The program includes family performances, lunch concerts, Swedish premieres, guest performances, and a theater festival, according to the municipality. Eskilstuna Sommarscen is part of the municipality's long-term work to strengthen performing arts and develop Eskilstuna as a cultural city. The initiative aims to make performing arts more accessible and create new encounters between people.
The program was created together with local and national actors. Ulrika Skoog Holmgaard, unit manager for Scenes and Events at Eskilstuna kommun, said: "We want Eskilstuna residents and visitors to be able to stumble upon performing arts on their way to work, during their lunch break, or in the middle of an evening walk. " The total budget for the initiative has not been disclosed, and it is unclear which specific local and national actors are involved.
We want Eskilstuna residents and visitors to be able to stumble upon performing arts on their way to work, during their lunch break, or in the middle of an evening walk. Eskilstuna Sommarscen should be both popular and experimental, with room for the crazy, the grand, and the thought-provoking.
The municipality has not yet announced how many of the 90 program points will be free of charge or how the success of the initiative will be measured.