What Teater Innlandet does

Teater Innlandet is a regional theater company headquartered in Hamar, Norway, producing and touring professional theater across Innlandet county. Founded in 2010 and operating as a publicly funded cultural institution, it stages a diverse repertoire including drama, contemporary dance, theatrical concerts, family shows, and literary adaptations — with recent and upcoming productions drawing on Alf Prøysen, Knut Hamsun, and Henrik Ibsen source material. The theater is the designated regional theater for Innlandet and maintains a touring circuit of approximately 20 cultural venues and community halls, supplemented by outdoor performances and a home base at Hamar kulturhus.

The company's revenue model is a hybrid of public subsidy and earned income. Core funding flows from Innlandet fylkeskommune (Innlandet County Municipality) and Kulturdepartementet (the Norwegian Ministry of Culture), with additional sponsorship from Sparebanken 1, Sparebankstiftelsen Hedmark, and Rimo Eiendom. Ticket sales are distributed through third-party platforms (TicketCo for rural grendehus, Ebillett for Hamar kulturhus), while a gift card product is sold via an external platform. Co-production partnerships with Teater Ibsen, Riksteatret, Nationaltheatret, PS:Røst Produksjoner, Musikk i Innlandet, and Kulturfestivalen Peer Gynt share financial risk and extend reach. Theater outreach is multi-channel, leveraging its website, social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube), a MailChimp newsletter, and an active podcast series.

The organization is lean, with 11-50 employees, and operates under a recently transitioned leadership team. Sigrun Breck currently serves as acting theater director (konstituert teatersjef), succeeding Thorleif Linhave Bamle, with Breck set to lead programming for autumn 2026 and spring 2027. The company has won multiple Heddaprisen awards between 2016 and 2025, including a 2025 best lead actor win for Maria Kristine Hildonen in Prima Facie, and runs the TI Ung talent development program with Talent Norge, hosts the regional DUS (Den Unge Scenen) youth theater festival, and collaborates with international partners including Plexus Polaire on figurative puppet theater.

Name

Teater Innlandet

Legal name

Teater Innlandet

Website

https://teaterinnlandet.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Teater Innlandet is a publicly funded regional theater in Hamar, Norway, producing drama, dance, family shows, and theatrical concerts and touring across approximately 20 venues in Innlandet county under a mandate from Innlandet fylkeskommune and the Ministry of Culture.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts / Regional Theater

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG)

Keywords

• Regional theater productions
• Live performing arts
• Theatrical touring productions
• Dance and drama performances
• Family theater shows

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamar

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue generated from selling tickets to theater performances at various venues across Innlandet county, including outdoor productions, cultural center tours, and special events.
2. Government Funding: Funded by Innlandet County Municipality (Innlandet fylkeskommune) and the Ministry of Culture (Kulturdepartementet), providing operational support for the regional theater.
3. Sponsorships: Financial support from sponsors including Sparebanken 1, Sparebankstiftelsen Hedmark, and Rimo Eiendom.
4. Co-production Partnerships: Revenue and resource sharing through co-productions with other theaters and cultural institutions such as Teater Ibsen, Kulturfestivalen Peer Gynt, Riksteatret, and Nationaltheatret.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Teater Innlandet is a regional theater company that produces and presents professional live theater performances — including drama, dance, family shows, and theater concerts — and tours these productions to approximately 20 cultural venues, community halls, and outdoor locations across Innlandet county, Norway. The company also produces a podcast series about its productions and sells gift cards for performances.

Product overview

Teater Innlandet is a regional theater company based in Hamar, Norway, offering a portfolio of professional theater productions including drama, dance performances, family shows, and theater concerts. The company's core offerings span its own produced productions (such as 'Peeropolis', 'Markens grøde', 'En sorg som min', and 'Verdens verste teater'), co-productions with partners like PS:Røst Produksjoner and Musikk i Innlandet, a podcast series discussing productions and cultural topics, family performances including sign language theater, community sing-along events (SYNG!), and a theater concert series (Prosjekt Prøysen). The company operates touring productions visiting approximately 20 cultural venues and community halls across the Innlandet region, supplemented by gift card sales and youth theater programs through the DUS initiative. The company also collaborates with international partners including Plexus Polaire for figurative theater.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Peeropolis A theatrical production based on Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, reworked by Maria Kristine Hildonen and Sjur Miljeteig. Features one actress and two musicians in a poetic and musical journey into Peer Gynt's inner world. Premiered at the Peer Gynt Festival 2026, with subsequent touring and a future presentation at Teater Ibsen.
• En sorg som min A dance performance inspired by C.S. Lewis's book of the same title, exploring grief, loss, and moving forward after the death of a loved one. Co-produced with PS:Røst Produksjoner and Musikk i Innlandet, premiering August 2026 with both outdoor and kulturhus tour dates.
• Markens grøde Stage adaptation of Knut Hamsun's Nobel Prize-winning novel Growth of the Soil (1917), dramatically adapted by Angelina Stojčevska. Explores themes of human transformation and desire. Performance run scheduled January 28 to March 7, 2027.
• Verdens verste teater Family performance about children who must perform their principal's terrible play. A comedic production involving slapstick and entertainment for the whole family, touring October 1 to November 15, 2026.
• Peter Pan – Under en magisk måne Family theater production by Teater Manu (national sign language theater), based on J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan story and featuring sign language as a distinctive element. Presented at Teater Innlandet's venues as part of a national tour.
• Gjenstand og fortvilelse Dance performance by Ingun Bjørnsgaard exploring human fallibility, social awkwardness, and the need for control through a nuanced and unsettling scenic universe. Presented at the MOVE Dansefestival on August 29, 2026.
• SYNG! Pub choir sing-along events opening the theater for community and joy through music. Collaborates with singers, choirs, and music groups for evenings of participatory singing, with ongoing events from September 2025 through December 2026.
• Prosjekt Prøysen – Rak som et lys under storgrana Theater concert based on stubs and songs by Alf Prøysen. A production exploring the dark, quirky, sad, angry, and prickly aspects of Prøysen's work, co-produced with Musikk i Innlandet and co-directed by Jørgen Strickert in 2025.
• Bøygen Figurative theater production by Plexus Polaire based on Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt. Eight figure players shape approximately thirty human figures on stage in a spectacular puppet theater performance.
• Podkast (Podcast) Podcast series featuring conversations about theater productions, artistic processes, and cultural topics. Episodes include discussions about performances such as Fuckgirl, Salamanderkrigen, and Drikkegilde, distributed via the theater's website and podcast platforms.
• Gavekort (Gift Cards) Gift vouchers for theater performances and experiences, sold through an external gift card platform at teaterinnlandet.gifty.no.
• Tour Productions (Turné) Touring theater productions that visit approximately 20 different cultural venues, community halls, and outdoor locations across the Innlandet region and beyond, providing the distribution backbone for the theater's full production program.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kulturfestivalen Peer GyntcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Co-producer of Peeropolis, a production based on Ibsen's Peer Gynt. The premiere takes place under the Peer Gynt Festival 2026, with subsequent touring.
• Teater IbsencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Co-producer of Peeropolis. Teater Ibsen will present the production in 2027 or 2028 following the Teater Innlandet tour.
• PS:Røst ProduksjonercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Co-producer of 'En sorg som min' (A Grief Like Mine), a dance performance inspired by C.S. Lewis's book, with premiere August 2026.
• Musikk i InnlandetcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Co-production partner for 'En sorg som min' dance performance, providing musical collaboration.
• Talent NorgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTalent Norge collaborates with Teater Innlandet on the TI Ung talent program, a two-year program supporting emerging theatrical talent.
• Hamar bibliotekminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHamar Library collaborated with Teater Innlandet on the Salong podcast episode 'Drikkegilde før Drikkegilded'.
• Teater ManuminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNational sign language theater that presents productions including Peter Pan on national tour, visiting Teater Innlandet's venues.
• RiksteatretminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational theater with co-production collaborations including Prima Facie that featured Teater Innlandet-associated performers.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Trøndelag Teater: One of Norway's oldest regional theaters, producing drama, musical, and family programming for a defined geographic region — same business model and public-funding profile as Teater Innlandet.
• Riksteatret: Norway's national touring theater, performing at venues across the country. Most directly comparable to Teater Innlandet's touring model and public funding structure, though operating at national rather than regional scale.
• Den Nationale Scene: Bergen-based regional theater producing drama and dance with continuous repertoire and substantial public funding — a strong peer for production model and scale.
• Rogaland Teater: Regional theater in Stavanger producing its own repertoire across multiple stages with a mix of public subsidy and ticket revenue, structurally similar to Teater Innlandet.
• Sogn og Fjordane Teater: Western Norway regional theater with a touring-heavy model serving dispersed rural audiences — analogous to Teater Innlandet's community-hall and kulturhus circuit.
• Nordland Teater: Regional touring theater in Nordland producing for small and mid-sized venues, very similar to Teater Innlandet's distribution approach across rural communities.
• Hålogaland Teater: Northern Norway's regional theater, also publicly funded, producing drama and family productions with touring — a directly comparable regional peer, especially on touring-distribution mechanics.
• Teater Ibsen: Regional theater serving a defined Norwegian county (Innlandet/Østfold), co-produces with Teater Innlandet, and shares a comparable size, funding mix, and touring discipline — making it the closest operational peer.

Broad incumbents

• Det Norske Teatret: Major Oslo-based theater producing drama, musical, and children's shows in Norwegian; broader portfolio and larger venue base than Teater Innlandet, with overlapping audience but a wider geographic scope.
• Nationaltheatret: Norway's flagship national theater, a much larger institution with broader repertoire and a permanent Oslo venue; a co-producer of Teater Innlandet's Prima Facie but at substantially greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/teaterinnlandet
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/TeaterInnlandet
• Facebookfacebook.com/teaterinnlandet
• Instagraminstagram.com/teaterinnlandet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teater-innlandet

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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