It was founded in 1991 by actor Esko Raipia and screenwriter and director Tapio Parkkinen.

[2] Since 1994 the theatre is operated from Juhlatalo, a historic building in Tampere that was completed in 1897 and designed by Georg Schreck.

[3] Since 1994 a theatre institution (Suomen teatteriopisto) has operated from the premise of the same building.

The institution educates both amateur and professional actors.

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