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Showtimes:

Wed 7 August at 6.30 pm, studio Pasila
Thu 8 Aug at 6.30 pm, studio Pasila
Fri 9/8 at 6.30 pm, studio Pasila
Sat 10/8 at 18:30, studio Pasila
Wed 14/8 at 18:30, studio Pasila
Thu 15 Aug at 6.30 pm, studio Pasila
Fri 16/8 at 6.30 pm, studio Pasila
Sat 17.8. at 13.00 and at 18.30, studio Pasila
Tue 20 August at 6.30 pm, studio Pasila

Whatever Love Means is a disproportionately romantic comedy about love. In this witty contemporary puppet theatre performance, foam cups that get lost in their footnotes and romcom celebrities who are more charming than each other act as advisors in the concept of love. A consulting firm for service-minded people faces an unprecedented challenge when Hertta Arpinen, a conscious modern person in the 2020s, enters as a client. Despite the pastel-toned Hollywood service packages, Cupid’s formulas do not produce the desired results, and even the simulations full of hearts and footnotes do not tune the demanding customer into the right mood. What has happened to Hertta’s feelings?  The working group consists of top names in Finnish puppet theatre, including carefully selected representatives of theatre and circus art. This artistic collision creates a confusing bag of ideas with a pink glaze, from the inside of which the most important thing of all: the ultimate answer to the mystery of love. Or maybe Prince Charles’ huge head after all? Working group
Original idea: Merja Pöyhönen, Essi Santala, Riina Tikkanen
Screenplay: Taija Helminen
Director: Merja Pöyhönen
Director’s assistant: Olavi Ermala
Puppet building: Helena Markku
Set design: Johanna Latvala
Props: Tonja Goldblatt
Lighting design: Essi Santala
Sound design: Olli-Pekka Jauhiainen and Petteri Salomaa
Photos: Majo Kurki
Performers: Petra Heinänen, Henni Kervinen, Sirpa Järvenpää, Helena Markku, Elena Rekola, Miika Suonperä, Riina Tikkanen

Supported by: Finnish Cultural Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Uusimaa Regional Fund, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Turku Theatre Foundation, Aura of PuppetsThe performance has been produced at the Contemporary Performance Stage’s summer residency. The stage will bring various forms of contemporary performance into the Helsinki City Theatre’s repertoire. The stage is supported by Kone Foundation in 2024–2025.

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