HANKO THEATRE FESTIVAL

9-12.6.2016

Hanko Theatre Festival is the largest Swedish speaking theatre festival in Finland. It takes place annually

in the beginning of June and gather theatre visitors and performing artists to Hanko to see the best

(mobile) performances of the year. Discussions, planning and development of the Finnish-Swedish

performing arts are also parts of the agenda.

PROGRAMME

THURSDAY 15:00 / Tent

OPENING If you’re wondering what strange creatures are hanging and dangling around the tent, it has to do with Hanko Theatre Festival celebrating its 25th festival. It is resurrected figures and curlicues from the previous years that presents themselves in a mobile exhibition. The nominees for the Antonia-award is presented, Hangö blåsorkester entertains with music and the city serves refreshments.

THURSDAY / FRIDAY / SATURDAY / SUNDAY ALANS CAFÈ

POP UP BOOKSHOP Labbet A pop up bookshop with Labbets playscripts and, if the weather allows, some sort of program every day. Opening hours: Thursday: 13.00-15.00 Friday & Saturday: 10.00-13.00 Sunday: 12.00-14.00 Genre: Pop up book shop Other: Cash only!

THURSDAY 16.00 / KULTURMAGASINET

LITTLE ANNA AND THE TALL UNCLE Ensamble bulleribock A new written play based on Inger and Lasse Sandbergs children’s book characters. The best friends Little Anna and the Tall Uncle decide to become detectives. The audience is invited to become secret agents. Nearby the house of Little Anna the main characters find mystical letters and plenty of abandoned properties. Who is this mystical messenger? And what can one do with all those trashy objects they find? The play is an adventure where the Little Anna and the Tall Uncle explore the surroundings and friendship using their imagination and ingenuity. Group: Actors: Meri Anna Hulkkonen & Robert Kock Script: Oskar Pöysti Directing: Aleksis Meaney Set design and costumes: Tiina Hauta-aho Light design: Ada Halonen Sound design: Kristian Ekholm Music: Kristian Ekholm & Robert Kock Language: Swedish Duration: 50 min Age recommendation: 3+ Genre: Childrens' show

THURSDAY 16.00 / STUDIO TOMI PARKKONEN

FILM NOSTALGIA Remember and giggle and sob a little. We are pleased to present three films from Hanko Theatre Festivals glamorous history. 1. Mikaela Weurlander’s report for Yle about the 15th festival. 2. A documentation of our first great spectacle, Storslaget vid Parkdammen in 2010 3. Memories of Hanko Theatre Festival, dramatized and animated for the 20th anniversary. This takes place immediately after the opening in the Helkama house in the Eastern Harbour. There we have access to Tomi Parkkonen’s photo studio, that serves as both a film- and theater salon.

THURSDAY 18:00 / CASINO BEACH

CASINOBLANCA Casinoblanca - the future at stake is musical spectacle based in Hanko in 2066. The story is based on the classic film Casablanca. Like in Casablanca in the 40's, Hanko is a haven for people in search of happiness and a life without debt. Rick, the owner of the Casino follows the flow of people that pass and makes money on their dream for a better life. But suddenly, he meets Ilsa, his old love. He is forced to question his own cynicism when the whole future of humanity is at stake. The ensemble includes professional actors, amateurs, music groups and dance associations from around Hanko. Group: Directing: Erik Pöysti Script: Hanna Åkerfelt, Jesper Karlsson, Lasse Garoff & Janne Wass Visual design: Antonia Ringbom, Riitta Ketelimäki & Carmela Wager Light and sound design: Jukka Hannukainen Carpenter: Albert Sundström Actors: Niklas Häggblom, Linda Zilliacus, Martin Bahne, Wilhelm Enckell, Julia Salmela, Amanda Henriksson, Riitta Ketelimäki, Samuel Karlsson, Anja Bargum, Paul Olin, Carl Alm, Anders Slotte & Dan Henriksson Music: Rockband: Sofia Fri, Amanda Henriksson, Vicky Österberg, Eveliina Salonen & Emilia Englund from Rock Donna & Hangö blåsorkester Other participants: Belly dancers and line dancers, residents of Hanko Production: Anki Hellberg-Sågfors Language: Swedish & Finnish Duration: 2h 30 min with intermission Age recommendation: 7-107 Genre: Music theatre show

THURSDAY 22:00 / CASINO

ROCK DONNA HOUSE BAND Rock Donna House Band consists of the music camp Rock Donna's bandleaders and both national and international visiting artists. They perform with covers and jam nights, at different events in Finland such as Musik & Talang, Hanko Theatre Festival, and youth events like Kulturkarnevalen. Vocals: Sofia Fri Keyboard: Amanda Henriksson Bass: Emilia Englund Guitar: Eveliina Salonen Drums: Vicky Österberg Duration: 1h Genre: Musik / Musiikki/ Music

FRIDAY 10:00 / KULTURMAGASINET

VIT Wasa Teater Welcome to the world of White. Full of birdsong and birdhouses, it gleams and dazzles and shines in the night. Two friends look after the birdhouses and make sure the eggs stay safe. The world is bright, ordered and white. But high up in the trees, all is not white. Colour appears. First red… then yellow… then blue… White is a playful, highly visual new show for very young children and is a perfect first time theatre experience. Group: Text: Andy Manley Translation: Anna Simberg Directing: Agneta Lindroos Set design and costumes: Nina Silfverberg Music and sounds: Tim Stratton & Agneta Lindroos Lights: Mats Antell Make-up: Anna Vesterback Actors: Jakob Johansson & Julia Johansson Language: Swedish Duration: 45 min Age recommendation: 3+ Genre: Childrens' show

FRIDAY / SATURDAY / SUNDAY 11:00 / STADSHUSFOAJÈN

A PART OF YOUR LIFE YOU WILL NEVER GET BACK LUST – Den autonoma skådespelaren In a breakfast performance the group of the project the Autonomous Actor will prepare you for yet another day at the theatre festival. This is the first demo-production of the first cycle of the 3 year project. LUST is a non-profit organization working to develop the professional theatre field in Finland through the Swedish-language theatre. Group: Kira-Emmi Pohtokari, Andrea Björkholm, Samuli Laine, Lidia Bäck, Sinna Virtanen, Anni Klein, Per Ehrström, Johannes Ekholm, Sara Soulié, Malin Kivelä, Valborg Frøysnes & Torbjørn Davidsen Curator: Rickard Borgström Mentor: Haiko Pfost Workshops: Jørgen Knudsen, Ilia Papatheodorou, Sebastian Bark & Knut Ove Arntzen Production: LUST/Jonas Welander Supported by: Svenska kulturfonden, Kulturfonden för Norge och Finland, Hangö teaterträff Language: Multilingual: Swedish, Finnish, English Duration: 2h Genre: Breakfast performance

FRIDAY 11:30 / OUTSIDE BY THE TENT

KUNGEN OCH DEN FÖRSVUNNA KRONAN Samfundet Ehrensvärd Kungen och den försvunna kronan (The king and the lost crown) is a historic and reality-based adventure tour, that takes the children (6-13 years) and their parents on an exciting journey to Suomenlinna in the age of enlightenment. While the adventurers follow the clues and solve tasks, they meet interesting people from bygone times. In a vivid and fun way, the performance tells about the World Heritage Site Suomenlinna and about life in the 18th century. Group: Script and directing: Frank Skog Costumes and production: Sanna Pietilä Actors: Alexander Wendelin, Petra Heinänen & Gogo Idman Language: Svenska Duration: 1h 30 min Genre: Childrens' show Other: Children can participate only together with an adult. Bring with you comfortable shoes and clothes according to the weather

FRIDAY 11:30 / STUDIO TOMI PARKKONEN

NATTVATTEN 3333 Radioteatern In the year 3333, while the water keeps rising A-0N goes back in her memories to the days of her youth, hundreds of years ago. Her brief meeting with Michael, who is of the species Homo Sapiens, changes everything. A sci-fi radio drama by Malin Kivelä. Group: Directing: Camilla Thelestam Producer: Jessica Edén-von Numers Sound design: Niko Ingman Dramaturgy: Janina Jansson Language: Swedish Duration: 53 min Age recommendation: 12+ Genre: Radio theatre

FRIDAY 13:00 / CASINO

DISCUSSION: WHAT IS A HAPPY ENDING? And so they lived happily ever after. Or: All the main roles die. Or: Bad guys is going under, good guys remain. Or: An open ending without answers. Catharsis or feel good? Or neither ... A philosophical- psychological- dramaturgical discussion about what touches, what enriches, what really makes us happy. In the theater.

FRIDAY 14:00 / STUDIO TOMI PARKKONEN

DREAMBUSINESS Anja dreams about another life, and when she meets Marek new possibilities open up, far away from the poverty of her home land. Together with Marek she travels to another country to work in a café. But nothing turns out the way she had imagined. Marek is not the person she thought he was, there is no café job and Anja has come to a place that resembles hell. But maybe there is a way out. The Friendship with Nix gives Anja a second chance.

The film reflects a reality we have all around us, not visible to everybody but all the more cruel for those involved. It is about girls who have left the poverty and discrimination of their native countries, only to be exploited in the new country. Money, greed and a demand for sexual services cause the exploitation to continue and human values to be undermined. The film takes place in Stockholm, but it could just as well be in any other city in the world. Dream business is a contemporary story that shakes our foundations and asks questions. Is everything for sale? Does everyone have a choice? What is a human being worth? How open are our borders?

Group: Actors: Linda Zilliacus, Erik Bolin, Annika Aapalahti, Maija Andersso Julia Lappalainen, Felix Engström, Tobias Zilliacus, Lennart Jähkel, Mats Flink & Björn Wahlberg Script: Kerstin Perski Direction and film concept: Michaela Granit Set design and costumes: Karin Lind Music: Jani Orbinski Sound mix: Tobias Derwinger Light: Raimo Nyman Make up: Sari Nuttunen Projection: Patrik Instedt & Michaela Granit DoP: Niklas Berglund First assistant cameraman: Elias Lindén & Martina Iverus Sound: Stefan Brag Editing: Niklas Berglund Produced by: Föreningen för nyskriven dramatik Producer: Hanna Melanton Appelfeldt In cooperation with: Cinelandia, producenter / tuottajat / producers David Wikdahl & Benjamin Wolff Language: Swedish Duration: 1h 30 min Age recommendation: 15+ Genre: Movie

FRIDAY 15:30 / STADSHUSET

IMPROVISATIONSTEATERN STJÄRNFALL Improvisationsteatern Stjärnfall turns 20 and is celebrating by giving a performance of free improv where all is possible and anything can happen! Group: Actors: Anja Bargum, Max Bremer, Nicole Hjelt, Niklas Häggblom, Åsa Nybo, Johanna af Schultén & Elisabeth Öhman Music: Douglas Pashley Language: Swedish Duration: 1h 15min

Age recommendation: 7+ Genre: Improvisational theatre

FRIDAY 17:30 / STUDIO TOMI PARKKONEN

VI ÄR BJÖRNAR! teater 90° When the father of a little bear cub decides to work as a bear at the zoo in the city nearby, the cub has to attend the school for more or less puzzle-headed animals. As the father brings more of the city into their den in the woods, he seems to forget all about the importance of looking at the stars. Will Stone Mosshead or Grandmother provide guidance? Group: Text: Harriet Abrahamsson Directing: Kira-Emmi Pohtokari & Gogo Idman Actors: Kira-Emmi Pohtokari & Gogo Idman Set design: Lars Idman Music: Ludvig Allén & Johan Östman Language: Swedish Duration: 45 min Age recommendation: 5-9 år Genre: Childrens' show

FRIDAY 16:00 / BRANKIS

VI, DE DRUNKNADE Kompani Nord The performance is a mixture of blown-up films and pictures integrated with highly emotional close-up acting. The tale revolves around three generations of seafarer families and their hopes and hardships in the deadly cruel world of high seas. Group: Actors: Lidia Bäck, Jonas Kippersund & Marc Svahnström Directing, script, set-design, filming: Arn-Henrik Blomqvist Composition: Leif Jordansson Sound design and visualisation: Amanda Blomqvist Light design: Patrick Isaksson Costume design: Lena Andersson Props: Tove Sjövall Production: Marika Sundqvist Language: Swedish

Duration: 2h 20 min med intermission Age recommendation: 12+ Genre: Drama

FRIDAY 17:30 / PUB GRÖNAN

SLOTTE I KLÄM Have you ever been laughing for one hour at jokes and stories in Swedish? Now is your big moment! Sit down and let Anders Slotte stand up and guide you through his everyday struggles to get to grips with modern life. Or as the great Sam Beckett put it: "You´re on Earth. There´s no cure for that". Group: Actor: Anders Slotte Language: Svenska Duration: 60 min Age recommendation: 12+ Genre: Stand-up

FRIDAY 19:00 / HAGA PARK

RÜBEZAHL Svenska Teatern Toffe and his brother grows up in one of the famous houses on Bulevardi. In the evenings their dad is telling tales about Rübezahl, the whimsical giant in the German folklore, but they’re also telling other stories within the family. Stories that make an impression on the children, as big as the folklores, during the late 1970s and early 1980s in Finland. Rubezahl is Kristofer Möller’s play about his childhood in the 1970s Helsinki. About two boys, a family, the dark shadow of the war and - Jättis-ice cream Group: Actors: Anna Hultin, Mikael Andersson, Dick Idman, Patrick Henriksen & Simon Häger Directing: Julian Garner Set design, costume design: Hanne Horte Prompter, stage manager: Ann-Mari Skrabb Hair and make-up: Tiitta Stoor Dresser: Tiina Häkkinen Stage manager: Henrik Mickelsson Light tech: Tom Laurmaa Stage tech: Toffe Österlund

Language: Svenska Duration: 2h 10 min with intermission Age recommendation: 13+ Genre: Drama

FRIDAY 19:00 / TBA

LA CAROLA - LUST OCH LÄNGTAN Teater Josefina A music performance about the outstanding singer CAROLA STANDERTSKJÖLD. Seventeen songs in seven languages and in between memories and anecdotes. Group: Actor: Johanna Ringbom Music: Iiro Salmi Language: Swedish Duration: 1h 45 min with intermission Age recommendation: Adult Genre: Music

FRIDAY 21:00 / PUB GRÖNAN

RAMY ESSAM VOICE OF A NEW GENERATION In 2011 Ramy Essam exploded into international fame as the real voice of the Egyptian revolution. His songs spread like wildfire among the demonstrators, and during the height of the uprising Ramy performed in front of millions of people in the Tahrir Square. The songs became the soundtrack of a whole generation of young Egyptians struggle for a better future. His song ”Irhal”, in which he s demanding the resignation of Mubarak, is referred to as the real anthem of the revolution. But fame came with a heavy price with brutal torture and arrests meant to silence Ramy. Still, he came out even stronger and more determined to speak out against the oppression. ”In the revolution I was born again. The struggle became the purpose of my life.” While the Middle East struggles with its future direction, the Ramy Essam of 2016 stands out as one of its most important voices. Just like rock n roll has always been the voice of the young, rebel rocker Ramy takes aim at the younger generation to express its struggle for a progressive and modern society. Language: English Duration: 40-60 min Age recommendation: 18+ Genre: Music

FRIDAY 22:30 / MARET

11 Blaue Frau We have declared ourselves as a cult phenomenon and have put our names in Wikipedia. No bastard will define us and our art. We live in a parallel universe. In your universe there is a language, and there are structures, to poor and old-fashioned to describe us. We describe ourselves. No one else has the right to do so. Epic. Beyond hubris. This is Blaue Frau 3.0. After 17 productions in 11 years, we’ve conducted great achievements. The story begins and ends with Blaue Frau. We are not in your linear perception of time. We are in the Blaue Frau time. Welcome to something you might call “electro-pop concert”. We call it Blaue Frau. You may say that we are trying to take the right to rewrite history. We say that we are Blaue Frau. You may perceive that we are writing our own memoirs. Perhaps we are. But most of all we are Blaue Frei. Group: Malin Nyqvist, Barbro Smeds, Systraskap (Sabina Wärme & Amanda Lindgren), Meri Ekola, Ilse Ybarra, Sanna Pietilä, Christa Renwall, Jukka Heikkinen, Johan Isaksson, Joanna Wingren & Sonja Ahlfors. Language: Swedish Duration: 1h 20min Age recommendation: 18+ Genre: Music

SATURDAY 11:00 / OUTSIDE BY KULTURMAGASINET

FINDUS FLYTTAR UT Unga Teatern Pettson and Findus is a series of children's books written and illustrated by Swedish author Sven Nordqvist. The books feature an old farmer (Pettson) and his cat (Findus) who live in a small ramshackle farmhouse in the countryside. One day Findus decides to move to one of the outhouses because Pettson don´t allowe him to jump in the bed. But is it safe, when it becomes dark thereś a lot of noices in the forrest, and what about the fox. Group: Dramaturgy and directing: Christian Lindroos Music, lyrics and translation: Sofia Finnilä Actors: Kristian Thulesius & Frank Skog Sound- & Ligthtechnician: Jukka Hannukainen Set-design: Teemu Loikas

Text: Sven Nordqvist Language: Swedish Duration: 50 min Age recommendation: 3+ Genre: Childrens' show

SATURDAY 12:30 / STUDIO TOMI PARKKONEN

EGET ARBETE Teaterhögskolan

ALEXANDER HOLMLUND Fragments from Erlend Loes novel "Stilla dagar i Mixing Part". "Let us pretend that my mind is a taxi... and suddenly you are riding in it" - Richard Brautigan Group: Actor, dramaturgy, directing: Alexander Holmlund Guidance: Kira-Emmi Pohtokari Language: Swedish Duration: 30 min Genre: Tragey

VANAISA Monologue performance 3 from the Theatre academy. Performance about roots Group: Actor: Salla Loper Guidance: Anni Klein Language: Swedish Duration: 20 min Genre: Monologue

EN KOMEDIENNES UPPVÄXT A story of a "funny girl" growing up. About discovering humour and afterwards realizing you are different to those who are meant to make jokes. Group: Actor, script: Minni Gråhn Language: Swedish

Duration: 20 min Genre: Drama comedy

SATURDAY 13:15 / CASINO

MONOLOGER I DIALOG - EN SISTA BILTUR & IN TRANSIT Sirius teatern Two monologues, one performance. The momentariness and decayedness of life. It's fragility and beauty. An eternal movement. Water, its' invigorating power. And its' inevitableness. Anders Larsson and Susanne Ringell, two of our most prominent swedish speaking playwrights, have each written a monologue for Sirius Teatern. They are performed separately, but are still entwined together. Like a couple, walking hand in hand. On a winding road or a whispering forest path. Together - but also independent. Group: On stage: Paul Holländer & Paul Olin Directing, visualisation, soundscape: Paul Holländer & Paul Olin Light design: Saija Nojonen Production: Birgit Aittakumpu Publicist: Andrea Brandt Language: Swedish Duration: 2h 20min with intermission Age recommendation: 12+ Genre: Monologue

SATURDAY 15:00 / CASINOS BOLLHALL

BLAUE FRAU PODCAST: TAXEN & TERRIERN The podcast Taxen & Terrier Season 2, Episode 2 will be recorded LIVE at Hanko Theatre Festival!! Taxen

& Terrier is an unprocessed and unshaven podcast by cult declared group Blaue Frau! The podcast

returns in Fall and is broadcasted every second week in collaboration with Förlaget!

Is everything funnier at Hanko Theatre Festival? Or do you get anxious by so many actresses/actors in one place? We are inconsistent and freaking funny! A personal and aggressive stance against everything! P.S. You can just chillax! We promise to talk! Group: Joanna Wingren & Sonja Ahlfors Language: Swedish

SATURDAY 16:00 / STUDIO TOMI PARKKONEN

ANNIKAS SACRE Oblivia After the success of the solo Annika does Swanlake, Annika Tudeer, the artistic director and performer in Oblivia is making a solo based on Sacre du Printemps, the Rite of Spring Nijinskys ballet to Stravinskys music. The scandalous ballet with the famous uproar during the premier in 1913 has since then been re-made in a variety of interpretentions ”It is like having porridge in the morning. At some point you just have to do it. Choreographers do their rite of passage by adding their version of Sacre to the list. We have: Pinas, Maurices, Angelics, Rogers, Teros, She she pops Rite of Spring…etc, now it is time for Annikas Sacre”. Annikas Sacre was premiered 10.12 2015 at the national theatre, the Swedish Theatre, Svenska teatern in Helsinki. It is a story about the wonderful and horrific 20th century, and intertwined is also a strong autobiographical strand. Group: Text, on stage: Annika Tudeer & Timo Fredriksson Dramaturgy: Timo Fredriksson & Lina Teir Sound design: Juuso Voltti Light design: Meri Ekola Costume design: Tua Helve Production: Oblivia, Marina Andersson-Rahikka, Svenska teatern: Nicken NU-projektet Language: Swedish Duration: 60 min Age recommendation: 12+ Genre: Solo

SATURDAY 17:30 / HAGA PARK

WOODLAND GAMES Lisa Lie/PONR The theme of the show circles the question: what is reality, really? The performance moves swiftly between fantasy and reality while the borders between true and untrue and more or less incredible theories are erased.

We´ll be guided through confessions, rituals and half-scientific facts by our reptile hostess, and rejoice in the fact that prince Charles just might be a lizard from outer space. The stage is transformed into a dreamlike forest where trees are suspended upside down from the ceiling, and the fog hangs thick in the air. Shifting between stand-up, cabaret and monologue, the evening’s reptilian hostess pursues you through the dark forest of the astral dreamscape to teach you a thing or two about life that you didn’t think you needed to know. Afterwards, you’ll know better. You’ll realize that you have grown up and that everything you know is wrong.

Group: On stage, text, dramaturgy, directing: Lisa Lie On stage: Ivar Furre Aam Set-design: Lisa Lie/PONR (re-interpretation of original set from 2007 by Erik Tidemann) Masks: Magnhild Kennedy Soundscape: Trygve Brøske/Lisa Lie Light design: Yasin Gyltepe Light and sound technician: Oscar Udbye Producer: Aurora Kvamsdal Co-producer: Teaterhuset Avant Garden and Teaterfestivalen i Fjaler Supported by: Art Council Norway, Trondheim Municipality, Sør-Trøndelag County, Fund for sound and picture, Fund for performing artists & UD/Performing Arts Hub Norway. Language: Norwegian with Eng.sub. Duration: 60 min Age recommendation: Young adults and adults Genre: Performance

SATURDAY 17:15 / KULTURMAGASINET

ACTS OF GOODNESS Wasa Teater Acts of Goodness is based on interviews with young Europeans across the continent. Their stories depict a world of selfishness, racism, greed, and violence. In this touching performance, six actors dig into the concept of goodness and show how good things can exist even in the most inhuman conditions.

Group: On stage: Johan Aspelin, Kajsa Ek, Linda Mattsson, Tove Qvickström, Marco Luponero & Henrik Heselius Text: Mattias Andersson Directing: Henrika Andersson Set design: Henrika Andersson & Katrin Brännström Costume design: Katrin Brännström Light design: Mats Antell Sound design: Tim Stratton

Make-up: Anna Vesterback Language: Swedish Duration: 1h 15min Age recommendation: 14+ Genre: Drama

SATURDAY 19:00 / STADSHUSET

PLAY RAPE Klockriketeatern PLAY RAPE is a declaration of an angry woman, an icy monologue about the problematics of rape in the theatre world of 21st century Finland. Actress, playwright and director Anna Paavilainen got fed up with submission and wanted to do things in her own way. Freedom of speech and shame meet in a face-off that goes far beyond the personal experience, deep down to the power structures of our society. Group: Script, directing, actor: Anna Paavilainen Light design, technician: Pietu Pietiäinen Production: Eeva Bergroth Language: Swedish Duration: 60 min Age recommendation: 15+ Genre: Drama

SATURDAY 19:00 / BRANKIS

RECEPTET PÅ LYCKA Teater Mars The family Lehtinen-Hök run a small company. They sell happiness, or well... at least some relief to our everyday lives. Their own everyday life isn't as glorious. The new play by Teater Mars is looking for small answers to big questions. The family lives in a society where profitability comes before care, in a place where conflicts keep on growing between people and social classes. Like in Troja Mutanens hjärtbesvär from 2013, the group used a working method developed by the movie director Mike Leigh. The process starts from the character, from the observation of real people and relations, when the story itself is developed during the rehearsals. Group: Directing, dramaturgy, set design: Joakim Groth Technician: Valo Sauri Actors: Max Bremer, Marika Parkkomäki, Willehard Korander, Julia Korander & Iida Kuningas Production: Birgit Aittakumpu

Publicist: Andrea Brandt Language: Svenska Duration: 2h with intermission Age recommendation: 10+ Genre: Drama comedy

SATURDAY 21:00 / SMÖRMAGASINET

FEST! BILEET! PARTY! We come together to meet each other, to chat, to laugh, to eat, to drink, to dance. … That’s why the programme is kept short. The Antonia-award is this time presented by a jury of theatre pedagogues. Then it’s time for rock’n roll with ROCK DONNA HOUSE BAND! Perhaps there will be a birthday cake.

SUNDAY 12:00 / STUDIO TOMI PARKKONEN

THROW LIKE A GIRL Company Vuorlukka Throw Like a Girl is a dance theatre piece in Finnish and Swedish about how women act towards each other. Instead of supporting one another, we often focus on mentally hurting each other. Why? And how can we reach equality if we cant even get along with each other? Throw Like A Girl is a performance made by two bachelors of performing arts and dance students Marja Vuori and Kaisa Lallukka. Group: Directing: Marja Vuori & Kaisa Lallukka Actor: Marja Vuori & Kaisa Lallukka Dancer: Marja Vuori & Kaisa Lallukka Language: Finnish & Swedish Duration: 30 min Age recommendation: 12+ Genre: Dance theater

SUNDAY 14:00 / STADSHUSET

3 MUSKETEERS - EAST OF VIENNA Klockriketeatern

The three musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis wake up in 21st century Vienna. Without any possibility of going back, they must go forward. Go and explore the mysterious lands of Eastern Europe and do what musketeers do - fight. Only for what and for whom? Group: Directing: Valters Sīlis Actor: Carl Alm, Noora Dadu ja Matti Raita Script: Jānis Balodis Dramaturgy: Jesper Karlsson Light design: Pietu Pietiäinen Video and edit: Dainis Juraga Set design and costumes: Ieva Kaulina Production: Klockriketeatern/Eeva Bergroth & Gertrudes ielas teatris/Maija Pavlova Language: English, Swedish, Finnish Duration: 1h 45min Age recommendation: 13+ Genre: Drama

SUNDAY 14:00 / BRANKIS

LINTUKOTO Musiikkiteatteri Kapsäkki The musical, Safe Haven, came into being in January 2016 based on the topics that dominated Finland's news landscape. The themes selected for the play were street patrols and the discussions that emerged around them. Using people's stories, the nearly through-composed musical paints a detailed picture of the Finland we live in right now. Safe Haven does not explain everything about everything; more importantly, it asks those very questions that many of us have in mind this spring: Where is the good disappearing to? Where does all this hatred come from? Group: Actors: Elsa Saisio, Emmi Hatjasalo, Jussi Lampi & Miika Laakso Musicians: Jukka Nykänen (piano) & Pekka Korhonen (bass) Script: Eppu Nuotio Composition: Jukka Nykänen Directing: Ville Sandqvist Visualisation: Kalle Ropponen Sound design: Anssi Vättö Language: Finnish Duration: 1 h 15 min Age recommendation: 15+ Genre: Drama OBS! A smoke machine is used in the show