Ready-to-go Productions from Finland
This resource provides information on export ready Finnish productions that are tourable and suited for the international market right now. It offers a brief introduction to each of the featured shows, along with promotional photographs and video clips, technical information and contact details for further enquiries.
Missing Amelia Earhart
| Theatre: |
Merja Pöyhönen |
| Premiere: |
9.11.2016 (in Finnish) 18.11.2017 (in English) |
| Produced / co-produced by: |
Puppet Theatre Dirty Duckling |
In 1937, when Amelia Earhart disappeared, the world was left with an enormous mystery and an even bigger Amelia-Earhart-shaped hole.
Missing Amelia Earhart is an airy, dreamy and somewhat humoristic puppet play that follows the footsteps of the lost pilot with longing and admiration. It gives a peculiar explanation to what might have happened before and after Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937 and draws a blurred portrait of yesterday’s hero and her today’s lookalike, Merja Pöyhönen.
Made of courage and dreams, Missing Amelia Earhart is a brave one woman show and by stretching its own boundaries it has become one of the most sparkling examples of Finnish contemporary puppetry.
Touring information
| Running time at full length |
75 min. |
| Interval |
no |
| Stage required (height/width/depth) |
4,5 m + 7 m + 5 m |
| No. of people on tour |
3 |
| No. of performers |
1 |
| Used language |
English (and also in Finnish available) |
| Requires a clear understanding of Finnish or another language |
English |
| Subtitles |
no |
| English synopsis |
no |
| Simultaneous translation |
no |
| Touring season |
from [January 2018] to [December 2019] |
| Availability for workshop and educational work |
Yes |
Key personnel
| Directed by |
Merja Pöyhönen |
| Written by |
Merja Pöyhönen |
| Performers |
Merja Pöyhönen |
| Lighting design |
Jarkko Forsman |
| Sound design |
Merja Pöyhönen |
| Stage design |
plus puppets by Heini Maaranen & Merja Pöyhönen |
| Other credits |
Music by Hilla Väyrynen, Eddie Hermoso, Swaying Wires |
Contact information
| Contact |
Merja Pöyhönen |
| Position |
director, performer |
| Telephone |
+358400654367 |
| Email |
merja.poyhonen@gmail.com |
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