianist Daniel Kylén.
theater19:00Iggy Malmborg presents Sortistycken, a two-part performance about endings and transitions. A performance lecture in English is followed by a classical chamber play in Swedish.
theater12:00A lunchtime theatre piece about a woman left alone after divorce who works through cleaning her home. Songs, humor, and reflection.
theater12:00A tribute to Evert Taube featuring troubadour Martin Bagge and literary scholar David Anthin. This singing performance weaves together classic songs, new stories and communal singing, served with lunch.
musical12:00A musical theatre performance about artist Lotte Laserstein, who fled Berlin to Sweden in 1937. A lunchteater with a changing menu and live music.
concert12:00Axel Sondén and Flyttfåglarna perform a spirited song show at Göteborgs Stadsteater. Lunchtime theatre with food and music every day.
theater20:00International theatre project featuring actors from six European countries exploring survival, conflict, and the past through documentary material, humour, and poetic imagery.
concert12:00Thilini trio performs Cornelis Vreeswijks classics alongside personal memories and anecdotes. Lunch theatre with a changing menu each day.
theater19:00Stig Larsson's classic chamber play about power, sexuality, and class when an unexpected CEO visit on an ordinary evening sends everything into chaos. Intense, darkly comic, and claustrophobic.
theater12:00Lunchteater about Calla, a 19th-century nature conservation pioneer who established Stångehuvud nature reserve. Featuring music by Fabian Kallerdahl and a seasonal lunch.
musical12:00A lunch theatre combining Christmas songs and a ballet show by academy students, served with a traditional Christmas plate.
theater19:00Jane Austen's classic novel about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy becomes theatre at Gothenburg City Theatre. Ragna Wei directs this story of love, self-knowledge, and the pitfalls of prejudice.
theater12:00Eileen H Lind and Lena Nilsson perform Dolly Parton's classics in new Swedish versions during a musical lunch hour at Gothenburg City Theatre.
theater12:00Shakespeare's classics meet 80s and 90s pop music in this lunchtime theatre show starring Niklas Atterhall and Malin Sternbrink. Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth are danced and sung alongside hits by Alphaville, Roxette and Prince.
theater19:00Shakespeare's classic comedy about two siblings, mistaken identities, and the paths of love. A storm at sea sets off a chain of misunderstandings and passions in Illyria.
theater12:00A theatrical piece about author Elin Wägner and her struggle for peace, voting rights, and sustainability - combined with a three-course lunch at Gothenburg City Theatre.
lecture12:00Journalist Kristian Wedel takes you on a hundred-year journey along the west coast through archive photographs from 1870-1970, combined with a three-course lunch.
lecture12:00Doctor and TV personality Henrik Widegren presents a musical lecture on food, myths and health - with facts, music and humour at Gothenburg City Theatre.
lecture17:00A conversation about children's rights and hope for the future with Nadim Ghazale at Göteborgs Stadsteater.
theater19:00Lisa Aschan's playwright and directorial debut follows a very small human's first moments of life, told from the child's own perspective. An intimate exploration of the relationship between child and mother.
theater12:00Musician Dan Hellström and actor Ingemar Carlehed perform classic works by Hasse Alfredsson and Tage Danielsson during lunch at Gothenburg City Theatre.
theater19:00Kristina Lugn's melancholic play about two women who meet in the night seeking love and belonging. Featuring Beata Hedman and Marie Delleskog.
theater12:00A musical storytelling performance about Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries, featuring actress Saga Eserstam and musician Hans Ericsson. Lunch is included.
theater19:00Cirque Le Roux presents the acrobatic epic Entre Chiens et Louves at Gothenburg City Theatre, a spectacular story of freedom and revolution spanning three centuries.
theater19:00Nadim Ghazale fled the war in Lebanon as a child and is now a police officer in Sweden. This play follows his journey from escape to integration, cultural conflict, and the struggle to belong.