10.01.2023
New Theatre Helsinki Festival 2023
- en mångkulturell teaterfestival med 15 program
New Theatre Helsinki Festival är en festival som pågår mellan den 18 februari och 11 mars. Välkommen på en stjärnspäckad öppningsgala där sex teatergrupper uppträder med olika program. Därefter följer nio olika pjäser på NICKEN-scenen för både barn och vuxna. Därtill fyra workshops, varav tre hålls på Luckan.
Festivalprogrammet är rikt, språken är många och de konstnärliga uttrycksformerna likaså. Teater, dans, dockteater, stand up, poesi, musik, diskussioner och workshops. Program för både barn och vuxna.
Tillsammans vill vi med detta nya gemensamma initiativ välkomna dig till en festival som sysselsätter över 150 kulturarbetare. Bekanta dig med programpunkterna nedan. Biljettförsäljningen startar idag, den 9 januari.
Vi beskriver kort alla program på engelska nedan, mer finns på webben. Ladda ner hela pressmeddelandet för teaterchef Joachim Thibblins tankar om festivalen och citat från projektets konstnärliga ledare David Kozman och Davide Giovanzana.
För mer info om Svenska Teaterns del i festivalen, intervjuer och pressbiljetter
Informatör David Lindström press@svenskateatern.fi
Tfn 050-5699207
www.newtheatrehelsinki.com/festival
The program / Programmet / Ohjelma
1. February 18 at 19.00
OPENING GALA: THE CITIZEN OF HELSINKI
Svenska Teatern, Stora Scenen
Join us at the festival gala The Citizen of Helsinki as we celebrate a stunning cultural buffet of dances, poetry, theatre, stand-up, and music. The host of the gala is Jamie MacDonald, who is a Canadian-Finnish queer, transgender nuisance who has been performing on Finnish and international stages since 2004, and who's made himself a household name in the red-green bubble.
Performing at the Festival Opening Gala:
Comedian: Mebe
Sneak Peek into the Theatre of the Future: The Youth from the Theatre of the Future
Chindian Queen: Tania Nathan
Cuerpalatina: Mercedes Balarezo, Paola Nieto, Daniela Pascual Esparza
Impressions: Godwin Otieno Musuma/ Gody
Afrojazz Quintet feat Charlotta Kerbs & Ismalia Sané
Hosted by: Jamie McDonald
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2. February 21 at 19.00
DOUBLE BILL:
PATRIOTIC BODY: TRAINING and 2ND SKINS
Svenska Teatern – NICKEN-scenen
Languages: English, Finnish, Russian / Non-verbal
From ages 13 and up
Patriotic Body: Training is a dance solo where the performer researches patriotism through their own body. They ask how one can address the effects of war on the body, which belongs to the aggressor country.
Performer: Dash Che
2nd Skins is a solo performance presents a sophisticated animal, a human, in bodily dialogue with other skins. The skins are animal and alien; jointly familiar and strange at the same time. A delicate state of being emerges where the creature is concurrently attentive to itself and the environment.
Choreography: Favela Vera Ortiz
Set design: Lotta Esko
Dance: Lara Müller
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3. February 23, 24, and 25 at 19.00
S2 - KANNINEN, JIMENO, BOITCOVA
Svenska Teatern – NICKEN-scenen
Languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Estonian
From ages 13 and up
Being an immigrant, having a bicultural family, being queer within the biological family structures, having and losing homes and connections; these themes are explored and projected through a multicultural, queer lens.
S2 is the first collaboration of this working group. Its members, Anneli Kanninen, Yoandy Jimeno, and Vera Boitcova, are queer, multicultural art makers who work towards boosting diversity and equity in the art scene.
Performers: Anneli Kanninen, Yoandy Jimeno and Vera Boitcova
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4. Viewings: February 28 and March 7
State of Things (installation)
Languages: Finnish, Swedish, English
The installation is free of charge but requires registration.
Unusual inhabitants will settle at Svenska Teatern during the New Theatre Helsinki Festival. A kettle and a toaster, a vintage table and a floor lamp, a jacket and a suitcase that have seen it all. The objects are scattered around the theatre, they found cozy corners and regardless of being slightly shy, you’ll find them very willing to tell their stories.
This installation is created specifically for Svenska Teatern and the festival.
Installation artist and project concept: Ksenia Peretrukhina, Anastasia Trizna, Toni Randell
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5. February 28 and March 1 at 19.00
Lamento Imenso | Helsinki
Language: Portuguese, English
From ages 13 and up
How can a memorial narrative which appears to be “auto-“, “bio-“ and “graphic”, without being “autobiographic”, be staged? How can one speak about incomprehension and disappointment when there are no (more) victims to blame?
This performance enters the world of a love letter intertwined with a farewell letter.
Text, dramaturgy, and performance: Rogério Nuno Costa
Assistance: Jani Nummela
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6. March 3 and 4 at 19.00
Theatre Groups AKHE & KREPSKO present: 17 1/2 Wrong Movements
Language: Nonverbal
All ages
Wrong movements in the right show? Right movements from the wrong show? Long notes from the wrong song?
Performers from two well-toured international theatre groups; momentarily distanced from the rest of their groups in Helsinki. The right people in the wrong country? Or the opposite?
This production is a collaboration between Engineering Theatre AKHE and KREPSKO theatre group, two long-lived theatre companies. Both groups have created their own, special theatre worlds and performed in over 30 countries, being awarded at several festivals.
17 ½ Wrong Movements working group members: Linnea Happonen, Jan Jakubal, Pavel Semchenko, Riina Tikkanen, Mayim Alpert
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7. March 6 at 18.00
Pizza Pizza Karagöz
Venue: Svenska Teatern/Nicken-scenen
From ages 7 and up
A traditional Turkish puppet theatre, nearly 700 years old, takes the stage for the first time combining traditional and modern styles. Karagöz is unemployed, as always, and Hacivat finds him a job in Finland. Karagöz takes orders in a pizzeria. The orders are made in different languages and the customers have various special requests. Karagöz gets all the orders wrong and things become a mess. How can order and harmony be restored? This is a performance about coexistence which uses pizza as the metaphor.
Writer, director: Filiz Kurt Aksu
Performers and puppet designers: Filiz Kurt Aksu, M.Mahir Aksu
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8. March 7 at 19.00
Liebe(s) Europa Dear Europe/a
Languages: German (Finnish and English surtitles)
From ages 13 and up
An intimate theatre monologue that unveils the writer´s personal experience living in Finland as a foreigner. The trigger of the monologue goes back to 2020, when borders were closed within Europe, due to the pandemic. The events took the writer on a journey to realise her alienated separation from her family, leading her to ask questions about the myth, history, and identity of Europe.
Director and writer: Juliane Mikkonen
On stage: Daria Trenkwalder
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9. March 9 and 10 at 18.00, and March 11 at 14.00
Shamans - a story about friendship and magic
Languages: Finnish, Brazilian Portuguese, Arabic, Kurdish, English
Ages 5 and up
With the help of the audience, the three main characters will discover the magic of friendship and diversity. This multilingual and interactive play is a homage to shamanism, magic, and friendship.
FinNomads consists of theatre professionals of Finnish and foreign backgrounds.
Director and playwright: Ilaria Tucci
Performers: Leandro Lefa, Taru Huokkola, Jalal Hajali
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WORKSHOPS & PANEL DISCUSSION
March 4 at 11.00
- Theatre of the Future - Youth workshop
Venue: Luckan, Yrjönkatu
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March 4 at 15.00
- Panel discussion: Building Bridges: The Diversity and Inclusion in the Performing Arts in Finland and in the Nordics
Venue: Luckan, Yrjönkatu
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March 10 at 13.00
- Homeward workshop: Contemporary Narratives on Finnish Stages
Venue: Luckan, Yrjönkatu
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February 20-24.02.2023 time is 10-16 (Registration closed)
The potential of multilingualism within the performing arts
Venue: Post Theatre Collective
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More information about the festival and the New Theatre Helsinki initiative.
Marjo-Sisko Lindstedt, Project Manager
marjo-sisko.lindstedt@newtheatrehelsinki.com
Phone: +358 41 310 4898
www.newtheatrehelsinki.com
More information about artist interviews and Svenska Teatern’s participation in the festival:
David Lindström, Press Officer
press@svenskateatern.fi
Phone: +358 50 569 9207