End-of-year performances of the popular play Tatu and Patu in Helsinki are now on sale
Tickets for the new musical play Tatu and Patu in Helsinki, which will premiere at the Helsinki City Theatre in early autumn 2020, were sold out during Christmas sales. Due to high demand, the theatre also opened all performances for the rest of the year. Finland’s most popular children’s book characters Tatu and Patu, created by Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen, will take over the main stage of the City Theatre from 9 September.
“Of course, the director is delighted that the performance is of interest so much in advance! We want to offer the child audience absolutely nothing but the best, an enchanting theatre performance full of speed, surprising twists and a lot of strange humour. We have at our disposal the entire machinery of the big stage and a group of top professionals, such as academician Marjo Kuusela as choreographer and Kari Mäkiranta as composer. Set designer Markus Tsokkinen has conjured up an astonishing, gravity-defying Helsinki set with gigantic trams, pedestrian crossings and traffic lights,” says Sami Rannila, who is directing for the big stage for the first time.
Brothers Tatu and Patu from Outola arrive in Helsinki to visit their cousin Jori. Jori is the most successful stranger of all time, but he is so busy that the brothers have their work cut out to keep up with Jori. While adventuring around Helsinki, Tatu and Patu encounter many of the wonders of the capital. How to deal with e.g. the potentially dangerous vest gang members dressed in fenissaries, traffic lights, restaurant days or mud overalls?
The roles of Tatu and Patu are played by the duo known as Liero and Kiero in the musical The Little Mermaid , Antti Timonen (Tatu) and Paavo Kääriäinen (Patu). The other roles are played by Paavo Kerosuo, Sanna Saarijärvi, Sari Haapamäki, Sofia Hilli, Juha Jokela, Kirsi Karlenius, Joonas Luomala, Kai Lähdesmäki, Unto Nuora, Tiina Peltonen, Justus Pienmunne, Emilia Saarinen, Inka Tiitinen, Kaisa Torkkel, Leenamari Unho and Mikko Vihma.
The script is written by Aino Havukainen, Sami Toivonen and Sami Rannila. The stage image comes to life with Nuutti Koskinen’s fantastic projections. The costumes of the characters, who exude Helsinkian elegance, were designed by Elina Kolehmainen and the camouflage by Jaana Nykänen. The lighting design is by Petteri Heiskanen and the sound design by Janne Brelih.
The musical play is loosely based on the book Tatu ja Patu in Helsinki (2003), co-written and illustrated by Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen. It is the first part of the popular Tatu and Patu book series, which is constantly being reprinted. The translation rights of the book series have been sold to 23 countries, and the books have been published in China, Korea, Russia, the Nordic countries and Hungary, among others. The series has been awarded the Finlandia Junior Prize in 2007 and the Tietopöllö Prize in 2008.
Recommended age from 4 years of age.
Tatu and Patu in Helsinki premiere 9.9.2020 on the big stage of the Helsinki City Theatre (Eläintarhantie 5)
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