PREMIERES IN 2023
Halme & Lumiluoto / KO-KOO-MO Block Theatre: Variation III – Twelve o’clock Setting
PREMIERE, 11.11.2023 The world builds up, breaks down, changes. Piece by piece. Performance serves moments for imagining the future. In the landscape restaurant the
Maiju Tainio & Co.: Gilgamesh – Mortal
PREMIERE 8. & 11.11. Find the copper box, Grasp the brass lock, open the lid of secrets, lift up the lapis tablet and read, how
Kallo Collective & Teatteri Metamorfoosi: Into the Wild
30.6.–16.7.2023, Joutsa I 27.10.–5.11.2023 Turku I “Into the Wild” is a satirical, physical and visual theatre performance that through dark comedy guides us to restoring
Theatre Groups AKHE & KREPSKO: 17 1/2 Wrong Movements
3.–4.3.2023 Helsinki I Wrong movements in the right show? Right movements from the wrong show? Long notes from the wrong song? Performers from two
Haapanen-Kumela-Rajala: Playtime – A case study
4.-5.3.2023 Helsinki I The collective work by composer Perttu Haapanen, guitarist Petri Kumela and puppet theatre artist Alma Rajala brings together traditional instrument-making and the
Trial & Theatre: Nano Steps – a Particle Performance
8.–14.8.2023, Helsinki I Nano Steps – a particle performance is a non-verbal performance that portrays an uncanny relationship between two entities across scales and boundaries.
Dirty Duckling: Ariadne – A Mess
10.–11.11.2023 Turku I A puppetry solo by Dirty Duckling, specifically Merja Pöyhönen is a skillfully woven one-woman-mess with ugly puppets in the labyrinths of identities. It’s
PREMIERES IN 2022
Available for touring in 2023
Antti-Juhani Manninen: Ridiculousness
18.11.2023 Tampere A very unusual comedy sketch show from the distant past and the future. A small gem of Turku’s contemporary puppet theatre scene now
Teater Håndholdt & Nordic Puppet Ambassadors: The Hermit
August 2023, Turku The Hermit is an immersive outdoor performance for one puppet, one performer and one spectator. It is a performance about the urge
TEHDAS Teatteri: Baby Judo
9.-25.9.2022, Turku I Baby Judo is a contemporary theatre piece that draws from physical expression and movement in a cross between performance art, dance, puppetry
Forsman – Halme – Kultala – Latvala – Sippola & Turku City Theatre: The Birds
7.9.-4.11.2022 I The Birds is a puppet theatrical cabaret that celebrates birdlife from a range of different points of view. It explores the diversity of
Lee Lahikainen & Co.: OBSESSION
Pakkomieliteko (Obsession) is a seven-minute miniature solo for an audience for one. This small performance made of paper and cardboard tells the story of a
Teatteri Qo: TEA FOR TWO
A short objec theatre performance where the tea is best served cold. “Tea for Two” is a short object theatre performance in which tea is
Nurinpäin Kollektiivi: INVISIBLE
Invisible is a puppetry inspired comedy about loneliness, told through live music, furniture and movement. We get to follow Lo’s struggle to become visible in
Jenni Rutanen & Co.: VOYAGER
Contemporary puppetry performance from the backyards of imagination and reality. “… true freedom can only be attained through weightlessness.” Viktor Pelevin, Omon Ra VOYAGER is
TEHDAS Teatteri & Niina Lindroos: TAINARON
Tainaron is not a place, as you perhaps think. It is an event which no one measures. It is no use anyone trying to make
Touring Performances
Performances available for touring.
For more information please reach out our puppetry agent Sanna Soni
TheatreQo: Peephole
FOR CHILDREN An ode to playfulness, neighbours and staying home! An Aeroplane flies inside a rain cloud. Below the rain cloud flies a seagull,
Nurinpäin Kollektiivi: Hula Hula
Poetic images of impossibilities A visual concert for children inspired by experimental electronic music, theater of objects and performance art. In this work the composer
Grus Grus Theatre & TEHDAS Theatre: FULL MEASURES
The show Full Measures inventively uses object manipulation and contemporary dance techniques to create a visually outstanding live storytelling. The performance Full Measures has been
Iida Vanttaja: A Mountain that Loved a Bird
This theatrical adaptation of Alice McLerran’s beloved tale about the friendship of a lonely Mountain and a Bird straying onto it makes use of the fascinating
Finnish Shadow Theatre Association: Shadow Swing Show
The Shadow Swing Show is a non-verbal performance where the story is told through shadow theater and music. It is a song of praise for an
Anna Nekrassova & Co. Before Thumbelina
A visually stunning solo performance for adults about challenges, dreams and perseverance. I am a desert, full of tumbleweeds. No flowers, no rain. Fear crawls towards
Dirty Duckling: Funny
The best puppet show ever made Funny witty. Funny touching. Funny is the best puppet show ever made. It is a performance not to miss! Puppet
Lotta Virtanen: Small Light Journey
On a vast fabric, a tiny ray of light takes shape and takes off to explore the world. During its journey the light meets things of
Mira Taussi & Mikko Bredenberg: Rooms by the Sea
13 February – 6 March 2021, Tampere I Rooms by the Sea is a visual theatre performance based on Edward Hopper’s (1882-1967) paintings. One of his
Niina Lindroos: THE UNMENTIONABLE
An ineffable toy theatre performance The Unmentionable by Niina Lindroos is a solo toy theater* performance inspired by life and art of a French photographer and
Grus Grus Theatre & TEHDAS Theatre: FULL MEASURES
The show Full Measures inventively uses object manipulation and contemporary dance techniques to create a visually outstanding live storytelling. The performance Full Measures has been created
Nordic Puppet Ambassadors – R
An object theatrical study about balance. Is it possible to make a circus trick with tableware inherited from one’s grandmother? If yes, what does that lead
Riina Tikkanen & Teatteri Metamorfoosi: Dark Matters
Dark Matters is a solo performance exploring something that cannot be seen, but still may exist. It is a wet dream of a shapeless creature floating
The Mechanical Swan – Extinction Paradise
Contemporary puppetry about fruitful childlessness Extinction Paradise is a breathless deep-dive and shamanistic trip into the myth and nature of childlessness. The play debuted in February
Käppi – Rajala – Räikkä: FEAR OF THE FOREST
A mystical puppetry horror tale about Finns and their relationship to the forest. Fear of the forest combines sound art and puppetry with horror and creates
TEHDAS Theatre: BE MY QUERELLE
Timo Väntsi’s solo performance is a passionate puppet theatre fantasy English premiere during TIP-Fest 2022! During his last service days, a soon-to-be-retired naval Lieutenant faces his
Nordic Puppet Ambassadors: ONLY ONE SUITCASE ALLOWED
15.-16.5.2021 Turku I Only One Suitcase Allowed is a fusion of object theatre and live installation for one spectator at a time. It is a peep show
