1st Edition

The Art and Occupation of Stage Design in Finnish Theatres The Rise and Fall of a Professional Community

By Laura Gröndahl Copyright 2025
280 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This study explores the formation, establishment, expansion, and disintegration of stage design as a modern profession and a recognized artform in Finnish theatres. Drawing on oral or written recollections and thoughts of stage designers from different decades, the author asks how their artistic agencies, occupational identities, and theoretical self-understanding have been constituted. She... Read more

Acknowledgements

1: Introduction

2: Looking for early set painters in Finland

3: The institutional theatre system as occupational environment

4: The changing professional community of Finnish stage designers

5: Constituting artistic expertise

6: The function of stage design in the creative process of theatre making

7: Stretching the boundaries of stage design

8: Reformulating design practices

9: Stage designers on their art and practices in the 2020s

10: Towards future scenographic design: summary and conclusions

 

Index

Biography

Laura Gröndahl is a University Lecturer at Tutke (Performing Arts Research Centre), Theatre Academy and a Vice Dean for research at the Theatre Academy of the University of Arts, Helsinki.