Author: lensherra

Title of performance: Louhi and the Golden Girl (Louhi ja kultanainen)Theatre Group: Youth Theatre FloppiCountry: Finland Director: Tuire Hindikka Dramaturgy: Pirkko Kurikka, story is based on the Finnish National Epic, The KalevalaDate and time: Thu August 12. / 20.00-20.50 Far up in the dark North there rules a cruel, mighty woman called LOUHI. She has three young daughters, one of which is famous for her beauty. The beautiful girl  – called TALVIKKI – finds on the seashore the powerful shaman VÄINÄMÖINEN, who has been floating in the  sea for a long time. The girl starts to play with the...

Title of performance: Irish Poem for Violin and SoulTheatre Group: Ludic Student TheatreCountry: RomaniaDirector: Aurel Luca Playwright: John Kendrick Date and time: Wednesday August 11. / 17.00-18.00 Two guards are throwing out Martin from a bar obsessively repeating “The Salvation Army is singing again”. These words trigger the drama in man’s memory because there he met Catherine, the love of his life. Actually, the plot of the play presents Martin’s souvenir on the last night with his love, Catherine, before her death. This souvenir presents two strong personalities. Martin is an Irish absolutely in love with Catherine and is...

Title of performance: ShabbanaTheatre Group: Te-NordCountry: NorwayDirector: Mara AcantalicioPlaywright: Sonia Mona DinDate and time: Wedensday August 11. / 14.00-14.50 Synopsis: Shabbana is a young girl who wants to get an education. Her mother supports her but her father dreams of her marrying. Cousin Rehan comes for a visit from Pakistan. Is he the chosen one? Shabbana’s father is happy to have one more member of the family in Norway. But what are Shabbana’s wishes? The play is set in one of Oslo’s suburbs and is accentuated by song and dance scenes in typical Te-nord...

Title of performance: Havgird (Oceanized)Theatre Group: Royndin Country: Faroe IslandsDirector:  Ágústa SkúladóttirPlaywright: Theatre Group Royndin Date and time: Wednesday August 13. / 16.00-17.00Somewhere – in the ocean – there live four people.Every day, every second they face the challenge of killing time.One day a new member of the ocean arrives; true love arises with all the upheaval, laughs and fears that affects them all. Apart from one, the oldest creature of them all.She has been in the ocean longer than time and uses the ancient Inuit Tale of the SKELETON WOMAN to bring the stubborn lovers together.This is a...

Title of performance: Dunkel ParadeTheatre Group: Dunkelfolket Country: DenmarkDirector: Katrine FaberPlaywright: Larry Hunt, Katrine Faber, Kirsten Gitz and Dunkelfolket Date and time: Friday August 13. / 14.00-15.30 About the performance: Dunkelfolket consists of up to 35 trained mask performers of both genders and with a wide ranged age and social class. They portray different sides of the human nature through direct face-to-mask contact with the spectators in a mutual creating process. There will be magical, shocking, funny and insane situations as Dunkelfolket passes through town. They will enter the areas where people reside both disturbing and expanding the reality...