Teatterikeskus ry

Name

Teatterikeskus ry

Legal name

Esittävän taiteen vapaat yhteisöt ry

Website

https://teatterikeskus.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Teatterikeskus ry (Esittävän taiteen vapaat yhteisöt ry, "Vapaat") is a Finnish non-profit association founded in 1971 that advocates for and serves approximately 50 independent performing arts professional communities across theatre, dance, circus, opera, puppetry and performance art throughout Finland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Association revenue is derived from member communities (~50 Finnish performing arts professional groups) that join to access advocacy, legal advisory, networking and information services. Exact fee structure not publicly disclosed.
2. Public and project funding (implied): As a national advocacy and expert organization for the performing arts free field operating under a published 2023–2027 strategy, the association is consistent with Finnish arts-sector associations funded in part through public arts funding and project grants. Funding sources are not explicitly disclosed in the source.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Esittävän taiteen vapaat yhteisöt ry (formerly Teatterikeskus, founded 1971) is a Finnish non-profit membership association that delivers advocacy representation, legal advisory services, member events, networking and curated sector information for approximately 50 independent performing arts professional communities operating outside Finland's institutional theatre system across performance art, puppetry, opera, circus, dance and theatre. The association serves as the unified national voice and expert interlocutor for the "free field" with public-sector decision-makers, funders and societal stakeholders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jäsenyys (Membership subscription) Annual membership subscription that gives Finnish independent performing arts communities access to aggregated advocacy representation in societal and policy debate, legal services, peer networking and curated sector information. Sold as a recurring subscription to roughly 50 member professional communities.
• Lakipalvelut ja jäsenneuvonta (Legal advisory and member advisory) Legal and advisory services delivered to member performing arts communities, cited by members such as ANTI Contemporary Art Festival as a practical benefit of membership. Covers legal questions relevant to independent artistic work and the operating conditions of member communities.
• Kannanotot ja keskustelunavaukset (Public advocacy positions and discussion starters) Published advocacy outputs — public statements and discussion-openers — produced by the association to represent the free performing arts field in societal and policy debate and to shape public discourse on the field's operating conditions. Delivered to public-sector decision-makers, funders and the broader public via the association's website.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~50 member communities nationwide spanning six performing arts disciplines
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• TINFOminorOthersTINFO is described as the new landlord for Esittävän taiteen vapaat yhteisöt ry: the association is moving to new premises on Arkadiankatu and will become a TINFO tenant when the office reopens in August 2026.
• Pearle*coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPearle* is the European employers' association for the performing arts; Teatterikeskus ry participated in Pearle*'s member conference held in Helsinki in May 2026, where topics included culture as part of comprehensive security, labour questions from the arts perspective, and challenges of European mobility for artists. This is the association's principal international peer alliance.
• CirkominorGTM or Marketing PartnerCirko hosted the association's annual sector ecosystem day, Vapaan kentän päivä, on 4 June 2026. The event gathered independent groups, stakeholders and funders to discuss the state and future of the free performing arts ecosystem.

Scale indicators5 records

Others

• International Theatre Institute (ITI): ITI is a UNESCO-affiliated global performing arts organization representing theatre professionals across more than 90 countries. Comparable to Teatterikeskus as an international umbrella body focused on performing arts representation, exchange and advocacy.
• ASSITEJ (International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People): ASSITEJ is a global network promoting performing arts for young audiences, with national centres across Europe. While its mandate is age-specific, it shares the non-profit sector-advocacy and member-network structure that defines Teatterikeskus.

Direct peers

• Pearle* - Live Performance Europe: Pearle* is the European employers' association for the performing arts and the principal international peer alliance for Teatterikeskus. Both organizations share an employer/representational mandate for performing arts groups and operate via a membership-based advocacy model.
• TINFO (Teatterin tiedotuskeskus): TINFO is the Finnish Theatre Information Centre, providing information and communication services to Finnish professional theatres. As a Finnish performing arts information/advocacy body and the new landlord of Teatterikeskus, it operates an adjacent mandate and member base.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/esittavataide
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teatterikeskus

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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