Jonnakaisa Risto
Actor, screenwriter, puppet artist Jonnakaisa is interested in grotesque and musical puppet theatre. Jonnakaisa graduated from the Uniarts Helsinki as an actor 2018. She has worked as a freelancer in…
Pia Kalenius
Director, performer, puppet builder, costume designer and mask maker Pia Kalenius is an expereinced all-round puppet theater artist from Turku. She graduated from Turku Arts Academy Puppet Theatre department 2003.…
Aati Hanikka
Director, puppeteer, performer, scriptwriter Aati Hanikka enjoys being a director of puppet manipulation. For him, puppetry is above all about movement: matter in motion. Matter offers a language of movement…
Elviira Davidow
Shadow theater artist, performer, storyteller, director, dance and puppet theater teacher, puppet builder Elviira Davidow has both studied and worked extensively in the fields of art as a puppet theater…
Merja Pöyhönen
Director, performer, teacher Merja Pöyhönen (b. 1980) is a puppeteer and director living in Turku. She is one of the trailblazers in modern Finnish puppet theatre. Pöyhönen has a degree in…
Outi Sippola, kuva: Jussi Virkkumaa
Outi Sippola
Director, performer, screenwriter, dramaturg Outi Sippola is a theatre maker and Artistic Director Nordic Puppet Ambassadors As a puppet theatre director and performer who strives for gentle wake up calls…
Timo Väntsi
Director, performer, puppet builder, screenwriter, teacher Timo Väntsi (b. 1966) is a very experienced Finnish puppeteer, actor, director who has worked in small and big theatre companies in Finland. He…
Alma Rajala
Director, performer, writer Alma Rajala is an original and multifaceted director and performer in puppet theatre.Constantly seeking new horizons, she combines puppet theatre with other forms of art. She has created…
Elina Lajunen
Puppeteer, a director, a writer and a hatmaker Elina Lajunen is a puppeteer, a director, a writer and a hatmaker. She also plays the violin. She studied music in the…
Mira Taussi
Director, actress, instructor Mira Taussi is a puppet and object theatre artist who has worked as a director, actress and instructor both in institutional theatres and in as part of…
Antti Tuominen
Actor, puppeteer, mover, director, teacher Actor, puppeteer, mover, director, teacher Antti Tuominen is a theatre artist from Pori, graduated as a drama instructor (BA) from Turku Arts Academy in…
Niina Lindroos
Director, puppeteer, performer In her puppet making, Niina Lindroos favours deformity, grotesqueness and the beauty found in imperfection. She combines costume design with puppet theatre arts and has, for example,…
