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FINNISH THEATRE FOR FOREIGN FESTIVAL GUESTS
KOKOTEATTERI: NAAPURI - NEIGHBOUR
DIRECTED BY: Anna Veijalainen WRITTEN BY: Marius Ivaškevičius
The Neighbour begins in an ordinary Lithuanian block of flats, where something unusual has happened. A murder! The residents believe they have found the culprit, who ends up fleeing to Australia with his beloved. We will join them in Australia 20 years later, when the secrets and mysteries start to unravel.
Translated in English
PERFORMANCE: FRI 18th NOV at 7pm KOKOTEATTERI, UNIONINKATU 45
Q-TEATTERI: NELOSTIE - HIGHWAY 4
DIRECTED and WRITTEN BY: Ari Wahlsten and Juha Hurme
Highway 4 is a comedy about an asphalt team put together to pave a highway across Finland. There are major delays in their progress to Utsjoki, the northernmost town in the Finland, and we will see this diverse group of men dealing with a series of major changes that occur in the country over the decades.
Translated in English
PERFORMANCES: FRI 18th NOV at 7pm, SAT 19th NOV at 7pm, Q-TEATTERI, TUNTURIKATU 16
REALITY RESEARCH CENTER: HELSINKI BY NIGHT
PLANNED BY: Julius Elo, Tuomas Laitinen, Kolina Seppälä, Heidi Syrjäkari, Eero-Tapio Vuori
A late night bus ride through Helsinki, booked for foreign festival guests
Performed in English
PERFORMANCE: SAT 19th NOV at 10:00 pm (fully booked)
YLIOPPILASTEATTERI: VULGARIA
MUSIC BY: Laura Murtomaa DIRECTED BY: Minna Harjuniemi
Performed in "Vulgarian"
PERFORMANCE: MON 21st NOV at 5:3Opm PUOLI-Q/Q-TEATTERI, TUNTURIKATU 16
ANKKURITON SUKUPOLVI : UPPOUMA – ALAARM
DIRECTED BY: Pasi Mäkelä CONCEPT BY: Tatu Hämäläinen CHOREOGRAPHY BY: Antti Lahti
Uppouma - Alaarm is a multi-genre survival drama with an emphasis on physical and visual expression. It is a story about a dedicated submarine crew who meet with an accident and start thinking about their life priorities. The performance is performed in body language and onomatopoeic spoken language.
PERFORMANCE: MON 21st NOV at 7pm KELLARITEATTERI, LIISANKATU 27
NÄLKÄTEATTERI: SYNKKÄ SETTI - GLOOMY GANG
PLANNED BY: Esa Kirkkopelto
Gloomy Gang is a performance project located somewhere between experimental theatre, performance art, dance, and visual arts. It consists of a series of collective exercises done in front of an audience. The theme is metamorphosis - visiting physical experiential spaces alien to the human body. Surrender to the unknown is not just an expedition inspired by curiosity, it is also an expression of despair and a dead end.
Introduced in English by the director during the performance
PERFORMANCE: MON 21st NOV at 9pm PUOLI-Q/Q-TEATTERI, TUNTURIKATU 16
KOM-TEATTERI: PUNAHUKKA
DIRECTED BY: Juha Lehtola WRITTEN BY: Kari Hotakainen
Punahukka is a wicked comedy oozing with black humour and the rough tragicomedy of life. The main character is a man who gets religion and, despite his good intentions, ends up messing up the lives of too many people.
PERFORMANCE: TUE 22nd NOV at 7pm KOM-TEATTERI, KAPTEENINKATU 26
RYHMÄTEATTERI: PANIIKKI
DIRECTED and WRITTEN BY: Mika Myllyaho
Paniikki is a tragicomedy of three men on the verge of a nervous breakdown. One of the old friends has a problem: he should find out who he really is and what he wants from life. The men take the task seriously and inevitably run into funny situations and debates over topics they think they know everything about.
Simultaneously translated in English
PERFORMANCE: WED 23rd NOV at 7pm RYHMÄTEATTERI, PENGERKATU 11
VIIRUS: NO RETURN
DIRECTED and DRAMATIZED BY (after Franz Kafka): Cezaris
No Return is an absurd comedy based on the texts of Franz Kafka. In No Return, panic lurks around every corner. What is fiction, and what is fact?
Performed in Swedish
PERFORMANCE: THU 24th NOV at 7pm VIIRUS, RAJASAARI
CIRCUS MAXIMUS: OPERA OF TRUTH
DIRECTED and WRITTEN BY: Minna Harjuniemi
MUSIC BY: Laura Murtomaa
A through-composed performance that explores the opera form. The
starting point for the performance was the concept of scale, a flaw in
the scale, a storm in a waterglass, and the hugeness of five seconds.
Performed in Finnish
PERFORMANCE: SAT 26th NOV at 2pm PUOLI-Q/Q-TEATTERI, TUNTURIKATU 16
THEATRE ACADEMY: OLEN KUULLUT ON KAUPUNKI TUOLLA ol
DIRECTED and WRITTEN BY: Jukka Viikilä
No, that which enriches man lies not hidden in the bowels of the earth,
But above, in the candid sky, a gold lining to a cloud.
No, that which enriches is not found in the sky either, but in the depths of ocean
As a key in a coffin and a locking in a lock
And the lock, gone to earth in some mole's neck
And the key, flown to the sky in a gull-rat's mouth.
Performed in Finnish
PERFORMANCE: MON 21st NOV at 2pm TEATTERIKORKEAKOULU, HAAPANIEMENKATU 6
TEATTERI TAKOMO: ALGORITMI
DIRECTED BY: Miko Jaakkola WRITTEN BY: Iiro Küttner
Algoritmi is a fantasy travelogue about the endless human search for truth. Accompanied by music, Algoritmi studies the traits of the Muslim faith that are an integral part of our thinking – whether we are aware of it or not.
PERFORMANCE: SAT 26th NOV at 7pm TEATTERI TAKOMO, FREDRIKINTORI
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