Storyteller
Walking around. What would, what could a artist residency for storytellers be? What kind of creative conditions I would like to organise for myself and for others? How to shape something that would not be result-orientated, but open to exploration. What kind of set up, frame work, what kind of network could be meaningful, innovative, open and fruitful. Would it be possible and how?
Maybe, maybe.. Let’s think about it.
Office of the Day -Teatro Auditorio El Pósito
Two weeks artist residency at Spain (Sigüenza) Working progress towards Maraton de los Cuentos @ Guadalajara. See you!
Helgøya Fortellerfestival 2025
From the Woods – 25.7.
Vindmantel – Ilman viitta 26.7.
Read more: https://www.helgoyafortellerfestival.no
@ Kulttuuritila Merirasti
EVERY SECOND FRIDAY at 19:00
10.1. / 24.1. / 7.2. / 21.2. / 7.3. / 21.3. / 4.4. / 18.4. / 2.5. / 16.5. / 30.5. / 13.6.
East Helsinki should be an independent country. Where people stand for things. Empathy, compassion, gratitude and everything good and left. Where everyone would make a lot of sense, love and tell so many stories. This evening is about the story part. The stories of sandwiches, liberty, chai, fishing, relocation, resistance, and whatever. Come and listen to some of them with us, have a cup of tea or soup of the day.
WELCOME!
6th Sept * Content Verhalen, Duffel, Belgium
7th Sept * Mezrab, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
8th Sept * Op De Wolken, Ghent, Belgium
3rd Nov * The Cube, Crick Crack Club, Bristol UK
4th Nov * The Earthouse, Crick Crack Club, Cranborne, UK
ROOTS By 3Troubadours: Markus Luukkonen, Tom Van Outryve, Torgrim Mellum Stene
We stand on the shoulders of giants. Each and every one of our ancestors has left a trace in us. To understand who we are and where we are going, we need to understand where we’ve come from. To dive into the lake, to climb the tree, to enter the cave. To look for the ROOTS of it all.
3Troubadours have dug far back into their individual family histories, the legends of their cultures and even their own DNA to find tales and memories of who we are and what we carry. With their signature humour, energetic performance and deep sense of wonder, the three performers will take you to places and times you’ve never been before.
ROOTS was developed throughout 2018 in a string of European residencies supported by Federation for European Storytelling / The Creative Europe Programme of the EU and The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme. The performance premiered the 24th of October that year at the Warsaw International Storytelling Festival. ROOTS lasts for 75 minutes without break.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
3Troubadours is a trilateral trio of performance storytellers consisting of Markus Luukkonen (FI), Tom van Outryve (BE) and Torgrim Mellum Stene (NO). The group was officially formed in Ghent in Belgium in May 2015.
They toured Europe and the UK with their first show, Mobile Dreams, performing it at almost 40 venues from 2015 – 2018. ROOTS is their second show. ROOTS has been performed at storytelling festivals in Warsaw (PL), Zwolle (NL), Skelleftea and Ljungby (SE) and as stand alone shows in Oslo (NO) and Helsinki (FI).
Photo by Aleksandra Rózga.
Teatteri Venus’ Maskworks – ensemble dives into the wisdom of the body with the performance “The Re-Invention of Self”. The work is inspired by the psychiatrist and sociologist Wilheim Reich’s theories about the mind and body.
24.9. klo 19.00
1.10. klo 19.00
7.10. klo 19.00
12.10. klo 19.00
22.10. klo 19.00
Max Bremer, Paul Holländer, Sam Huber, Markus Luukkonen, Åsa Nybo, Rasmus Vuori
http://universum.fi/ohjelmisto_new/the-re-invention-of-self-antifascistic-bodybuilding/
Story Sharing Universum presents:
I’m So Here part III – A crazy and diverse performance about identity
15 – 20 February, Theatre House Universum, Helsinki
In this strange place I ended up in…
do I look the same?
do I feel the same?
do I think the same?
do I act the same?
is this still me?
I´m So Here is a series of performances whose main themes are the individual and cultural identity from the perspective of the newcomer. How have I been received in the country and society where I moved or fled, and how has it affected me? What do I carry with me from my background and how do I and my identity change in the new culture and who then have I become? The texts of the performances are based on the life stories of the working group.
In this the third and last part of I´m So Here we invite you to the Universum Theatre to experience a variety of stories and scenes like… The Iraqi Panther- Hunter meets the Finnish-Bolivian gringo… the best home-made Yugoslavian pop-music … the Bollywood diary… Pakistani street theater style agitation and many other inspiring and unlikely numbers in this heartwarming event.
Performance language: English
Directed by Max Bremer, Markus Luukkonen and Åsa Nybo
Music director Salla Markkanen
Light design Tuomas Honkanen
Graphic design Juha Mustanoja
Stage tech and engineering: Sisu Nojonen and Aleksi Karjalainen
The I´m So Here PART III crew:
Alaa Altamimi, Ahmed Fahady, Amjad Sher, Anthony Van Cleave, Diego James, Ekaterina Meriläinen, Maria Kramar Von Numers, Markus Luukkonen, Max Bremer, Namrata Sethi, Åsa Nybo
TICKETS: TIKETTI.FI
Story Sharing Universum presents
I’m So Here – A Storywalk performance about identity
In this strange place I ended up in…
do I look the same?
do I feel the same?
do I think the same?
do I act the same?
is this still me?
I´m So Here is a series of performances whose main themes are the individual and cultural identities from the perspective of the newcomer. How have I been received in the country and society where I moved or fled, and how has it affected me? What do I carry with me from my background and how do I and my identity change in the new culture and who then have I become?
I´m So Here invites to an immersive experience outside the walls of a traditional theater. The performances consist of site-specific story walks in which viewers get to experience the stories of the performers in different outdoor locations around Helsinki. The different environments influence the mood of the performances and takes the audience on a journey of discovery. As with all Story Sharing Universum performances, here too the audience has the opportunity to participate.
Part 1: Särkiniemi, Lauttasaari. Performances 14.8, 15.8, 22.8 at 4 PM
Directed by Max Bremer, Markus Luukkonen and Åsa Nybo.
Free entrance / Limited audience capacity / Obligatory pre-booking
https://www.storysharinguniversum.fi/registration-form/
Performance language: English
Please note that the route of the performance is easy to walk but has restricted accessibility
Produced by: Story Sharing Universum & Theatre House Universum
Supported by: Svenska Kulturfonden, Art Promotion Centre Finland, Svenska Teaterföreningen i Finland, Samuel Huberin taidesäätiö, Stiftelsen Emilie och Rudolf Gesellius fond, Helsinki City and William Thurings stiftelse.
MORE INFO / PRE -BOOKING:
COMING 2021
The Naked Sorcerer- Tales of the Tietäjä
Mikael Öberg & Markus Luukkonen
Support: Federation for European Storytelling
Markus Luukkonen 