The theatre was situated in the centre of the city, between the Hedvig Church and the bridge across the Motala ström, and near the restaurant, the pleasure gardens and reading parlour own by Egge.
As all theatres in Sweden at the time, with the exception of Stockholm and Gothenburg, it was used by travelling theater companies.
Other entertainments where also offered, such as public concerts, vax cabinets, acrobatics, circus performances and bear beating; liquor was also served.
In 1795, during a performance by the theater company of Johan Peter Lewenhagen, La Marseillaise was performed onstage, which lead to a scandal, actions for the de facto regent Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm and for the theatre to be closed.
It was replaced by the Saltängsteatern ('Salt Medow Theatre'), which became the new stage for visiting theater companies in Norrköping (1798-1850).