"It's almost too good to be true that we have a professional British theatre group in Gothenburg, producing contemporary British theatre to the highest standard...with the precision in directing and acting that marks out the best of London theatres" - Expressen

GEST is an award-winning English language theatre in Gothenburg, Sweden.

You don’t have to travel to the London’s West End or to Broadway in New York to see the best, most exciting new theatre because GEST bring it to Gothenburg !

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GEST was founded in 2005 with to provide quality, contemporary and award-winning theatre in English and is and is the only professional English language theatre in western Sweden.

GEST works with professional actors and directors from Britain and Sweden and aims to produce theatre of the highest standard, which is accessible to everyone. As well as performing in Sweden at our two stages, GEST also performs internationally and is always keen to collaborate with theatres abroad. GEST also run English Acting courses for both adults and children. All our courses are taught by professional, English-speaking actors. As with everything at GEST, we strive to offer the highest quality experience.

We also collaborate closely with schools, colleges and universities, offering specially reduced student prices, workshops and after-show discussions with the actors (see our Creative Learning page for more info).

Gothenburg has a large English-speaking population and is home to a variety of nationalities with English as a second language. GEST also seeks to cater for these people, who may long for an enjoyable night at the theatre.

At present nearly all the great English language plays performed in Gothenburg are translated into Swedish. GEST is proud to perform plays in their original language.

GEST is a non-profit organisation, with all proceeds going to keeping GEST running.