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Orion Theatre

Orion Theatre in England North West, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit
2 h–3 h

About

Orion Theatre is a cinema or movie theatre in England North West, United Kingdom. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.

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The Orion Theatre (Swedish: Orionteatern) is a theater located at Katarina Bangata 77 in the district of Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden. Orion theater was founded in 1983 and is the city's largest avant-garde stage.

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Background

History

The building was built in 1929 and was once a mechanical workshop. The theatre provides a space for theatrical experiments and artistic works and it is a meeting place for artists searching for new ways of working outside the limitations of institutional theatre. It is also provides a place for institutions who want to try out new working methods through collaboration. The theatre has exchange programs with companies from all parts of the world. Among these are the Peking Opera in Shanghai, Theatre de Complicité from London, Le Cirque Invisible from Paris, the Suzuki Company of Toga, Japan, Gopal Venu's Kootiyattam ensemble from Kerala, India and the School of Dramatic Art, Moscow. Orion…

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Coordinates
53.8762, -3.0422
Address
Katarina Bangata 77
Official site
orionteatern.se

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Where is Orion Theatre?
Orion Theatre is in North West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.8762°, -3.0422°.
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