Written by Anna Olkinuora Laiha on parempi ihminen asks us why is a person considered somehow better when thin. Thinner is better. It is more beautiful, desirable. Want to be successful? Get thin! Want more friends? Lose some weight! Teatteri Toivo wants to question this and speak up for those who do not fit…
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Amos Rex: the new museum in Helsinki. The first exhibition by teamLab: over 150 thousand visitors
written by Gloria De Felice & Mahdi Biagioli It was an early morning of November when we had a chance to visit the Helsinki based now popular museum Amos Rex in the hearth of the capital of Finland. We were tremendously intrigued to check it out. Every day we could observe a long line of…
Hay Fever: Noël Coward’s sharp comedy hits Helsinki
Text by Anna Olkinuora Hay Fever by Noel Coward Finn-Brit Players & Passport Theatre Directed by Adrian Goldman The Finn-Brit Players in co-production with Passport Theatre get together for the second time in Helsinki. This spring, they bring us Noel Coward’s comedy Hay Fever. I’ve been invited to the rehearsals the weekend before the…
Zodiak Stage double bill: Dance Performance at 2pm&Cheap
Article by Anna Olkinuora Finnish Translation: Soon online! On 14th of March, a double bill of performances premiered on Zodiak Stage. Both performances were by young artists and both question what dance is as an art form and as a job. Dance Performance at 2pm Dance Performance at 2pm is a documentary montage…
Multicultural Finland Independence Day #Mippi100: It would have been a memorable event if../ Sarebbe stato un evento indimenticabile se non..
If an event is promoted in two languages, Finnish and English, and it is dedicated to multiculturalism, you might expect, at least, that the show abides by the same intention. On last December 6, Finland celebrated its 100 years of Independence. Many monuments in Helsinki and around the world were lit up in blue to…
Cinemaissí 2017: Violence against women / Violenza sulle donne
Cinemaissí, the Helsinki Latin American Film festival, is organized in the capital of Finland every autumn (19 October-22 October this year). I recently wrote an article related to the last year’s festival thus if you are interested I would recommend reading the article from this link. This time, I decided to focus on a specific and…