Materials for teaching
Here you will find a variety of materials designed for educational use that are suitable not only for contact teaching but also as a support for distance learning.
The materials make use of drama exercises, writing and visual arts assignments and, for example, videos and interviews on the Helsinki City Theatre’s Backstage website. The materials are free of charge and free for you to use. Also check out the archive at the bottom of the page, which contains the learning materials of the performances that have been removed from the programme. In addition to contact teaching, all materials can also be applied in distance learning. Feedback on the materials can be sent to: yleisotyo@hkt.fi
Introducing theatre through drama
Age group: primary and secondary school.
This teacher material consists of videos, interviews and various drama assignments in which you gradually build your own character. Through the assignments, you will get to know the different professions and areas of theatre, and it is based on the Helsinki City Theatre’s Backstage website.
Download the material here.
Once Upon a Time a Child – An Exploration into a Child’s World
Age group: Preschoolers, grades 1–3 of primary school.
This teaching material delves into the child’s world with the help of fairy tales and soundscapes. Children get to invent their own fairy tales and deepen fairy tale worlds through various soundscape and visual art tasks. The material also includes two ready-made fairy tale videos. The assignments in the material are also applicable to younger or older children.
Download the material here.
My Brother Lion’s Heart teacher material
Age group: for primary school pupils in grades 3–6
This teacher material contains exercises related to the performance, which can be done either before or after the viewing experience. The rehearsals are divided into pre-assignments before watching the play and post-play assignments.
Download the material here.
My Brother Lion’s Heart teacher material
Age group: lower secondary school, 2nd level.
This teacher material contains a variety of functional exercises that can be used to work on the presentation together and to delve deeper into its topics with the students before or after
viewing experience.
Download the material here.
Comedy Bank Robbery material
This material contains various exercises and is intended for Art Testers.
Download the material here.
Material archive
Peter Pan Teacher Material
Age group: for primary school pupils in grades 1–6.
This teacher material consists of dramatic assignments through which we get to know Peter
Pan musical. Tasks can be done before and after the viewing experience.
Download the material here.
Sleeping Beauty – Back to the Future teacher material (primary school, secondary school, 2nd grade)
Shed Musical Theatre
Premiere 3.12.2024
Download the material here.
Mousetrap teacher material (lower secondary school, upper secondary school)
Agatha Christie
Premiere 7.9.2023
Download the material here.
The Little Mermaid Teacher Material (Primary School, Middle School, 2nd Level)
Disney Musical
Premiere 17.8.2023
Character missions – Download the material here.
Soundscape exercises – Download the material here.
Quiz about the musical The Little Mermaid – Download the quiz here.
Snow Queen teacher material (comprehensive school)
H.C. Andersen as Janne Puustinen
Premiere 2.12.2023
Download the material here.
The Play That Goes Wrong Teacher Material (Middle School, High School)
Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields
The new era of farces has begun!, premiere 9.3.2022
Download the material here.
Tatu and Patu in Helsinki teacher material (Preschoolers, grades 1–4 of primary school)
Aino Havukainen – Sami Toivonen – Sami Rannila,
Strange musical play, premiere 7.9.2021
Download the material here.
Lomonosov’s motor teacher material (secondary school, upper secondary school, 2nd grade)
Helsinki Dance Company, choreography Valtteri Raekallio
Premiere 1.11.22 on a small stage. Download the material here.
Gravity teacher material (lower secondary school, upper secondary school, 2nd grade)
Helsinki Dance Company and Kinetic Orchestra, choreography Jarkko Mandelin,
Premiere 11.11.2021 on a small stage. Download the material here.
The Strange Incident with the Dog at Night – pedagogical material (Secondary School, Upper Secondary School, 2nd grade)
Simon Stephens-Mark Haddon: The Strange Incident with the Dog at Night, premiere 2.10.2021 at Lilla Teaternissa. Download the material here.
Miser’s Christmas (primary school, secondary school)
ShedHelsinki, Charles Dickens – Heikki Sankari – Tuomas Kesälä: Miser’s Christmas – a new musical play, premiere 8.12.2021 at studio Pasila. Download the material here.
My Day as a Groundhog Teacher Material (Middle School and 2nd Level)
Danny Rubin – Tim Minchin: My Day as a Groundhog musical comedy, premieres on 3.9.2020 on the big stage. Download the material here.
Shrek Teacher Material (Elementary School, Middle School, and 2nd Grade)
David Lindsay-Abaire – Jeanine Tesori: The Shrek Musical, premieres 25.8.2016 at the Peacock Theatre. Download the material here.
Humming Ridge teacher material (secondary school and 2nd grade)
Emily Brontë – Jo Clifford: Humming Ridge, premiere 30.1.2020 on the big stage.
Download the material here.
Myrskyluodon Maija teacher material (secondary school and 2nd grade)
Anni Blomqvist – Lasse Mårtenson: Maija of Myrskyluoto, premiere 24.8.2017 on the big stage. Download the material here.
Scapegoat teacher material (secondary school and 2nd grade)
Agapetus: The Scapegoat, premiere 18.9.2018 in Studio Pasila. Download the material here.
Gas, Inspector Palmu teacher material (secondary school and 2nd level)
Mika Waltari – Joel Elstelä: Gas, Inspector Palmu, premiere 29.11.2018 on the big stage. Download the material here.
Threesome teacher material (lower secondary school and 2nd grade)
Clément Michel: Threesome, premiere 12.9.2019 in Studio Pasila.
Download the material here.