The rift of puppetry and springtime Oh My Puppets! Mini Festival celebrates contemporary puppetry in Helsinki. Since 2017 the festival has brought interesting new performances to Cirko in Suvilahti.

This year the festival is held from 19 to 22 April 2023. The programme consists of recent puppetry and visual theatre performances destined for adult audiences.

The festival is organised in collaboration by Aura of Puppets and Cirko – Center for New Circus.

Programme

Wednesday 19.4.2023

17:30 opening ceremony
18:00 Yksin ihminen / Solmu

Thursday 20.4.2023

14–17 Seminar on sustainable touring practices / IMPULSE! project
18:00 Yksin ihminen / Solmu

Friday 21.4.2023

16:00 Tea for Two / Karavan, Cirkon courtyard
17:30 Tea for Two / Karavan
18:00 Extra-Neitsyt Evankeliumi / Maneesi
19:00 Tea for Two / Karavan
19:30 Ariadne: A Mess / Solmu

Saturday 22.4.2023

18:00 Ariadne – A Mess / Solmu
19:30 Extra-Neitsyt Evankeliumi / Maneesi

See the whole programme

Tehdas Teatteri: YKSIN IHMINEN – Science fiction puppetry

11.2.2023 Jyväskylä, 19.–20.4.4023 Helsinki I Get tickets Yksi mahdollinen Berliini vuonna 1989. Erään maailmanajan lopun aatto. Futuristista nukkeanimaatiota työstävä suomalais-saksalainen animaattoriryhmittymä Der Puppenspiegel hylätyssä tehdashallissa. Kielimuurin

Grus Grus Teatteri & Tehdas Teatteri: Extra-neitsyt evankeliumi

21.–22.4.2023, Helsinki I Extra-neitsyt evankeliumi on välineellinen kertomus Palestiinan ensimmäisestä ja viimeisestä seksikaupasta. Se on poliittinen esineteatteriesitys, jossa seksilelut kertovat absurdin kärsimysnäytelmän. Miten jo puhki kaluttu

Teatteri Qo: Tea For Two

21.4. &, 27.5.2023 Helsinki I Two women, two ways. A storm is brewing in the teacup. “Tea for Two” is a short object theatre performance in

Dirty Duckling: Ariadne – A Mess

22.–23.8.2024 Stockholm, 28.9.–5.10.2024 Turku, 12.10.2024 Berger, Norway I A puppetry solo by Dirty Duckling, specifically Merja Pöyhönen is a skillfully woven one-woman-mess with ugly puppets in the

Workshops on sustainable touring 20.4.2023 during Oh My Puppets! -festival

31/03/2023

Aura of Puppets hosts a seminar on sustainable touring practices on Thursday 20 April 2023 at the Oh My Puppets! mini festival for contemporary Puppetry

Info

Address Cirko – Center for New Circus, Kaasutehtaankatu 1, Suvilahti, Helsinki Doors open 30 minutes before each performance. Accessibillty Circo is accessible with public transport. The premises are wheelchair accessible . If you need a ticket for your assistant, or book a place with a wheelchair, please contact us beforehand info@auraofpuppets.com. Assistants get in without a fee. Acessible toilet is found next to the lobby bar on 1st floor. Karavan theatre is not wheelchair accessible. It is a small space with two steps at the entrance. Tickets Tickets are sold in Aura of Puppets’ Holvi-webshop. Prices: 25€ adults, 15€ students, pensioners, unemployed. Ticke service fees are included in the price. Reservations and additional information: Aura of Puppets office, info@auraofpuppets.com