Editing Tampere (section)

=== Theatre ===

[[File:Tampereen teatteri.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|The Tampere Theatre (Finnish: ''Tampereen Teatteri'')]]

Tampere has a lengthy tradition of theater, with established institutions such as [[Tampere Workers' Theatre|Tampereen Työväen Teatteri]], [[Tampere Theatre|Tampereen Teatteri]], and [[Pyynikin Kesäteatteri]], which is an open-air theatre with the oldest [[revolving auditorium]] in Europe. The longest-running directors of the Tampereen Teatteri include Heikki Vihinen and Rauli Lehtonen, and the Tampereen Työväen Teatteri had Kosti Elo, Eino Salmelainen and Esko Roine.<ref name=niemela/> [[Tampere Theatre Festival|The Tampere Theatre Festival]] (''Tampereen teatterikesä'') is an international theatre festival held in the city each August. Tampere also has the [[Tampere Opera]], founded in 1946.<ref name=tampere_opera/>

Tampere's other professional theaters are Teatteri Siperia; restaurant theater Teatteripalatsi; Teatteri Telakka, known for its artistic experiments; Ahaa Teatteri, which specializes in children's and young people's plays; [[puppet theater]] Teatteri Mukamas, and Tanssiteatteri MD, specializes in [[contemporary dance]] performances.<ref name=opiskelijantampere_teatterit/> In addition, there are also three [[Movie theater|cinemas]] in Tampere: two [[Finnkino]]'s theaters, Cine Atlas and [[Finnkino Plevna|Plevna]],<ref name=finnkino_cine_atlas/><ref name=finnkino_plevna/> and private Arthouse Cinema Niagara,<ref name=arthousecinemaniagara/> which serves as the main venue for the Cinemadrome Festival, which presents [[Horror film|horror]], [[Action film|action]], [[Science fiction film|sci-fi]], [[Trash film|trash]], and other [[cult film]]s.<ref name=arthousecinemaniagara_cinemadrome/> Local cinemas also included the historic [[Imatra (cinema)|Imatra]], formerly located in the [[Kyttälä]] district, which was completely destroyed on a fire in the midst of a 1924 film ''[[Wages of Virtue]]'' on 23 October 1927, killing 21 people.<ref name=aamulehti_1927-10-24/>