Make-up

The Helsinki City Theatre’s make-up and hair department employs 10 people. Make-up and hair are an integral part of a production’s visual design, transforming actors into their characters. The department employs both make-up artists and hairdressers. Many of them work in both roles. The actors’ make-up and hair are prepared before each performance, and the work continues during the show if an actor changes character or their make-up or hairstyle needs touching up. In addition to make-up and hairstyling, the department creates a wide range of prosthetics and hairpieces, including noses, ears, moustaches and wigs. In the video above, make-up artist Jutta Kainulainen and actor Jari Pehkonen discuss the special bond that develops between an actor and a make-up artist when they spend time together in the make-up chair day after day.

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