Track

Hopeasija

Premiere 20.5.2022

Hopeasija is a site-specific installation and an ode to beauty, bringing together objects and works by the artists’ family members and artworks by their artist friends.

Harold Hejazi

Adventures of Harriharri — Episode III

Premiere 19.5.2022 – Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

Video game presentation. Harriharri fights against the forces of social exclusion in order to integrate into Finnish society. / A video game performance. Harriharri battles the forces of social exclusion in order to integrate into Finnish society.

Edith Södergran and Hagar Olsson

Rasande Stillestånd

Premiere 10.5.2022 – Lilla Teatern – Georgsgatan 30

A total work of art with elements of dance, music, movement and aesthetics as well as improvisational elements

City Theatre Staff Associations

Sunnuntai Ukrainalle

Premiere 24.4.2022 – Main Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

The City Theatre's staff associations are organising a Sunday for Ukraine support concert on 24 April at 4 pm

Paavo Rintala as Kristian Smeds

Jumala on kauneus

Premiere 23.4.2022 – Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

An entire class of future theatre artists will introduce themselves and take on the role of visual artist Vilho Lampi at Studio Pasila from 23 April onwards in Smeds' play God is Beauty (2000), based on Paavo Rintala's novel.

Merja Larivaara

Seniorisoppa

Premiere 22.3.2022 – Main Stage foyer – Eläintarhantie 5

Seniorisoppa® is an event you can attend on your own, as a couple or with a larger group. You’ll be in good company, and you’re always welcome to sing along! 

Robert James Waller

Hiljaiset sillat

Premiere 12.3.2022 – Small Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

Hiljaiset sillat is an emotionally charged classic – a shattering love story with the power to change worlds. 

Mika Ripatti

Mikko Räsäsen tulevaisuus

Premiere 11.3.2022 – Main Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

Mikko Räsänen's future is a play about a world for which the past did not prepare us. It is a story about father and son, a chain of generations and Finland. A comedy about the social classes of classless Finland. An honest drama with a warm heart.

Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields

Näytelmä joka menee pieleen

Premiere 9.3.2022 – Arena Stage – Hämeentie 2

This award-winning global hit reinvents farce. A disaster-prone amateur theatre company is preparing a classic murder mystery for opening night. Everything that can go wrong does – and then some!

Enda Walsh – Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

Once (suomeksi)

Premiere 8.3.2022 – Lilla Teatern – Georgsgatan 30

A story of a young man who was ready to give up on love and music – and the young woman who made him dream again.

Mirva Mäkinen - Sari Palmgren - Saku Mäkelä - Riia Kivimäki

Kolme teosta kontaktista

Premiere 2.3.2022 – Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

The virtuoso performers bring a strong ensemble of three works to Pasila.

Charles Dickens as Heikki Sankari

Saiturin joulu

Premiere 8.12.2021 – Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

The Miser's Christmas returns to Studio Pasila in December. Come and experience a new steampunk version of the classic story and get yourself a guaranteed Christmas spirit!

A. R. Gurney

Rakkauskirjeitä

Premiere 5.12.2021 – Arena Stage – Hämeentie 2

There is a stage, a table, two chairs and Seela Sella and Esko Roine reading letters aloud. When nothing happens, everything happens.

Pete Poskiparta – Mentalisti 3.0

Premiere 21.10.2021 – Arena Stage – Hämeentie 2

Mentalisti 3.0 brings together the most astonishing feats and funniest stories from Pete Poskiparta’s repertoire. After playing to packed houses and earning rave reviews from audiences, the show has undergone its final tweaks and refinements and now shines brighter than ever. There’s no way to explain it in more detail – you simply have to experience it for yourself!

Pasi Lampela

Turvamies

Premiere 7.10.2021 – Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

Martti Suosalo plays an ageing Don Juan, with Katja Küttner as his bodyguard – expect sparkling dialogue, hilarious situations and superb performances from two undisputed masters of comedy.

By Simon Stephens, based on the novel by Mark Haddon

Den besynnerliga händelsen med hunden om natten

Premiere 2.10.2021 – Lilla Teatern – Georgsgatan 30

The play that has taken the world by storm!

Stella Polaris

TULPPA IRTI – Impron Megafarssi

Premiere 1.10.2021 – Arena Stage – Hämeentie 2

Stella Polaris performs a long-awaited, amazing mega farce on the Arena stage - improvised, of course!

Lucy Kirkwood

Lapset

Premiere 30.9.2021 – Small Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

A true-to-life drama that moves skilfully between past and present. What makes a good life? What kind of world will we leave to future generations?

Mikko Reitala

Paahtimo

Premiere 8.9.2021 – Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

A full-bodied comedy about what it takes to succeed – or even survive – in today’s working world, where nothing is quite what it seems.

Aino Havukainen – Sami Toivonen – Sami Rannila

Tatu ja Patu Helsingissä

Premiere 7.9.2021 – Main Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

A strange adventure on the big stage! The enchanting journey of discovery for children is full of speed, surprising twists, juicy humour and visual magnificence that can only be offered on the big stage of the City Theatre.