Where
Rangamandala, Attakkalari
377/22, 6th Cross Rd, Vinayaka Nagar, NGO Colony, Wilson Garden, Bengaluru
When
18 February 2024
3:00 PM (Strictly no late entry).
Duration: 60 minutes
DIRECTING, DRAMATURGY & SCENOGRAPHY
Ilkka Saastamoinen
PHOTOS
Pauli Riikonen
SOUND DESIGN
ACTOR
Essi Rossi
Essi Rossi is a Finnish theatre director who lives in Helsinki and works variously with theatre and live arts. Her works are more or less tied to the question of change in the era of mass destruction and desires. She is drived by candid ways of working with these themes.
Other than Johnny Got His Gun, Rossi’s most important works are Leena Krohn's Tainaron: transmissions from the posthuman world of insects (Helsinki Festival and National theatre of Finland
2018), Vladimir Sorokin's ICE: about the structures of fascism in the form of a cult-meeting (Klockriketeatern and Von Krahl, Estonia 2018), and NIGHTSCHOOL: an overnight journey to an
unknown destination and guided tour through different levels of darkness (Baltic circle festival 2021).
Rossi’s latest work, Ejaculation Falls, is a celebration of sexual diversity, where six local experience experts gather for a picnic to talk about their experiences with sex, sexuality, gender and desires (Baltic Circle International Theatre Festival Helsinki 2021, SICK!-festival Manchester 2022)
Pauli Riikonen
Pauli Riikonen is a Helsinki based sound designer and composer who works extensively in theater, dance, circus, performance and music. The works designed by him have been presented in Finland and widely around Europe, e.g. The UK, Germany, Estonia and Belgium.
Riikonen's stage aesthetics focuses on sound masses created by overlapping textures. He creates sound-spaces that can be not only heard, but also felt in the body. His musical interest directs towards loops, sampling and stretching the boundaries. Recently, his work has focused on performances that deal with change and hope.
In addition to stage works, Riikonen has made radio plays, sound art works, sound design for visual art works and produces electronic music under the name Fluid Armstrong.Helsinki 2021, SICK!-festival
Johannes Holopainen
Johannes Holopainen is a Finnish actor with a diverse career encompassing theater, film, and television. Helsinki-born Holopainen studied acting at the University of Arts with an MA in Theater Arts. Holopainen has performed in leading drama, comedy, and musical theater roles around Helsinki, including The National Theater and KOM-Theater. The monologue Johnny Got His Gun landed him the Grand Prix at Pärnu International Theatre Festival in 2016. Same company's new monologue performance, The Moustache, runs in Helsinki in fall 2022.
Johannes Holopainen played the lead in Unknown Soldier (dir. Aku Louhimies), the highest-grossing film ever in Finland. His other film and television work include Heavy Trip, All the Sins, Cargo, and J-P Valkeapää's next film, Hit Big. Holopainen is a Berlinale Talents Alumni from 2021.
During his career, Holopainen has received numerous nominations, and his works are widely awarded and acclaimed by the public and the press.
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