Tampere Theatre Festival 2.-8.8.2010

Thank You for the last summer - we had 86 003 visitors in Tampere Theatre Festival.
In 2010 the festival takes place from the 2nd to the 8th of August. Our warmest welcome!

Two or three performances from the Main Programme will be published during March. The rest of the programme will be revealed on the 5th of May together with the Programme Tent repertoire.

Other programmes will be published on the 2nd of July and the activities of the Nocturnal Happening at the end of July.

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TAMPERE THEATRE FESTIVAL BREAKS AUDIENCE RECORDS WITH ITS PRAISED PROGRAMME

One of Europe’s most significant theatre festivals, Tampere Theatre Festival, finished on Sunday 9th August. Many famous international performances formed an overview about different ways of making theatre. The festival was also a venue for the first Prospero, an European theatre project. Prospero made it possible for a German front runner, Schaubühne Berlin, to visit Tampere. The Finnish programme showed the power of theatre art by examing current problems: unemployment, temporary work, surviving work and loneliness amongst the elderly, among others.

There were 9 international and 15 Finnish groups in the Main Programme. Yet again the impressive and strong performances drew large audiences. Auditoriums were almost full in 51 Main Programme performances and 15 of them were sold out.

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Can’t speak the language? No problem.

This year the following plays have English subtitles:
Man Who Refused to Use the Lift, As if for the First Day, Unnecessary People, Chaos and How Nancy Wished that Everything Was an April Fool’s Joke.

In addition to this, most of the plays have got English language synopses
available at the venue and the festival office.

For any further queries, please contact Päivi Takkunen, tel. (03) 214 0992

Circus Ruska Photo: S. Madigand

OFF Tampere captivates with its diverse programme

OFF Tampere is a versatile fringe programme in Tampere Theatre Festival. OFF Tampere is a stage for any professional or amateur, artist or group to participate. The outstanding programme is wide and fresh and consists of summer theatre, circus, stand up, drama, comedy, dance and improvisation.

Each year more and more groups all over Finland participate in OFF Tampere. All in all there are 24 groups, 26 productions and 80 shows this year. The performances are in Finnish, but here are some examples of performances that can be enjoyed even without understanding the language.

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Eino Leino concert Photo: Uuna Kemppainen

Free shows in Encorebaana

Tampere Theatre Festival’s Encorebaana programme has been published. Encorebaana is a free for all club festival, with a programme that consists of magnificent performances that fit the restaurant environment.

Tampere Theatre Festival together with Pirkanmaan Osuuskauppa and Sokos Hotels Tampere offer free of charge shows for the 6th year running. The first Encorebaana was arranged 1997 and this is the 13th year. The venues are Amarillo, Ukko Nooa in Sokos Hotel Ilves, restaurant Tammerin Puisto, Kustaa III, Sevilla and Theatre Restaurant Tillikka.

Anita De Coteau, Finland’s only fadango singer, kick starts the versatile musical programme. Her soulful Portuguese fadangos explore the meaning of life in restaurant Sevilla. In restaurant Tammerin Puisto the audience can relax with Eino Leino’s timeless poems that are spiced up by young musical talents, Eva Louhivuori, Antti Korhola, Nicolas Rehn and Ilkka Tolonen. In Tammer we can also enjoy the nostalgic feel good show, when the stage is taken over by Maitolaiturin Metrotytöt, performing Finnish hits from the 40’s and 50’s.

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Meno Fortas (Lithuania): Faustas / Faust; Photo Marius Nekrošius

Tampere Theatre Festival Programme for 2009 Is Published

Tampere Theatre Festival takes place 3rd - 9th of August. The main programme contains 25 strong-voiced and magnificent performances, carefully selected by the artistic team: Minna Leino, Mika Myllaho and Jukka-Pekka Pajunen. It includes works from awarded European director gurus, such as Alvis Hermanis, Eimuntas Nekrošius, Emma Dante and Thomas Ostermeier. The stage is taken over also by several brilliant artists with long and lauded careers: Finland’s own Lasse Pöysti, Eila Roine and Anja Pohjola, as well as Angela Winkler and Josef Bierbichler from Germany.

The programme contains nine international and sixteen Finnish performances. The performances take on current topics, which tell you about the power of theatre. Awarded and respected Hermanis is a familiar guest in the festival, who yet again touches the audience with his thought provoking play. Marta from the Blue Hill looks into Latvia’s recent past and people’s distress but it also gives solace and faith in humanity.

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