Theatre & performing arts

Gothenburg offers everything from children's performances and stand up to magnificent operas and international hits. Have a browse through the selection of performing arts and head out into the night.

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Shows 10-18 of 31

Theatre, music and culture

2Lång Kvartersscen

Experience a wide variety of improvisational theatre, live music, stand-up, and more.

Culture and event venue

Surr Arena

Surr Arena is the place where music, events, culinary delights, fairs and conferences are created in the heart of Gårda.

Art scene in Majorna

3:e våningen

Dance stage and art gallery in the old Carnegie sugar mill in Gothenburg.

Restaurant, nightclub, concerts

Trädgår’n

Concert and show venue meets restaurant.

Outside Atalante on Övre Husargatan.

Art stage

Atalante

A home for creative and experimental artists.

Cinema and theatre

Aftonstjärnan

Old fashioned cinema on the island Hisingen.

Outside the theatre.

Self-produced performances

Teater Trixter

Art and theatre group at Masthamnsgatan 17 in Gothenburg.

The facade at Esperantoscenen.

Cultural venue

Esperantoscenen

Gothenburg’s renewed cultural venue at Esperantoplatsen. Here you’ll find a varied programme of theatre, dance, music, poetry and talks, with a focus on social issues and power structures.

An integrated theatre

Teater Kattma

A theatre working with actors with disabilities.

Events

Shows 37-45 of 52

When?
Poster featuring comedian Darren Walsh with the text “Do you like puns?”
Stand-up in English
October 8
Place:Contrast Public House
Poster, Labero. Labero with a flame in his hand and a white dove flying.
Magic show
October 28
Place:Lorensbergsteatern
A man dressed as an executioner.
Autumn holiday activity
Oct 30–31
Place:Bohus fortress
Close-up of a blue-toned eye with a man's face reflected in the pupil.
Opera in three acts
Oct 31–Nov 29
Place:The Göteborg Opera
Press photo: Mo Gilligan, black background, orange text 'Mo Gilligan.
Award-winning comedian to Lorensbergsteatern
November 3
Place:Lorensbergsteatern
Mattias Ermedahl and Carolina Sandgren surrounded by smoke.
Two comic operas
Nov 6–8
Place:The Göteborg Opera
Sabine Groenendijk and Danielle de Vries dancing on stage.
Dance performance
Nov 13–Dec 10
Place:The Göteborg Opera
Poster for the stand-up comedy show '1 Irishman – A Stand-up Comedy Show' with Irish comedy."
Stand-up in English
December 3
Place:Contrast Public House
Poster the magic flute
Mozart’s magical opera.
Dec 3 2026–Jan 21 2027
Place:The Göteborg Opera