Are you interested in English-language theatre in Helsinki? If so, you should join us on the Night of the Arts (Thursday 23 August 2018), when we’re offering you the chance to both watch and take part in some free theatrical fun, and also chat to some of our members over a cup of tea or coffee.

There will be performances showcasing some of our regular and less-regular activities, including a short play, a Shakespeare sketch, performance poetry, music, and stand-up comedy. (More information about these will be released on Facebook and our website in the run up to the event.)

We’ll also be running two participatory sessions in which you can try your hand at acting. No previous experience is required, but places are limited and you will have to register before the sessions start. We will take people in order of registration up to a maximum number of participants. PLEASE NOTE that you can only register for these sessions at the theatre on the Night of the Arts from 16:45 onwards, so please do not try to register here or otherwise online.

The schedule for the evening is below. If you're taking part in the participatory sessions, please arrive at least 15 minutes before they start.

VENUE: Höyhentämö–Pluckhouse, Korkeavuorenkatu 17, 00130 Helsinki

Doors open 16:45
17–18 Performances – the first chance to see our show
18–19 Participatory session #1 + mingling in the foyer
19–20 Performances – a second chance to see the show
20–21 Participatory session #2 + mingling in the foyer
Doors close 21:30

Entrance to all our performances and events on the Night of the Arts is FREE, but please note that seats and participatory places are limited and we'll be operating on a 'first come-first served' basis.

We Are Not Amused by Ulf Persson & the cast

Directed by Ulf Persson & Meri Kuikka

We Are Not Amused is a late talkshow. Late in the meaning of dead. Very dead. The Finn-Brit Players proudly presents a talkshow in which the guests are three very famous and very dead women:
Elisabeth “Sisi”, Empress of Austria & Queen of Hungary (Laura Alemañola)
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain & Empress of India (Emily Matthews)
Diana, the People’s Princess (Meri Kuikka)

They are here to chat about their dramatic and interesting lives with the Host (Graham Lees) – but his guests are not all that amused. Come and find out why….

Two for the price of one! We Are Not Amused will be preceded by a short supporting feature:

Going Viral by Zoë Chandler

Junk mail through your letterbox, popups on your computer, a neverending parade of billboards, screens and totems…. Sometimes it feels as if there’s no escape from advertising. But if you think things are bad now, you’d better watch out for the next megatrend. The future of advertising is here and now there really is no escape.

Cast:
Fitzroy – Demian Stimson
Marshall – Zoë Chandler

PERFORMANCES at Höyhentämö–Pluckhouse (Korkeavuorenkatu 17, 00130 Helsinki)
Fri 24 August at 19:00
Sat 25 August at 19:00
Sun 26 August at 19:00
Tues 28 August at 19:00
Weds 29 August at 19:00
Thurs 30 August at 19:00
Fri 31 August at 19:00
Sat 1 September at 19:00

TICKETS
Bought online (from our Holvi store)
12.00€ – standard admission
9.00€ – students, national service, retired & FBP members

Finn-Brit Players members (who have paid their membership fees for the year) may buy a reasonable number of tickets for those accompanying them to the theatre, or for friends and family to watch them on stage. Members will need to have their membership numbers to hand when ordering (in the form FBPXXXX, where XXXX is your four-digit membership number).

EARLY BIRD OFFER!
25% off standard admission with the discount code WANABIRD18
Offer ends 30 June 2018

See the product descriptions in our online store items for information about discount codes, or click on the icons below to buy tickets now:

Hay Fever by Noël Coward

Directed by Adrian Goldman

Produced by The Finn-Brit Players and Passport Theatre

It is May in Helsinki, the flowers are out, pollen is in the air and Hay Fever is coming to town. This delightful comedy is arguably Noël Coward’s finest and funniest play. It is set in the late 1920s in the Bliss’ country house. The utterly self-absorbed and eccentric Bliss family have all, unbeknownst to each other, invited guests down for the weekend. Love, laughter and drama ensues. The play is best described as a “high comedy of ill manners.” As Mark Fisher in the Guardian wrote “This … subversive 1925 comedy is the missing link between William Shakespeare and Edward Albee”.

This international production has a cast of professionals, semi-professionals and wannabees: Stephanie Carlson (Judith Bliss), Demian Stimson (David Bliss), Hosanna Megumi (Sorel Bliss), Mikael Kivimäki (Simon Bliss), Jess Hollmeier (Myra Arundel), Alistair Logan (Richard Greatham), Elina Jackson (Jackie Coryton), Todd Elliott (Sandy Tyrell), and Sophie Michaud (Clara).

Do not miss this wonderfully delicious and malicious high comedy of summer where the people bite harder than the mosquitoes.

PERFORMANCES at Tanssiteatteri Hurjaruuth (Kaapelitehdas, Tallberginkatu 1 A / 117, 00180 Helsinki)
Weds 16 May 2018 at 19:00
Thurs 17 May 2018 at 19:00
Fri 18 May 2018 at 19:00
Sat 19 May 2018 at 19:00
Sun 20 May 2018 at 19:00

TICKETS
Bought online (from our Holvi store)
16.00€ – standard admission
12.80€ – students, national service, retired & FBP members

Bought at the door
17.00€ – standard admission
13.00€ – students, national service, retired & FBP members

Finn-Brit Players members (who have paid their membership fees for the year) may buy a reasonable number of tickets for those accompanying them to the theatre, or for friends and family to watch them on stage. Members will need to have their membership numbers to hand when ordering (in the form FBPXXXX, where XXXX is your four-digit membership number).

See the product descriptions in our online store items for information about discount codes, or click on the icons below to buy tickets now:

This amateur production of “Hay Fever” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH LTD.