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Shaibalaiba! – Special

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Shaibalaiba! Story Café Special
Arkadia International Bookshop, Nervanderinkatu 11, Helsinki

Welcome to Shaibalaiba! Story Café, a cosy gathering around stories. Customarily there are some invited storytellers who share their stories and an open stage for anyone who has a story to tell.

At Arkadia International Bookshop on 3rd March the concept will be the same, except that this time Shaibalaiba! goes international: the stories will be in English! The more the merrier, so come to enjoy the magic of stories and bring your friends too!

Storytellers: Antonio Van Clevae, Christine Cooper

Musician guest: Kishan Gaine

Host: Markus Luukkonen

Open Stage – Come and tell your Story

Free entrance – Donations are welcome!

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Story Sharing Café @ Universum

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International Story Sharing Café @ Universum
28.2 2016 16:00 / 4 PM
Theatre House Universum, Perämiehenkatu 13, Helsinki

Would you like to meet people who have come to Finland from near or afar and talk with them? Or meet the mysterious folk who call themselves Finns? Would you like to hear fascinating stories spiced up with melodies and rhythms from faraway countries?

If you do Welcome to the International Story Sharing Café! This is the first of a series of events, a new type of social gathering where sharing your own everyday stories and listening to others is made easy and fun! All you need is an open mind, and a hunger for stories and new people!

* Special storytelling guests:Alireza Momtaz, Maria Kramar von Numers, Markus Luukkonen
* Open mic – Grab the microphone and share your story!

Musicians of the evening: Kaj Olander & Leif Karlson

Hosts: Markus Luukkonen and Max Bremer

Free entrance but voluntary donations are welcome!
As our seats are limited, please book yours in advance before the 22nd of February:
e-mail: universum@universum.fi
tel. 09-611003 (Mon-Fri 11 am – 3 pm)

www.facebook.com/storysharing2016

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Production by Universum together with Under The Same Roof and Alba ry, in cooperation with Finnish Red Cross, Arbis, Samova ry and with the support of City of Helsinki Cultural Office and Finnish Cultural Foundation.

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Enchanted Island – Savonlinna

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PROGRAM

PERRINE FERRAFIAT “Pulcinella -Tanssiva kutale”                                                            “The Great And Amazing Story Of Pulcinella” Ikäsuositus +12

SATU KIVISTÖ “Satu meni saunaan”

MIRA TAUSSI “Kätketyt hahmot”

MIKKO BREDENBERG “Kaislat vartioivat minua”

ANNA USCHANOV “Aidantakainen atlas”

Tarinankertoja MARKUS LUUKKONEN “Mun nimi ei ole Matti” Ikäsuositus +13

PITKÄT KORVAT -TYÖRYHMÄ “Poika, jolla oli pitkät korvat”

Con Trane

Lisäksi festivaalialueella: Karmalan Marionetit ulkoilevat!

More info: http://www.facebook.com/events/790161354432654/

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3Troubadours

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Last week we were in a base camp in Gent (Belgium) and created the trio 3Troubadours. The trio and it’s perfromance “Mobile Dreams” will tour in Scandinavia from the 5th to 22th of August. The multilingual storytelling perfromance for adults combines folk tales, myths and personal stories with a pinch of magic, humour, poetry and song. (Languages: English, Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch and Finglish)

3Troubadours is a collaboration between the performance storytellers Markus Luukkonen (FI), Tom van Outryve (BE) and Torgrim Mellum Stene (NO). https://www.facebook.com/3Troubadours

Personal webpages:                                                                    http://www.kloverknekten.no/en (Torgrim)                                                http://www.tomvout.be (Tom)                                                               http://tarinoidenmaailma.fi (Markus)

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From the Woods @ Hague

10363371_343454625810605_1767681089146045953_nDISC is proud to introduce a storytelling show by Markus Luukkonen from Finland. 

From the Woods 

~Myths and folk tales from Finland with family legends~

Tuesday, May 26th                                                                                                        Oude Molstraat 37,                          2513 BA The Hague

Finland is a country of ten thousand lakes and an endless forests. It’s a country of Epic Kalevala and a land of heroe’s like Väinämöinen, Matti and Kullervo. Markus will bring stories from the Finnish woods to DISC!! The set of stories includes dreaming, more dreaming and some facts about reality.

“I looked at the endless ocean and I realised that I’m totally in a wrong place! I realised that the image of me and my soul is more like a forest and a small swamp lake”

AND there will be a special opening performance by the participants of our Beginner’s Course who will graduate in the very same day!!

DISC opens @18:30

The show starts @ 19:00

Entrance: €10,- (in cash please)

more detail from:http://bit.ly/1blbaZA

DISC – Dutch International Storytelling Centre

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Living Room Stories @ Gent

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Sat May 9th – Gent, Belgium 

Three storytellers, Torgrim Mellum Stene (NO), Markus Lukkonnen (FI) and Tom van Outryve (BE) are doing a showcase of their recently developed performance in a living room in Ekkergemplein in Ghent, Belgium. This is the pilot for the show they will be doing a tour with in Scandinavia in August this year.

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