Large blocks of tickets are often sold to groups of people who travel long distances to the theatre in hired buses which virtually encircle the building while the performance goes on inside. Top From repertory companies to productions T he revolution in theatrical expression of the last decade has affected all theatres. Unity of artistic expression has vanished and been replaced by specialisation by individual theatres but also within theatres. The pursuit of both big and small should be viewed as concurrent movements. Various forms of theatre live side by side, the one complementing the other.
Most theatres have several plays in their repertoire at the same time.
T raditionally, the drama of the Swedish-language minority has been fully parallel with the mainstream Finnish theatre. Although language continues to be an important symbol of identity, the interest in theatrical experimentation in Swedish-speaking theatre groups has given rise to repeats of the same performances in Finnish and at times to bilingual productions. Such bilingualism is a hallmark of the Lilla Teatern in Helsinki. The Romany minority has its own interest in the theatre, and the Same language minority in Lapland takes part in transborder performances in the Arctic area. Amateur dramatic societies abound up and down the country.