Mikko Bredenberg is an artist-researcher, theatre director, actor and theatre pedagogue. He has worked as theatre director, actor and theatre manager in institutional theatres and in free theatre and performance art groups. As an actor, he has also worked in radio plays, and film and television productions. Teaching theatre art, Bredenberg has worked at the Theatre Academy of Uniarts Helsinki, and the Degree Programme in Theatre Arts, NÄTY, at Tampere University. He has graduated from the Theatre Academy with a Doctoral Degree in theatre and drama, focusing on scenic imagination as his research topic.