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Theater & Circus Directing

METROPORIS
- huumaavan 20-luvun iltamat

Concept, Director
Premiere 24th September 2020
Rakastajat-teatteri, Pori, Finland

Variety show mixing  1920's and 2020's.
​The soiree combines circus, theater, drag, burlesque, music and sideshow.

"The diverse group of performers and well thought trough show kept me entertained even during the intermissions!
​Great break from grey corona times!" - Paljon melua teatterista, blog 25.9.2020

 DISCONNECTION
​-contemporary horse circus

Director, Dramaturge, Visual design
MA Major project
Presented  7.9.2018, Circomedia St Paul's Church, Bristol, United Kingdom

Absurd "melanchomedy" celebrating the 250 aniversary of horse circus 
Jodie Williams (Horse Head, aerial loop), Charlee DeBolla (Horse Butt, aerial straps, acrobatics) & Ayla Windrich (Trans Horse, clowning, acrobatics) 

If you would like to see the full recording of the show, please contact! 

KIELIPITEITÄ
(tongue-twisters)

Director, Dramaturge
Premiere 7.4.2017 (15 performances)
Student Theatre of Tampere
Deviced theatre performance studying language as communication tool.
The piece combined physical theatre, Commedia dell' Arte, acrobatics, grammar nazism, haute couture costumes and languages of the body. 


"Student theater's Kielipiteitä -wordgame is zest of this spring!"
 Anne Välinoro, ​Aamulehti 20.4.2017

HANDS SOME FEET

Mentoring/dramaturgical building
​Liisa Näykki & Jeromy Zwick
​The Show is still touring all over the world
Premiere 2.2.2018, World Fringe 2018, Australia
Finnish premiere 4.10.2018, NÄYTTÄMÖ, Joensuu, Finland
10/2018 Joensuu, Finland
11/2017, Brussels, Belgium

UNHOLA –
​
unforgettable memories

​Premiere 22.7.2015 (20 shows)
Koukkuniemen kesäteatteri (Täsmäteatteri's pop up summer theatre)
Theater piece, where the stories were collected from elderly living in Koukkuniemi old folk's home. The piece was performed at the shore of Koukkuniemi and performed so that ordinary public and people living in the old folk's home could both come to see it as equals. The youth memories of the elderly were recreated by young amateur actors.
After the show the actors hold "Memory cafe" with stops where audience could participate in 50's style actions.

It is dubious to fall in love with a performance so much that the quality of it positively makes me cry and my mind is only full of praises, but no blames at all. On the other hand it is awkward that I can't figure out words that would be panegyric enough to describe the piece.

​​Pertti Julkunen, Demokratti 30.7.2015  
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