Telakka Open Border: Estonia

Year 2022 brings a new international event to the culture field of Finland. Theater Telakka is piloting Telakka Open Border festival that will take place from 7th to 9th of October 2022. Telakka Open Border is a biennial happening that will be showcasing performances of small independent theaters and work groups all around the world. It will have a different target country every time, this year it will be Estonia.

Telakka Open Border will focus on one country at a time and chooses best pieces of topical independent performance art to present. The festival offers the artists a chance to find new audiences and for the audience to get a comprehensive overview of a certain country’s theater scene and intense insight on international contemporary culture. In addition to performing arts, Telakka Open Border will include music from Estonia.

Festival clubs will be hosted at Culture House Telakka, with performances by Meisterjaan on Friday the 7th and Puuluup on Saturday the 8th. Showtimes at 10 PM.

Festival pass will grant access to all the performances and festival clubs.

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Tickets and festival passes can be purchased from Tiketti.

Programme

Friday 7.10.
17:00 Kellerteater & Teatteri Metamorfoosi: Madame Brigitte @ Theatre Telakka (Tullikamarin aukio 3)
20:00 Olmeulmad: Sanctum Textum @ Kalevankangas Cemetary Chapel (Hautausmaankatu 5)
22:00 Festival Club: Meisterjaan @ Culture House Telakka (Tullikamarin aukio 3)

Saturday 8.10.
17:00 Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava & W A U H A U S: Fluids @ Ahaa Theater (Hatanpään valtatie 6)
20:00 Kanuti Gildi SAAL: Eden Detail @ Theatre Telakka (Tullikamarin aukio 3) Ages 18 and up
22:00 Festival Club: Puuluup @ Culture House Telakka (Tullikamarin aukio 3)

Sunday 9.10.
12:00 Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava & W A U H A U S: Fluids workshop @ Ahaa Theater (Hatanpään valtatie 6) *
17:00 VAT Teater: Faust @ Theatre Telakka (Tullikamarin aukio 3)

* Only with the festival pass. Sign up in advance: festival@teatteritelakka.fi. Limited number of participants.

Inquiries

Festival producer
Maarja Kaasik
maarja.kaasik@teatteritelakka.fi