Background
“I’m very drawn to making comedy”
The Security Guard is a fast-paced and raucous comedy about the modern world and the characters we can see around us in very high offices. Screenwriter and director Pasi Lampela promises that the performance starring Martti Suosalo and Katja Küttner will offer some sparkling dialogue.
Read moreNew demands of working life – interview with director Sini Pesonen
A major structural change is underway in working life. But how is it reflected in the roastery?
Read more“It feels human to follow a person’s good and weak sides up close.” – Interview with director Milja Sarkola
Bolla has made director Milja Sarkola think about fate.
Read moreReturning to the stage felt relieving and frightening – Interview with Santeri Kinnunen
Santeri Kinnunen and the Helsinki City Theatre have 30 years of shared history behind them.
Read moreLike in Heaven made director Jakob Höglund move back to Finland
In the autumn of 2018, Jakob Höglund felt tired and strained. He spent 12 years in Stockholm, where Höglund had toured theatres as a director and choreographer. The fast pace of work and constantly changing work environments had taken their toll, and his back was also suffering from an injury.
Read moreBig Questions and Being Human – Interview with Director Johanna Freundlich
"Great text, great characters, wonderful contradictions," director Johanna Freundlich thought after reading Lucy Kirkwood's Children for the first time. The play struck a chord immediately.
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