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Based on Roald Dahl’s  book, the musical Matilda has charmed audiences, critics and award jurors and has been a long-time favorite in London’s West End since 2010. It has received as many as 90 different international awards, including 23 in the category of the best musical. 

Last of the Red Hot Lovers at Theatre Kultsa is a text and story orientated play that the actors have set well on stage with a minimalistic approach and good group work.

Super popular Mars vs. Venus? finally get a sequel! More than three years and 30,000 spectators later, the comedian couple Riku Suokas and Johanna Tohni are ready for a rematch.

The English-language jazz conversation divides musicians into “sideman” and “leader,” meaning the band member and the band leader. Often, leadership also means that the person acts as the lead soloist and composes the majority of the songs in the software. The task of the members, in turn, is to play their own stems reliably and sparkle in their own solo shifts.

HIT theatre collective brought us L'Accident de Bertrand (fin. Bertrandin kohtaus) by Emilie Leconte at Kaapelitehdas. It had its premiere in Finland, excluding its reading in Reading European Drama Festival, Helsinki 2019. The text itself is eventful and interesting with many layers and possibilities in its execution. It does proceed as if it was a dream.

Unlike the Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit is a book targeted for children. Thus the crew had seemingly made a choice to stay true to its source material. Things are kept simple and even the most scary stone-trolls are made less scary with a funny accent. Gandalf comes forth to tell the story as if a narrator and fight choreographs by Oula Kitti are witty and flowing rather than violent-looking.

The 120th anniversary of Tampere's Työväen Teatter will culminate in September, when the grand musical Momentum 1900 and Mrs. Tilda , the theater's first director, will premiere . There will be as many as ten premieres in the autumn season, seven of which will be domestic or international premieres.

Marian tunnustus - muistokirjoitus hevoselle on vakuuttava kotimainen uutuusteos. Sen yksi inspiraation lähteistä on Eeva Mesiäisen elämäkerta Maria Kajavan pitkä taival, joka kertoo inkerinsuomalaisesta Mariasta. Hänellä oli poikkeuksellinen palo luterilaisen seurakunnan perustamiseen aikana, jolloin uskonto oli kokonaan kielletty ja rikollista. Esitykseen ohjaaja-käsikirjoittaja Hanna Kirjavainen on myös tuonut omaa pohdintaa pyhästä, ihmisen suhteesta luontoon ja eläimiin oman hevosensa Pojun menettämisensä kautta: '-- olin pitkään kokenut hevosen läsnäolossa jotain sakraalia, mystistä ja perustavanlaatuista olemassaoloa -- Tunsin vahvasti, että se taluttaa minua kielen tuolle puolen, vaikenemisen ja 'sellaisenaan toteutumisen' ulottuvuuteen, jonne ihmismieli ei yllä.' Näin syntyi fiktiivinen teos Mariasta, joka todella pohtii niin teologisia, kielellisiä (tarkemmin metalingvistisiä), kuin ikiaikaisia rakkauden ja anteeksiannon kysymyksiä.

I got invited to the TAMK's musical students' premiere of Song For a New World. It's been directed by a leading musical actor Petrus Kähkönen who now took the job of a director. He had a challenge of arranging a show that was originally performed by four people in a form of a concert now into a musical for 15 performers. He did well. Let's dig into the review:

The restaurant stage of Tampere's Työväen Teatteri opens its doors to the public again. In the middle of February, there will be a stand up club on Friday 25 February. ( Anna Rimpelä , Lasse Oikarinen , Robert Pettersson ), and in March the program will be in full swing as usual. There are 18 performance events per month. 

Red Nose Companyn Aleksis Kivi

Kansallisteatterin 150-vuotisjuhlavuodelle Suurelle näyttämölle tuodaan aiheellisesti Red Nose Companyn Aleksis Kivi, jonka kansallisromanttista maailmaa säestää kamariorkesteri Avanti. Ensi-iltansa teos saa 17.2.2022, josta se jatkaa kiertueelle eri puolelle Suomea. Haastattelin teoksen dramaturgia Eva Buchwaldia, joka toimii myös Kansallisteatterin vakituisena dramaturgina, sekä ohjaajaa Linda Wallgrenia sähköpostin välityksellä. Olen itse teoksesta täpinöissäni. Kivellä on minulle erityinen paikka sydämessä ja hänen viimeiseksi lauseekseen huhuttu Minä elän koristi aikoinaan huoneeni seinää. Katsotaan, mitä tekijöillä on sanottavana:

The Grand Stage musical Come From Away, Eino Salmelainen's stage under the Berlin Sky and From Parents, and the Action Hero of the Cellar Theater will move into the autumn. For co-productions, the Lehman trilogy and Hours, Weeks, Months are looking for a new time. 

The Regional State Administrative Agency of Finland (shortly AVI in Finnish) has gone between closing and restricting the audience capacity for performances, concerts and shows which has been - to put it mildly - tough to the countless of professionals of the industry.

Ken Ludwigs Baskerville - ett fall för Sherlock Holmes är en snillrik, briljant och underhållande föreställning, en av de mest sedda och älskade Holmes- pjäserna. Manuset baserar sig på Arthur Conan Doyles detektivroman Baskervilles hund.

Vi har drömt om att göra en virtuell presentation av teaterhuset redan länge. The guides are also very popular and under the influence of the pandemic in this group, which has been the subject of a series of presentations, including the following, Säger Niina Renström, Marknadsföringschef på Åbo Svenska

The new Finnish comedy Action Hero is the play debut in Tampere by Liila Jokelin , one of the most interesting new theater makers of the moment. In the roles of comedy, written and directed by Jokelin, the new casts of the Tampere Workers' Theater, Inke Koskinen and Pyry Kähkönen , and TTT's credit actors Jyrki Mänttäri and Minna Hokkanen can be seen.

The performances of the Tampere Workers' Theater and the OSH Club have been canceled until 21 January 2022 due to the corona restriction measures and public ban imposed by the Regional State Administrative Agency of Western and Inner Finland. 

Tampereen Työväen Teatteri's performances have been canceled until 7 January 2022 due to the interest ban measures imposed by the Regional Government of Western and Inner Finland and the total ban on public events. The performances of the TTT Club have been canceled until 20 January 2022 due to restaurant restrictions. 

Svenska teatterin nuorten Nya Tadam ryhmä täytti 25-vuotta. Juhlanäytös Momentum kasasi yhteen kappaleita esityksistä, joita on nähty Nya Tadamin matkalla, mutta omilla sanoituksillaan.

näyttämöllä: Oskari Eskola, Roope Kovalainen, Heidi Lalli, Miika Luukko, Linda Manelius, Suvi Mäkinen, Tiina Romppainen, Clarissa Rosi, Sulo Siikaranta, Netta Simola, Velma Tiusanen, Fanni Vihersaari ja Maria Viitanen

'I’m never in a situation where I’m thinking that now I’m gonna direct a pause. I answer the same way as in the previous one that if it makes sense to me then I let it be. But if it doesn’t make sense I start discussing with the actor why are you doing like this? What are you thinking, what are you feeling? And then you go through that' - Harjanne

The Boy Code, written by Kati Kaartinen, is a story about a family. Stunningly touching and recognizable. A lot of fun! In the play, the worlds of family members find themselves on a collision course, even though everyone is right. Why doesn't that make sense? Why is it like that, why isn’t it different.

Ansku (Sari Puumalainen) and Raikku (Maria Kuusiluoma) are childhood friends who work as hairdressers in the suburbs. The old Retail space they rented out is falling apart; there is mold in the corners, and the pungent creosote floats in the air. When the toilet bowl stops working, a firm decision is made in the minds of women that this cannot continue. The dream of a decent business creates hope for better, but can they afford it?

We've got an inside look at rehearsals for tonight's installment of The Seth Concert Series! Watch as they perform Stephen Sondheim's 'Another Hundred People.'