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Tampere Theatre Festival

FINNISH SHOWCASE 2013

45TH TAMPERE THEATRE FESTIVAL 5.-11.8.2013

FINNISH SHOWCASE 2013WELCOME TO TAMPERE THEATRE FESTIVAL’S THIRD FINNISH SHOWCASE!

Finnish Showcase 2013 offers the opportunity to experience some of this year’s best Finnish performances, to meet with the creators of the per-formances and to hear what’s new in Finnish theatre. Finnish Showcase offers an accessible meeting opportunity for international theatre and festival managers, performers, writers and directors and Finnish theatre professionals. During the Festival week there are also gatherings and other smaller events organized especially for Festival’s international guests as a part of the Finnish Showcase programme.

This Showcase booklet gives you information on the Finnish Showcase 2013 programme as a whole; timetable for the Festival week, information on events and directions how to find them plus insight on performances, discussions and other events presented in the Showcase programme.

Finnish Showcase 2013 is organized by Tampere Theatre Festival and TINFO – Theatre Info Finland in collaboration with Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre, Nordic Drama Corner and Agency North.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONThis year Finnish Showcase has its own website with detailed information on programme, each event, the artists and additional materials on Finnish theatre.www.finnishshowcase.com

MORE INFORMATIONSaara Rautavuoma, producerTampere Theatre Festival | Finnish Showcase 2013+358 50 302 0706saara.rautavuoma@teatterikesa.fi

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Welcome to Finnish Showcase 2013 3Index 4 Map of Tampere 5Festival Week Programme for International Guests 6

PERFORMANCES IN THE MAIN PROGRAMME

THREE SISTERS | KOM-Teatteri 8THESE LITTLE TOWN BLUES ARE MELTING AWAY | Turun Kaupunginteatteri 9PATRIARCH | Suomen Kansallisteatteri 10JEMINA – ACT AS YOU’D KNOW HER | Karttunen Kollektiv 11EDEN | Teater 90° 12

POST-SHOWS 13

THREE CASES OF FINNISH THEATRE

New Forms and Working Methods 14Case I: New Forms and Working Methods in Directing Case II: Applied Forms of Theatre as a Working Method in Artistic Process

Authorships 15Case III: Collaborating With Video

INFO & CONTACT INFORMATION Tampere Theatre Festival 16TINFO – Theatre Info Finland 17In collaboration 18

INDEX

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Welcome to Finnish Showcase 2013 3Index 4 Map of Tampere 5Festival Week Programme for International Guests 6

PERFORMANCES IN THE MAIN PROGRAMME

THREE SISTERS | KOM-Teatteri 8THESE LITTLE TOWN BLUES ARE MELTING AWAY | Turun Kaupunginteatteri 9PATRIARCH | Suomen Kansallisteatteri 10JEMINA – ACT AS YOU’D KNOW HER | Karttunen Kollektiv 11EDEN | Teater 90° 12

POST-SHOWS 13

THREE CASES OF FINNISH THEATRE

New Forms and Working Methods 14Case I: New Forms and Working Methods in Directing Case II: Applied Forms of Theatre as a Working Method in Artistic Process

Authorships 15Case III: Collaborating With Video

INFO & CONTACT INFORMATION Tampere Theatre Festival 16TINFO – Theatre Info Finland 17In collaboration 18

Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre 4th floor, Hämeenpuisto 28 (near TTT Theatre)TTT Main Stage (Suuri näyttämö) Hämeenpuisto 32Restaurant Kerho Satamakatu 7 (near TTT Theatre)Laikku Stage Old Library House’s Park (near Keskustori)Pakkahuone Tullikamarin aukio 2Tullikamarin aukioRestaurant Telakka Tullikamarin aukio 3Teatterimonttu University of Tampere, Main Building, Wing D, Kalevantie 4

OUTSIDE OF THE MAP Sorin Sirkus Ahlmanintie 6

Kuninkaankatu

FINNISH SHOWCASE 2013 VENUES

Theatre Festival Office Tullikamarin aukio 2Programme Tent & Festival Info Keskustori

MAP OF TAMPERE

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TUESDAY 6.8.12.00-13.00 Opening Ceremonies Laikku Stage

WEDNESDAY 7.8.19.00-22.15 MAIN PROGRAMME: Three Sisters Sorin Sirkus

THURSDAY 8.8.11.15-12.45 Sightseeing Tour of Tampere Tullikamarin aukio14.00-17.15 MAIN PROGRAMME: Three Sisters Sorin Sirkus17.30-19.00 RYE BREAD– get together Restaurant Telakka 19.00-22.00 MAIN PROGRAMME: These Little Town Blues Are Melting Away Teatterimonttu22.00-23.00 POST-SHOW: These Little Town Blues Are Melting Away Teatterimonttu foyer

FRIDAY 9.8.11.00-15.00 CASE: New Forms and Working Methods Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre19.00-21.50 MAIN PROGRAMME: Patriarch TTT Main Stage22.00-23.00 POST-SHOW: Patriarch Restaurant Kerho

SATURDAY 10.8.11.00-13.45 CASE: Authorships Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre14.00-16.50 MAIN PROGRAMME: Patriarch TTT Main Stage19.00-20.50 MAIN PROGRAMME: Eden Pakkahuone 20.15-21.40 MAIN PROGRAMME: Jemina – Act As You’d Know Her Teatterimonttu21.45-22.45 POST-SHOW: Jemina – Act As You’d Know Her Teatterimonttu foyer

SUNDAY 11.8.13.00-14.50 MAIN PROGRAMME: Eden Pakkahuone15.30-16.55 MAIN PROGRAMME: Jemina – Act As You’d Know Her Teatterimonttu

www.finnishshowcase.com

FESTIVAL WEEK PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL GUESTS

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PERFORMANCES IN MAIN

PROGRAMME

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KOM-Teatteri

THREE SISTERSWritten by Anton ChekhovDirected by Lauri Maijala

One works too hard, another not at all, and the third is daydreaming about being a horse – somewhat hung over, but still. They don’t know what is the price for a liter of milk but wake up at noon and spend two hours getting dressed. They dance on tables, speak in languages and live like there’s no tomorrow – Or, as if they didn’t have to deal with any tedious duties, in the least. And ooh, they are filled to the brim with desperate longing for better days that used to be: Better days somewhere where everything was less complicated; somewhere where life was always beautiful – Moscow! Moscow! But of course: They are Olga, Maša and Irina; Anton Chekhov’s three sisters. However, Lauri Maijala and the KOM-teatteri ‘s rollicking cast swirl them direct-ly into the core of today’s frustrations and disappointments.

CASTVilma Melasniemi (Olga), Eeva Soivio (Maša), Laura Malmivaara (Irina), Leo Honkonen, Eero Milonoff, Juho Milonoff, Helmi-Leena Nummela, Taisto Reimaluoto / Janne Reinikainen, Niko Saarela ja Timo Torikka

SET DESIGN Markku PätiläLIGHTING DESIGN Kari VehkonenCOSTUMES Niina Pasanen

Performances in Main ProgrammeWed 7.8. 19.00 & Thu 8.8. 14.00, Sorin Sirkus3h 15min, intermissionPerformed in Finnish, subtitles in English

Meet the ArtistCASE Director Lauri Maijala is a panelist in a discussion on directing in Finnish TheatreFri 9.8. klo 11.00-13.00 Centre for Practise as Reseach in Theatre

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THESE LITTLE TOWN BLUES ARE MELTING AWAY

A small seaside town: Wide landscape, ordinary people in their homes shab-bied by life. We get to know them in their everyday duties, we learn about their modest dreams and simple joys, as well as their very contemporary worries from burn-out to marginalization.

The characters are developed tenderly and with respect. The spectator wants to be there amongst them even when an environmental catastrophe hits and causes the water to rise threateningly, and the village community is forced to make life-turning decisions. An essential part of the narrative and staging is a series of videos, which reflects on both the people and the landscape.

Pipsa Lonka’s text won the New Baltic Drama playwriting competition in 2011. It received praise particularly for its warmth and humor.

CAST Eila Halonen, Stefan Karlsson, Ulla Koivuranta, Hanna Raiskinmäki, Kimmo Rasila, Ulla Reinikainen, Markus Riuttu, Riitta Selin, Jukka Soila, Mervi Takatalo, Kirsi Tarvainen

SET DESIGN Jani UljasLIGHTING DESIGN Jarmo Esko COSTUMES Sari SuominenVIDEO DESIGN Timo Teräväinen

Turun kaupunginteatteri

Written by Pipsa LonkaDirected by Maarit Ruikka

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Performances in Main ProgrammeThu 8.8. 19.00 & Fri 9.8. 12.00, Teatterimonttu

3h, intermissionPerformed in Finnish, subtitles in English.

English translation of the play is also available.

Meet the ArtistsPOST-SHOW Discussion with writer Pipsa Lonka

Thu 8.8. klo 22.00-23.00 Teatterimonttu foyer

CASE Collaborating with Video, insight to the video design in the performance

Sat 10.8. klo 11-13.45 Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre

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Suomen Kansallisteatteri

PATRIARCH Written and Directed by Juha Jokela

The award-winning, widely recognized Juha Jokela aims high and hits the mark both as the writer and the director of the Finnish National Theatre’s 140th Jubilee production Patriarch.With his ingenious dialogue and narration, Jokela composes a dense family drama about the gap between genders and generations. He then lets it unfold before us like a panorama seen from the window of a train.

Patriarch is sharp and discerning but never attempts to make claims, place blame or categorize. Replete with nuances and paradoxes the play is deeply reflective of our time and society.

CASTAntti Luusuaniemi, Heikki Pitkänen, Juha Muje, Juha Varis, Kristiina Halttu, Pirjo Määttä, Raimo Grönberg, Minka Kuustonen, Kaija Pakarinen, Kirsti Wallasvaara SET DESIGN Teppo JärvinenCOSTUMES Auli TurtiainenVIDEO DESIGN Timo Teräväinen

Performances in Main ProgrammeFri 9.8. 19.00 & Sat 10.8. 14.00, TTT Main Stage2h 50min, intermissionPerformed in Finnish, subtitles in English

Meet the ArtistsPOST-SHOW Meet writer-director Juha Jokela after Friday’s performanceFri 9.8. 22.00-23.00 Restaurant Kerho

CASE Writer-director Juha Jokela introduces Patriarch and discusses about video design in the performance with video designer Timo TeräväinenSat 10.8. 11:00-13:45 Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre

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Karttunen Kollektiv

JEMINA - ACT AS YOU’D KNOW HERChoreographed and Performed by Jyrki KarttunenCharacter Direction by Heidi Räisänen

The award-winning dancer and choreographer, newly appointed director of Helsinki Dance Company Jyrki Karttunen “updates the best traditions of dance, theatre, stand up and performance art” in a way that was worthy of win-ning the Vuoden teatteriteko award this year. “Intelligent, wacky and carnal”, the jury statement says.

Karttunen’s bold diva Jemina, who bounces from one character to another and one extreme to the other, generates collisions between man and woman, grown-up and child, real and fake, glamorous and commonplace. Tuomas Fränti’s live music perfectly accompanies images of familiar situations and our surrounding reality.

A rich feast of masterly language of movement, comedy and insight which captivates the audience.

The performance is not recommended for children under 15.

CAST Jyrki Karttunen, Tuomas Fränti

CHOREOGRAPHY Jyrki KarttunenSOUND DESIGN Tuomas FräntiLIGHTING & SET DESIGN Tiiti HynninenCOSTUMES Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila

Performances in Main ProgrammeSat 10.8. 20.15 & Sun 11.8. 15.30, Teatterimonttu1h 25minPerformed in Finnish, translation of the performance available in advance

Meet the ArtistPOST-SHOW discussion with Jyrki Karttunen takes place after Saturday’s performanceSat 10.8. at 21.45-22.45 in Teatterimonttu foyer

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Teater 90°

EDEN Based on Mark Twain’s Short StoriesArtistic Director Aleksis Meaney

It is quite impossible to describe any work of Mark Twain as somber, but the two short stories Teater 90° uses as a springboard for its exhilarating and buoy-ant analysis of love are perhaps the most subjective. Mark Twain wrote Eve’s Diary and Extracts from Adam’s Diary after the death of his wife; perhaps as love letters for her. Now these letters are re-written by a new generation which has learned their alphabet of love from the Music Television. The musically talented actors positively flourish in front of their audience as they frolic through the entire history of evolution from amebas and cavemen to the wonderful realm of Eden – and a little beyond.

WORK GROUPAleksis Meaney, Alisha Davidow, Kalle Paasonen, Kristian Ekholm, Ona Ukkola, Peter Kanerva, Ágnes Kaszás, Edith Holmström, Robert Kock

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Performances in Main ProgrammeSat 10.8. 19.00 & Sun 11.8. 13.00, Pakkahuone1h 50minPerformed in Swedish, subtitles in Finnish and in English

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Post-Show discussions are a great opportunity to meet, chat and ask questions from the artists in a casual setting right after seeing the performance.

THESE LITTLE TOWN BLUES ARE MELTING AWAY Thursday 8.8. 22.00-23.00 Teatterimonttu foyer

ARTIST playwright Pipsa Lonka MODERATOR dramaturge Satu Rasila from Turku City Theatre ORGANIZED BY Agency North

PATRIARCH Friday 9.8. 22.00-23.00 Restaurant Kerho

ARTIST playwright-director Juha Jokela MODERATOR project coordinator Eeva Bergroth from Nordic Drama Corner ORGANIZED BY Nordic Drama Corner

JEMINA - ACT AS YOU’D KNOW HER Saturday 10.8. 21.45-22.45 Teatterimonttu foyer

ARTIST choreographer-dancer Jyrki Karttunen MODERATOR director of TINFO Hanna Helavuori ORGANIZED BY TINFO – Theatre Info Finland

POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS

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CASE II

CASE INEW FORMS AND WORKING METHODS IN DIRECTING

Discussion lead by Finnish directors about new forms and working methods in directing in Finnish theatre today. Which rules, auteur versus group-based methods? Where, why and when is director necessary? Who has power? What is “good” directing?

PANELISTS director Milja Sarkola, director Lauri Maijala (Three Sisters) and director-actor Tommi KainulainenMODERATOR director Saana Lavaste

11-12.45 opening statements and discussion12.45-13.30 lunch and coffee break

APPLIED FORMS OF THEATRE AS A WORKING METHOD IN ARTISTIC PROCESS

What are the possibilities of using applied forms of theatre as a part of artistic process? What are the benefits and on the other hand the challenges? Hear two recent case-examples where applied forms on theatre are combined with artistic process.

PANELISTS director Saana Lavaste and director-dramaturge Eveliina LafghaniMODERATOR director of Riihimäen Teatteri Niina Torkko

13.30-13.45 Introduction to applied forms of theatre 13.45-15.00 Cases Mirror and any one of us –document, and discussion

THREE CASES OF FINNISH THEATREFriday 9.8. 11.00-15.00 NEW FORMS AND WORKING METHODS

Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre, 4th floor, Hämeenpuisto 28

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CASE IIISat 10.8. 11.00-13.45 AUTHORSHIPS

COLLABORATING WITH VIDEO

In both works, Patriarch and in These Little Town Blues Are Melting Away, video design by Timo Teräväinen plays a pivotal role. Teräväinen has received high praise for his video design in both works. (f.e. Kuva Säde -prize for outstanding video design in Finnish Theatre 2012, for Patriarch) What is the role of video and what makes the video special in these performances? How has the dialog between director and video designer progressed?

PANELISTS video designer Timo Teräväinen, playwright-director Juha Jokela, director Maarit Ruikka and playwright Pipsa LonkaMODERATOR director of TINFO Hanna Helavuori

11.00-13.45 Discussion on working methods and processes when working with new video design in Patriarch and These Little Town Blues Are Melting Away

Executive DirectorHanna Rosendahl

Artistic Team 2013Johanna Freundlich, DirectorAuvo Vihro, ActorMikko Kanninen, Actor, Director, Researcher

TAMPERE THEATRE FESTIVAL Tampere Theatre Festival is one of Europe’s most important festivals of professional theatre, serving as a display window for the finest Finnish and international productions. This spectacular event starts the theatre season in Finland. During the first week of August it offers a compact, yet high quality package of 21st cen-tury drama, classics, performance, dance theatre and street theatre. Tampere Theatre Festival is a non-profit organisation founded in 1968. Every year the festival draws over 80 000 visitor to about 350 events.

The festival consist of several entities: Main Programme, OFF Tampere Fringe Festival, Programme Tent, Club Festival Encorebaana, The Great Nocturnal Happening, Finnish Showcase plus Additional Programme of meetings, seminars, discussions and more.

CONTACTSaara RautavuomaProducer, Finnish Showcase+358 50 302 0706saara.rautavuoma@teatterikesa.fi Tarja SahlstedtCoordinator for International Guests+358 3 222 8536tarja.sahlstedt@teatterikesa.fi

Eevamaija Miettinen-KopsaPR ManagerPress Office+358 3 2140992eevamaija.miettinen-kopsa@teatterikesa.fi

Tullikamarin aukio 2, FIN-33100 Tampereinfo@teatterikesa.fi www.teatterikesa.fi

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CONTACTHanna HelavuoriDirector+358 44 363 1722hanna.helavuori@tinfo.fi

Jukka Hyde HyttiExecutive Producer for International Projects+358 50 359 0861jukka.hytti@tinfo.fi

Sari HavukainenPress and Communications+358 40 561 1516sari.havukainen@tinfo.fi

Meritullinkatu 33 A 2, FIN-00170 Helsinkitinfo@tinfo.fiwww.tinfo.fi

TINFO – Theatre Info Finland

Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre, Hämeenpuisto 28 D, 4th floor

Drama reading of five contemporary Nordic plays. A 45-minute passage will be read from each play. The passages are chosen with the playwrights. Peter Asmussen’s play will be read in full. In Finnish, English subtitles.

Wednesday 7th Aug 2013 starting at 13.00 Peter Asmussen (Denmark): Nobody Meets Someone Arne Lygre (Norway): I Disappear director and moderator: Jukka Hyde Hytti

Thursday 8th Aug 2013 starting at 10.00 Bragi Ólafsson (Iceland): The Chickens Martina Montelius (Sweden): Mira Passing Through Tuomas Timonen (Finland): Megan’s Story director and moderator: Saara Turunen

Free access

Organised by TINFO – Theatre Info Finland in co-operation with Tampere Theatre Festival

co-operates with professional theatre artists, theatre producers, festival directors, agencies and theatre organizations. facilitates artistic networks by organizing events, seminars, workshops, drama readings and showcases in co-operation with different partners. produces theatre information and statistics on Finnish theatre. provides material and advice on mobility, international networks, artist exchanges and Finnish theatres and artists.TI

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SUPPORTERS

FINNISH SHOWCASE 2013 ORGANISED IN COLLABORATION WITH

Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre is the research and expert unit of the Department of Acting (NÄTY) at the Univer-sity of Tampere. The centre, launched in autumn 2007, is aimed at developing practices related to the artistic, productive and technical operating cultures within theatres.

http://t7.uta.fi

Nordic Drama Corner is the largest theatrical agency in Finland, with a strong international dimension. It offers Finnish theatres a wide selection of foreign plays as well as works of the top Finnish playwrights.

www.dramacorner.fi

Agency North represents the vast majority of critically acclaimed Finnish play-wrights and their works. In addition to theatrical works the agency represents intellectual properties and creative talent in the fields of feature film, television, publishing and games.

www.agencynorth.com

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