OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
The following programmes and productions are currently open for submissions: 

POETRY & JAZZ – LOST & FOUND

– Submission deadline: Monday 6 January 2025
– Two performances out of these three dates: 12, 19 & 21 February 2025
– Rehearsals: Mondays 20 & 27 Jan and 3 Feb. Dress rehearsal TBD on the basis of the performance dates.

What we are looking for:
– Poetry, monologues and songs on the theme of 'lost and found'. As usual, you can approach the theme from a postive or negative light. You could write about scientific discoveries, emotional insights, spiritual awakenings or archelogical finds. Or just about losing your keys. You could also lose weight, enthusiasm, your way or your mind.
– Pieces must be the performer's own work, or else they must have the rights holder's permission to perform
– The focus is on contemporary, 21st-century work

What is unlikely to be accepted:
– Shakespeare or other pieces with archaic language
– Anything that we’ve heard a million times before
– Song lyrics recited as poetry

Pls note: This is a recitation not a reading, so you will be expected to know your piece/s by heart.

How to submit: Please send your proposed texts/songs to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Monday 6 January 2025. The exact dates and times will be finalised once the programme has been finalised.

Questions: Please contant This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions before submitting.

SHORT N SNAPPY #7 (an evening of short plays)

Script submission deadline: Fri 27 December 2024
– Auditions: mid-January
– Performances: TBD 24 April– 3 May

What we are looking for:
– Short plays of 5–20 minutes in length
– Minimal tech and staging requirements
– Small cast (1–4 actors, pref. max 3)

How to submit: Please send your proposed play to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Friday 27 JDecember 2024, and indicate who will be directing the play – either you or someone else. Also let us know if your submission would be already fully or partially pre-cast. NOTE: Scripts submitted without a named director are currently hightly unlikely to be produced at the moment, although you can still enquire.

FBP PRODUCTIONS AND CO-PRODUCTIONS (OPEN SUBMISSIONS)

Submission deadline:
Submissions are accepted all year round for any season, but for scheduling purposes:

– spring 2025 season (Jan–May) asap pref by 31 October 2024 (few slots remianing)
– summer 2025 season (Jun–Jul) pref by 31 January 2025
– autumn 2025 season (Aug–Dec) pref by 31 May 2025

What the FBP is primarily looking for atm
– full-length plays, one-act plays, short plays, sketches, performance poetry, spoken word, stand-up comedy
– new works written by people living in Finland
– new translations of Finnish or Fenno-Swedish plays into English
– contemporary, topical plays (21st Century)
– lesser-known, pre-21st Century plays that are still interesting and relevant to modern audiences
– innovative takes on classics (such as the KOM-teatteri’s recent version of Ibsen’s “The Doll’s House” or Simon Stephens’ “Vanya”)

What is less likely to be accepted as an FBP production
– pieces with archaic, difficult to understand language (remember that most audience members aren’t native English speakers!)
– traditional versions of classic or well-known plays that have already been done to death
– occasionally some exceptions to the above may be made for plays that are still certified crowd-pullers, specialised shows like the FBP's Naughty Shakespeare Evening, or an evening of classic or well-known poetry

Performance language
– pieces proposed for staging by the FBP must be in English (unless something is specially designed to be a multilingual show)

Queries and how to submit: Please send the basic details of your proposed production to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we can take it from there!

GUESTS & VISITING PERFORMANCES
When we're not using the theatre ourselves, we also welcome proposals from visiting groups. If you would like to make a proposal for an event at the NoName Theatre, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please note that the theatre is often be booked up many months in advance, so it's worth applying for a slot as soon as possible, even if you don't have all the details of your production finalised yet.

The NoName Theatre's mission is to promote theatrical and spoken-word performances in English and other minority languages in Finland. We also want to ensure that new audiences and performers continue to find and fall in love with theatre. We also want to encourage premieres of new works written by people living in Finland and introduce audiences to interesting yet lesser-known plays.

You can also read more about the venue, its dimensions and equipment here: Visiting performances / venue rental.

INKUBATOR
A programme to promote new scripts and provide opportunities for directors. You can now make proposals for the 2024 season.
Contacts & deadlines: read more on the Inkubator page.