Programme - Tampere Theatre Festival

Gogol. Vetshera: Vesna Gogol. Evenings: Spring
SOUNDRAMA STUDIO (Russia)
Nikolai Gogol; Adapted by Irina Lichagina; Directed by Vladimir Pankov

Another reality gets mixed with the fair fever in the Dikanka village. Witches and vampires run riot in the villagers’ yards and cottages; boisterously, full of…Read more ť

Leiri maailman laidalla A Camp on the Edge of the World
ROVANIEMEN TEATTERI
Seppo Saraspää - Lauri Sipari; Directed by Taava Hakala

The Rovaniemi Theatre’s A Camp on the Edge of the World was awarded the Performance of the Year title in the Thalia Gala in February. Moreover, the costume and set designers…Read more ť

Kama Sutra TEATTERI TELAKKA
Direction and choreography by Ari Numminen

”Kama is the enjoyment of appropriate objects by the five senses of hearing, feeling, seeing, tasting and smelling, assisted by the mind together with the soul. The ingredient in this is a peculiar contact between the organ of…Read more ť

Gogol. Vetshera: Vesna Gogol. Evenings: Spring
SOUNDRAMA STUDIO (Russia)
Nikolai Gogol; Adapted by Irina Lichagina; Directed by Vladimir Pankov

Another reality gets mixed with the fair fever in the Dikanka village. Witches and vampires run riot in the villagers’ yards and cottages; boisterously, full of…Read more ť

Leiri maailman laidalla A Camp on the Edge of the World
ROVANIEMEN TEATTERI
Seppo Saraspää - Lauri Sipari; Directed by Taava Hakala

The Rovaniemi Theatre’s A Camp on the Edge of the World was awarded the Performance of the Year title in the Thalia Gala in February. Moreover, the costume and set designers…Read more ť

Kama Sutra TEATTERI TELAKKA
Direction and choreography by Ari Numminen

”Kama is the enjoyment of appropriate objects by the five senses of hearing, feeling, seeing, tasting and smelling, assisted by the mind together with the soul. The ingredient in this is a peculiar contact between the organ of…Read more ť

Kuidas seletada pilte surnud jänesele How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare
TEATER NO99 (Estonia)
Idea and Direction by Tiit Ojasoo - Ene Liis Semper

The first one to explain pictures to a dead hare was artist Joseph Beuys in 1965. In NO99’s performance there is indeed a Beuys figure with a gilded face sitting in a…Read more ť

Groza The Storm
MAGNITOGORSKIJ DRAMATITSHESKIJ IM. A.S. PUSHKINA (Russia)
Aleksandr Ostrovski - Lev Erenburg; Directed by Lev Erenburg

In the past few years, Magnitogorskian Pushkin Drama Theatre has left its audiences everywhere in Russia in awe with their magnificent performances, as…Read more ť

Pieni raha A Little Money
TAMPEREEN TYÖVÄEN TEATTERI
Written and directed by Sirkku Peltola

The mother is getting old and has bad feet; the son is in his fifties and could in strict medical terms be described as ‘with limited intelligence’. Together they live in the backwoods and take care of…Read more ť

Kuidas seletada pilte surnud jänesele How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare
TEATER NO99 (Estonia)
Idea and Direction by Tiit Ojasoo - Ene Liis Semper

The first one to explain pictures to a dead hare was artist Joseph Beuys in 1965. In NO99’s performance there is indeed a Beuys figure with a gilded face sitting in a…Read more ť

Groza The Storm
MAGNITOGORSKIJ DRAMATITSHESKIJ IM. A.S. PUSHKINA (Russia)
Aleksandr Ostrovski - Lev Erenburg; Directed by Lev Erenburg

In the past few years, Magnitogorskian Pushkin Drama Theatre has left its audiences everywhere in Russia in awe with their magnificent performances, as…Read more ť

In Real Time BROKENTALKERS (Ireland)
Idea and Manuscript by the Company’s Working Group; Directed by Feidlim Cannon

Irish theatre is going through a profound shift. The Brokentalkers stands in the frontline of groups that boldly challenge the limits of theatre, and is now bringing two performances…Read more ť

Eugen Schauman TEATER MESTOLA
Lasse Garoff, Jesper Karlsson & Martin Bahne; Directed by Martin Bahne

Disillusioned, bitter young man; socially isolated, desperately in love - or a political activist who rises against tyranny and sets off a chain of events that ultimately leads to Finland’s…Read more ť

Aladdin ja ihmeellinen lamppu Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
UNGA TEATERN
Adapted and directed by Christian Lindroos; Translation to Finnish by Hannu Mäkelä

The familiar tale from the Thousand and One Nights spreads out to the stage sparkling with colour, abundant with fresh magic powers and joyous acting. The…Read more ť

Fosforinhohtoinen lurjus The Phosphorous Scoundrel
NÄLKÄTEATTERI
Manuscript and Directed by Juha Hurme

What is mediocrity? Giving up stardom, smallness, settling for little? At least it can be a splendid and bittersweet starting point for a performance. Juha Hurme has written and directed a monodrama about…Read more ť

Anna Karenina TURUN KAUPUNGINTEATTERI
Leo Tolstoy - Andriy Zholdak; Written in Finnish by Ulla Reinikainen and Sari Läikelä on the basis of Arja Pikkupeura’s original Finnish translation; Directed by Andriy Zholdak

The Turku City Theatre’s performance seizes the stage with passion: the birth, blaze…Read more ť

In Real Time BROKENTALKERS (Ireland)
Idea and Manuscript by the Company’s Working Group; Directed by Feidlim Cannon

Irish theatre is going through a profound shift. The Brokentalkers stands in the frontline of groups that boldly challenge the limits of theatre, and is now bringing two performances…Read more ť

Eugen Schauman TEATER MESTOLA
Lasse Garoff, Jesper Karlsson & Martin Bahne; Directed by Martin Bahne

Disillusioned, bitter young man; socially isolated, desperately in love - or a political activist who rises against tyranny and sets off a chain of events that ultimately leads to Finland’s…Read more ť

Aladdin ja ihmeellinen lamppu Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
UNGA TEATERN
Adapted and directed by Christian Lindroos; Translation to Finnish by Hannu Mäkelä

The familiar tale from the Thousand and One Nights spreads out to the stage sparkling with colour, abundant with fresh magic powers and joyous acting. The…Read more ť

Fosforinhohtoinen lurjus The Phosphorous Scoundrel
NÄLKÄTEATTERI
Manuscript and Directed by Juha Hurme

What is mediocrity? Giving up stardom, smallness, settling for little? At least it can be a splendid and bittersweet starting point for a performance. Juha Hurme has written and directed a monodrama about…Read more ť

Power Point THE PERFORMANCE CORPORATION (Ireland)
Tom Swift; Directed by Jo Mangan

”PANIC is the NUMBER ONE tool for SUCCESS in business today”, claims The Performance Corporation. The company is one of the most exciting, innovative and novelty-seeking companies in Ireland today.

The…Read more ť

Maailma alkaa vasta The World Is Just Beginning
KOTKAN KAUPUNGINTEATTERI
Toivo Pekkanen; Adapted by Seppo Parkkinen; Directed by Kaisa Korhonen

The paper industry workers are on strike. Greed? Or defending their rights? What if the company goes belly up or the markets close because of the…Read more ť

Juha TANSSITEATTERI MINIMI
Juhani Aho – Mikko Roiha; Directed by Mikko Roiha; Choreography by Mikko Roiha and Working Group

Juhani Aho’s story about Juha, whose wife Marja elopes with a slick Russian salesman, contains already in itself the ingredients of the archetypal Finnishness. In Mikko…Read more ť

Power Point THE PERFORMANCE CORPORATION (Ireland)
Tom Swift; Directed by Jo Mangan

”PANIC is the NUMBER ONE tool for SUCCESS in business today”, claims The Performance Corporation. The company is one of the most exciting, innovative and novelty-seeking companies in Ireland today.

The…Read more ť

Maailma alkaa vasta The World Is Just Beginning
KOTKAN KAUPUNGINTEATTERI
Toivo Pekkanen; Adapted by Seppo Parkkinen; Directed by Kaisa Korhonen

The paper industry workers are on strike. Greed? Or defending their rights? What if the company goes belly up or the markets close because of the…Read more ť

Juha TANSSITEATTERI MINIMI
Juhani Aho – Mikko Roiha; Directed by Mikko Roiha; Choreography by Mikko Roiha and Working Group

Juhani Aho’s story about Juha, whose wife Marja elopes with a slick Russian salesman, contains already in itself the ingredients of the archetypal Finnishness. In Mikko…Read more ť

Silver Stars BROKENTALKERS (Ireland)
Sean Millar; Directed by Feidlim Cannon and Gary Keegan

The second performance by the Brokentalkers, the intimate and frank Silver Stars is based on authentic, documented interviews. Men of older generations tell about their youth - the times when it was…Read more ť

Le signorine di Wilko The Young Ladies of Wilko
EMILIA ROMAGNA TEATRO (Italy)
Manuscript based on Jaroslaw Iwaskiewicz’ novel; Directed by Alvis Hermanis

The much appreciated and frequently awarded Alvis Hermanis returns to Tampere once again. This year he brings the Italian Emilia Romagno Teatro and the…Read more ť

Kirje Siperiasta - Brevet från Siberien A Letter from Siberia
LILLA TEATERN
Christian Sundgren; Directed by Milja Sarkola

Elna Sundgren grew up in Kamenskoje, Ukraine. She had the chance to move back to Finland with her family in 1917, but decided to stay in Russia with her husband Vadja and their two children. Her fate…Read more ť

Kahdeksan surmanluotia Eight Fatal Bullets
TEATTERI VANHA JUKO
Mikko Niskanen - Juha Luukkonen; Adapted and Directed by Juha Luukkonen

40 years ago a small-farmer from Pihtipudas fires eight shots and kills four policemen who came to arrest him.

Ever since, countless more fatal bullets have been…Read more ť

Tuolla puolen taivaanrajan Further than the Furthest Thing
TURUN KAUPUNGINTEATTERI
Zinnie Harris; Translated to Finnish by Juha Siltanen; Directed by Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen

What happens when a tiny society living in a remote island somewhere in the ocean, slowly shaped in isolation generation after…Read more ť

Esitystalous Performance Economy
ESPOON KAUPUNGINTEATTERI
Written and Directed by Juha Jokela

Everything is about performance, preaches business consultant Rami Niittymaa. He has created the concept ‘performance economy’. Niitymaa, for his part, is a creation of Juha Jokela, whom we remember…Read more ť

Quai Ouest Quay West
THÉÂTRE NATIONAL DE BRETAGNE (France)
Bernard-Marie Koltès; Directed by Rachid Zanouda

The escape of Maurice Koch, a business man turned embezzler, comes to a halt in a warehouse taken over by illegal immigrants in the Quay West where Charles and his family also dwell. The…Read more ť

Silver Stars BROKENTALKERS (Ireland)
Sean Millar; Directed by Feidlim Cannon and Gary Keegan

The second performance by the Brokentalkers, the intimate and frank Silver Stars is based on authentic, documented interviews. Men of older generations tell about their youth - the times when it was…Read more ť

Le signorine di Wilko The Young Ladies of Wilko
EMILIA ROMAGNA TEATRO (Italy)
Manuscript based on Jaroslaw Iwaskiewicz’ novel; Directed by Alvis Hermanis

The much appreciated and frequently awarded Alvis Hermanis returns to Tampere once again. This year he brings the Italian Emilia Romagno Teatro and the…Read more ť

Kirje Siperiasta - Brevet från Siberien A Letter from Siberia
LILLA TEATERN
Christian Sundgren; Directed by Milja Sarkola

Elna Sundgren grew up in Kamenskoje, Ukraine. She had the chance to move back to Finland with her family in 1917, but decided to stay in Russia with her husband Vadja and their two children. Her fate…Read more ť

Kahdeksan surmanluotia Eight Fatal Bullets
TEATTERI VANHA JUKO
Mikko Niskanen - Juha Luukkonen; Adapted and Directed by Juha Luukkonen

40 years ago a small-farmer from Pihtipudas fires eight shots and kills four policemen who came to arrest him.

Ever since, countless more fatal bullets have been…Read more ť

Tuolla puolen taivaanrajan Further than the Furthest Thing
TURUN KAUPUNGINTEATTERI
Zinnie Harris; Translated to Finnish by Juha Siltanen; Directed by Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen

What happens when a tiny society living in a remote island somewhere in the ocean, slowly shaped in isolation generation after…Read more ť

Quai Ouest Quay West
THÉÂTRE NATIONAL DE BRETAGNE (France)
Bernard-Marie Koltès; Directed by Rachid Zanouda

The escape of Maurice Koch, a business man turned embezzler, comes to a halt in a warehouse taken over by illegal immigrants in the Quay West where Charles and his family also dwell. The…Read more ť

Detta har hänt Happened So Far
VIIRUS
Written and directed by Joakim Groth

Led by Joakim Groth, Theatre Viirus has set out to explore a world that is too recent to be history, too far back to be contemporary - the 1970s. The weekly family magazine Allers guides us there with its entire spectrum of…Read more ť

Odotus Coming Soon
KOM-TEATTERI
Written by Heini Junkkaala, Pirkko Saisio and Marja Packalén; Directed by Heini Junkkaala

A woman is waiting. She’s waiting for the father, sometime. Or a man at another time. Or a woman. Or a child. Grandchild. Judgment. Lights in the hallway. Her turn. Bad…Read more ť

Days of Disco KARTTUNEN KOLLEKTIV
Choreography by Jyrki Karttunen

Jyrki Karttunen and his working group have gazed deep in the mirror ball and seen a mirage of the past: the glittering 1970s of Disco.

Days of Disco entwines personal memories and collective history, John Travolta’s and Åke…Read more ť

Kaj Chydenius' Singing Studio VII Mythology, nightime atmosphere and strange stories

"A good poem is always shocking", says famous Finnish composer Kaj Chydenius. This year the composer was touched especially by Markku Lahtela's poem, Merkillistä (Strange), which leads us to the theme of the evening - strange…Read more ť

Heikki Salo Tulipalo On Tuesday the Tent will be on fire, as the main man of Finnish rock music, Heikki Salo, takes the stage with his new band.

Heikki Salo Tulipalo plays music from their new Unen renki (Servant of a dream)- album, which proves, that the lyrical genius is also talented composer. Tulipalo also…Read more ť

Of(f) Course What happens when you mix classical ballet and break dance from the streets? A delightful celebration of dance! Of(f) course takes seven top dancers and as many different types of dance to the stage. You can see anything from ballet to capoeira and ball room dancing to house.

The dancers…Read more ť

Stains on Paper Singer, Juha Tapio and actor, Otto Kanerva, concentrate on lyrics in their concert. The best of them are like poems that sum up the world in three minutes.

The pair perform a selection of Finnish lyrical masterpieces. The songs range from Helismaa to Syrjä, from Vainio to Hector and…Read more ť

The Meaning of Life Have you ever wondered, why we are here? Mika Eirtovaara has.

The comedian grabbed the impossible task by the horns and found out the meaning of life. This is how this wandering stand up show, one man Woodstock, was born. Eirtovaara exposes everything, whether you like or not!

A…Read more ť

Orkestar Bordurka The hottest name in folk music arrives from 'Borduria'. As a present it has an explosively entertaining show, folk music-cabaree in Balkan style.

The playing is accompanied by broken English and 'Bordurian' folk dancing. The orchestra is on flames, to the point when a violin…Read more ť

Flat Against the Heart

Songs about Finland, love and resistance

Me and Leonard Man, guitar and Leonard's music. These are the ingredients that enable the actor, Juha Kukkonen, put together a fantastic evening of singing. Armed with tons of stage charisma and a burning voice, he performs Cohen's songs that have a taste of life.

The songs make up a fictional…Read more ť

Magic! Magic! Theatre! Humour! all can be found in a one-man-show, directed by Neil Hardwick and starring a magician, Robert Jägerhorn.

Hitchcock's first silent film has been discovered from the vaults of archive. The sensation should be shown to the audiences, but the projector is playing up.…Read more ť

Kanteletar New generation of strong women, Maija Kaunismaa and Eeppi Ursin, sank their teeth into a great epic. A concertful of songs were born from the poems of Kanteletar, echoing Karelian tradition, with a timeless message.

With their performance, Miniät (Daughter-in-laws) express the rythm of…Read more ť