Background
Characters are built throughout the rehearsal season
Actors are sometimes asked what they do during the day.
Read moreFantasy, imagination and an incredulous look at reality are twisted on many layers
Choreographer Valtteri Raekallio is known for his works that are based on Finnish prose and poetry. Lomonosov's engine is also inspired by fiction, Antti Salminen's prose work of the same name (2014).
Read moreA classic coming-of-age story and an epic symphony
Fanny and Alexander is an epic family saga that follows the lives of the Ekdahl theatre family and the family of Bishop Edward Vergerus. "The worlds of theatre, art and the church are strongly present in it. A certain spectacle and polyphony are at the core of the work," says director Paavo Westerberg .
Read moreA comforting description of a summer that might be the last
Norman and Ethel spend the summer at the Kultalampi summer villa. On the surface, everything is the same as before, but Norman is not what he used to be. The memory is broken, some irreversible change has begun.
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I don’t mind anything about this!
"This is exactly the kind of play I've been waiting for," says director Anna-Elina Lyytikäinen. "Great roles, powerful and funny classic drama in a Finnish and modern context."
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Perspectives on the everyday life of minorities
When Saara and Elisa, the roommates of the student cell, suddenly fall in love with each other, they are forced to think about what others think of their relationship. It is the early 2000s, and attitudes towards female couples are still lukewarm. But the years go by, the relationship changes to family, and at some point, the pressure from the outside eases.
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