Free puppetry professionals in the Finnish capital region
Autumn 2024
Puppetry Houses Program
PULCINELLA - TANSSIVA KUTALE
TeatteriQo
Pulcinella – Tanssiva Kutale is a puppet show for adults based on the Italian tradition: a touch of love, big battles and wild dancing! Played with hand puppets and accompanied by music, the show deals with topics from life to death.
4/12/2024
Adults
SAUNATONTUN LAHJA
Nukketeatteri Ofelia
The gift of the Sauna Elf is a smoke sauna-scented puppet show for the whole family. The play is about caring, helping others and the importance of feeling needed.
13–14 December 2024
Children/All ages
Guest performances of the Puppetry House
MEDICINE SHOW
Korpela&Rekola
Welcome to the Medicine Show, a holistic wellness and truth seminar where you get to make hit elixirs, celebrate the beauty of femininity and masculinity, and bring yourself closer to your true self!
7 December 2024–18 January 2025
Adults 16+
WOMEN'S SPRING
Puppetry House's program: Spring 2025
POHJATAR - QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD
Erika Malkki
Pohjatar is a performance about feminine power. It embraces femininity by telling the story of the mythological Finnish matriarch Louhi from the perspective of women.
24.–25.1.2025
For adults
THE LITTLE THEATRE OF HANNAH ARENDT
TeatteriQo
The Little Theatre of Hannah Arendt is a philosophical performance taking the viewer on a journey through democracy, humanity, individuality, society, good and evil.
6.–7.2.2025
Children / Youth
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NIITTY PREMIERE
Anna Uschanov
Niitty is a performance about flora, growth, individuality and collaboration. Come and dive into the lightness of blooming and various shades of green!
21.–22.3.2025Children / All ages
EDITH'S SISTERS
Nurinpäin kollektiivi
Edith's sisters is a performance inspired by Edith Södergran's poems. Puppetry and dance accompany the poetic experience.
11.–12.4.2025
For adults
INVISIBLE BACKPACK PREMIERE
Koivula & Working Group
The invisible backpack is a fresh, boisterous and thoughtful puppet theater performance about a sensitive child's original way of experiencing the world. The performance is based on Maria Vilja's book of the same name.
2.–3.5.2025
Children / Family
PYÖRIÄINEN
Marttila, Peltola, Lehti
In this multidisciplinary performance we search for the endangered porpoise community: the only whale of the Baltic sea by means of puppetry, juggling, clownery, media art and science.
6.–7.6.2025
Children / Family
Check past program here