Poetry & Jazz – bonds

2024 summer Poetry and JazzJoin us for an hour of brand-new poetry, monologues and music!

Our theme for summer 2024 is bonds. The writers explore helpful, hopeful and harmful ties of all kinds – to people, objects, countries and eras.

Pieces performed by Zachariah Chamberlaine, Anastasia Diatlova, John Leo, John Millar and Vladislav Nenchev.

Dew Drops on a Lotus Leaf written & perf. by John Leo
Kintsugi written & perf. by Zachariah Chamberlaine
Crucified to a road written & perf. by Vladislav Nenchev
We Lived Happily During the War by Ilya Kaminsky, perf. by Anastasia Diatlova
Ominosity written & perf. by John Millar
The bridge that would not burn written & perf. by Vladislav Nenchev
Living in My Shadow written & perf. by ZachariahChamberlaine
To Those Who Follow in Our Wake by Bertolt Brecht, perf. by Anastasia Diatlova
The Sea written & perf. by John Leo
Gregorianesque Impro written & perf. by John Millar
Candlelit message written & perf. by Vladislav Nenchev
And there will come soft rain written & perf. by John Leo
New Skins for Old written & perf. by ZachariahChamberlaine
Vinegar and Oil by Jane Hirshfield, perf. by Anastasia Diatlova
Purple Jumper (hidden in the bottom drawer) written & perf. by Zachariah Chamberlaine
Boxed In written & perf. by John Millar
Fingerprint on the Mirror written & perf. by ZachariahChamberlaine
Autumn written & perf. by John Leo
Audacity written & perf. by ZachariahChamberlaine
Purple Jolly Blues written & perf. by John Millar
OVERSIZED BAGGAGE written & perf. by ZachariahChamberlaine
We, We, We written & perf. by Vladislav Nenchev
DR please NO more written & perf. by ZachariahChamberlaine

PERFORMANCES at the NoName Theatre (Hietaniemenkatu 7 B in Kamppi)
Sat 1 June at 7 pm
Thurs 6 Jun at 7 pm

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 10.00€ – standard admission
 8.00€ – Concessions (students, retired, military/civil service, unemployed)
 8.00€ – FBP, SHT, FINNBRIT, MEETUP & Internations members

  Available from our Holvi store

                                          The ticket price will include one free beverage per person.

SCHEDULE
The doors will open 30 minutes before the start. Please arrive in good time – due to the setup of the stage, latecomers cannot be admitted.

HOW TO FIND US
The NoName Theatre is at Hietaniemenkatu 7 B in Kammpi, but the entrance is technically on Lapuankatu, past the K-Market. You will need to ring the 5th Floor buzzer to be let through the metal gate under the "Keskisuomalainen Osakunta" sign. Follow the signs/posters and take the elevator up to the fifth floor. (We will provide a link to more detailed instructions  in the second week of February after we have moved into our new premises.)

ACCESSIBILITY
There is an elevator to the fifth floor. Unfortuately, the premises do not have a wheelchair accessible bathroom.

Photo: Zach Chamberlaine

Peel me, peel me!

Peel me, peel me!Peel me, peel me! is a fooling performance by Isabel Schmitt & Eve Simon from the Nomadic Academy for Fools.

Welcome to the world of Isabel and Eve, one is beautiful and the other one is smart, at least in their mutual perception. Two women living a nightmare of judgement and projection.

Is it envy or love that draws them towards each other and tears them apart again?

In Peel me, peel me!, Eve and Isabel are turning their inner worlds inside out for you all to see with song, movement, and play.

It’s a free-fall improvised show where these two Fools will attempt to transform their ridiculous relationship into — into what? Well, this nobody can tell beforehand, it's a Fooling Show!

Performance development by Micheál Rowsome.

ONE PERFORMANCE at the NoName Theatre (Hietaniemenkatu 7 B in Kamppi)
Thurs 13 June at 8:30 pm

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 10.00€ – standard admission


  Available from our Holvi store

HOW TO FIND US
The NoName Theatre is at Hietaniemenkatu 7 B in Kamppi. The entrance is technically on Lapuankatu, past the K-Market. Ring the "5th Floor" buzzer to the left of the blue gate under the "Keskisuomalainen Osakunta" sign. The main door will probably be unlocked, but if not, ring the fifth-floor buzzer by the door. Once inside, take the elevator up to the fifth floor.

SCHEDULE
The doors will open 30 minutes before the start. Please arrive in good time – due to the setup of the stage, latecomers cannot be admitted.

ACCESSIBILITY
There is an elevator to the fifth floor. Unfortunately, the premises do not have a wheelchair accessible bathroom.

The Right Place

The Right PlaceWhat is the place where you are supposed to be? Is it a home, a workplace, or a specific state of mind? Is it a process or people? We are going to explore different strategies people use to find a sense of belonging.

The Right Place is a production based on the participants' observations, feelings, and interviews with people from different parts of the world. We hope the show will leave you with more questions than answers.

Director  Sofia Stupenkova
Dramaturg  Vera Boitsova

CAST: Anastasia DiatlovaSofie Lahtinen, Vladislav NenchevCansu Pylkkänen.

Image Sofia Stupenkova
Font  Terminal Grotesque by Raphaël Bastide
And special thanks to everyone who agreed to talk and share their stories for this project.

PERFORMANCES at the NoName Theatre (Hietaniemenkatu 7 B in Kamppi)
Fri 14 June at 7 pm
Sat 15 June at 7 pm

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 12.50€ – standard admission
 10.00€ – Concessions (students, retired, military/civil service, unemployed)
 10.00€ – FBP, SHT, FINNBRIT, MEETUP & Internations members

  Available from our Holvi store

HOW TO FIND US
The entrance is technically on Lapuankatu, past the K-Market. Ring the "5th Floor" buzzer to the left of the blue gate under the "Keskisuomalainen Osakunta" sign. The main door will probably be unlocked, but if not, ring the fifth-floor buzzer by the door. Once inside, take the elevator up to the fifth floor.

SCHEDULE
The doors will open 30 minutes before the start. Please arrive in good time – due to the setup of the stage, latecomers cannot be admitted. The show last about one hour without an intermission.

ACCESSIBILITY
There is an elevator to the fifth floor. Unfortunately, the premises do not have a wheelchair accessible bathroom.

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

 

The Bitter Tears of Petra VonKant main webIn the ‘Kitsch und Kunst’ boudoir/ateljé of successful fashionista Petra von Kant, only beauty is allowed. The countess’s relationships with her faithful and adoring maid Marlene, with her submissive bestie Sidonie, with her excitable daughter Gabi and with her distant mother Valerie are established, exploitative, and comfortable. But soft! What light from yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Karin is the disrupter! From love at first sight, though jealousy, conflict, music, and yes, floods of bitter tears, can the course of love run true? Can Petra can pull herself out of her spiral of alcoholism and despair, and reboot her relationships with the women in her life, or lose everything…?

This 1972 play is said to have been Fassbinder’s update to Thomas Mann’s classic ‘spring & autumn’ romance Death in Venice. It is a tale of love as mismatched as Carol, Orlando, The Duke of Burgundy, or Anaïs in Love, where the power imbalance switches, and switches, and switches again. Who has the whip hand? How can such an odd couple find any kind of balance? And can anything lasting come out of it? So many questions, and the answer can only be found here.

 

CAST
Petra – Elizabeth Whitney 
Marlene – Evelina Califano
Karin – Georgia Younger
Sidonie – Delphine Laniesse
Gabi – Esteri Hellgrén
Valerie – Jessica Calonius

Written by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Translated by Anthony Vinis
Director – Matthew Paines
Costumier – Joette Crosier
Stage manager – Magdalena Grajcar
Photography – Anni Taponen

AGE LIMIT: 15+

PERFORMANCES at the NoName Theatre (Hietaniemenkatu 7 B in Kamppi)
Sat 11 May 2024 at 2 pm
Sat 11 May 2024 at 7 pm
Sun 12 May 2024 at 2 pm
Fri 17 May 2024 at 7 pm
Sat 18 May 2024 at 7 pm
Sun 19 May 2024 at 2 pm

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 22.00€ – standard admission
 17.60€ – Concessions (students, retired, unemployed)
 17.60€ – FBP, FINNBRIT, SHT, MEETUP & Internations

 Available from our Holvi store

SCHEDULE
The doors will open 30 minutes before the start. Please arrive in good time – due to the setup of the stage, latecomers cannot be admitted.

HOW TO FIND US
The NEW NoName Theatre is at Hietaniemenkatu 7 B in Kamppi. The entrance is technically on Lapuankatu, past the K-Market. Ring the "5th Floor" buzzer to the left of the blue gate under the "Keskisuomalainen Osakunta" sign. The main door will probably be unlocked, but if not, ring the fifth-floor buzzer by the door. Once inside, take the elevator up to the fifth floor.

ACCESSIBILITY
There is an elevator to the fifth floor. Unfortunately, the premises do not have a wheelchair accessible bathroom.

Photo: Anni Taponen
Presented by arrangement with Nordic Drama Corner Oy

The Cast

The Cast by H. Sven Fernandez is a riveting comedy about the first day of rehearsals for the most unlikely people to ever be cast together for a performance. Everything goes wrong in this side-splitting adventure despite the efforts of the director... or because of her efforts? Come and join us. Maybe this will turn out alright in the end.

Director  –  H. Sven Fernandez
Assistant director  –  Sontra Samela

THE CAST (in order of appearance):
Carla – Buse Gul Atli
Andrea –  Lotta Haikala
Ana  –  Maria Sundquist
Carmichael  –  Jaana Autio
Steven  –  Petri Järvelä
Bella  –  Eva Boyarshinova
Bonita  –  Suvi Österman
Theodore  –  Victor Bloch
Lisa  –  Iuliia Tarabarina
Desirée Falk  –  Sontra Samela
Francesca Mastrantonio  –  Regina Comi
Petunia  –  Kristina Bekhit

Stage Manager  – Victor Bloch
Props  Regina Comi, Sontra Samela, Eva Boyarshinova & Maria Sundquist

AGE LIMIT: 16+

PERFORMANCES at the NoName Theatre (Hietaniemenkatu 7 B in Kamppi)
Sun 5 May at 7 pm
Mon 6 May at 7 pm

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 20.00€ – standard admission
 16.00€ – Concessions (students, retired, military/civil service, unemployed)
 16.00€ – FBP, SHT, FINNBRIT, MEETUP & Internations members

  Available from our Holvi store

HOW TO FIND US
The NEW NoName Theatre is at Hietaniemenkatu 7 B in Kamppi. The entrance is technically on Lapuankatu, past the K-Market. Ring the "5th Floor" buzzer to the left of the blue gate under the "Keskisuomalainen Osakunta" sign. The main door will probably be unlocked, but if not, ring the fifth-floor buzzer by the door. Once inside, take the elevator up to the fifth floor.

SCHEDULE
The doors will open 30 minutes before the start. Please arrive in good time – due to the setup of the stage, latecomers cannot be admitted.

ACCESSIBILITY
There is an elevator to the fifth floor. Unfortuately, the premises do not have a wheelchair accessible bathroom.