Background
“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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Director’s Word – Only the best for me
Only the best for me has started in a unique way: authors have been given free rein. The result is surprising, bold and absurd worlds that are rarely seen on the stages of Finnish city theatres. It is interesting how similar themes all three plays carry, even though they have been created separately from each other and from different starting points. They talk to each other and complement each other's ideas.
Read moreThe cyborg figure in the sea weather is the result of an exceptionally extensive collaboration
Maija Vilkkumaa's play Sea Weather features a cyborg character played by Kaisa Torkkeli, who has been designed, developed and manufactured by many departments and people. The character is only on stage for a few minutes, but still a huge amount of hours of work have been spent on creating it.
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