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Projects

ZAARE 2026

ZAARE is an accessibility and diversity project aimed at strengthening representation, reaching new audiences and creating spaces where experiences and stories from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds are centred. The chosen works will be published along with the 2026 programme. The project is funded by the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland.

PS – Portable Sharing 2025

Theatre Info Finland TINFO, Performing Arts Centre Iceland, the performance venue Konträr in Sweden, Hangö Teaterträff in Finland, Lithuanian Theatre Information Centre / Sirenos festival, and Showbox, the Norwegian festival for children and young people, explored the applicability of contemporary performance concepts in new cultural contexts in order to develop green mobility, extend the life cycles of artistic works and to pilot a network for future co-production.

The project was funded by the short-term mobility network grant awarded by the Nordic Culture Point.

Kulkue 2022–2024

Kulkue was a joint project between three Finnish art festivals. ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival (Kuopio), Hangö Teaterträff (Hanko), and Baltic Circle (Helsinki) created an exceptionally large-scale series of Finnish co-productions along with related tours. The project’s central goal was to promote the accessibility of the festivals and to prolong the life cycle of the performances. The project was financed by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.

During 2022–2024, seven new performing arts works were produced. The works premiered at one of the festivals, after which they toured the other two. The seven chosen artists and working groups were:

  • Tea Andreoletti
  • 4 FLOORS OF WHORES (Emilia Jansson, Riku-Pekka Kellokoski, Herman Nyby & Astrid Stenberg) in collaboration with director Lara Magdalena Tacke
  • Piste Kollektiivis Työmaa working group (Riikka Vuorenmaa, Maarit Utriainen, Sebastian López-Lehto & Laura Rekilä)
  • Sonja Jokiniemi & Emma Fält
  • Mira Eskelinen, Frank Stankiewicz & Miranda Kastemaa
  • Henriikka Himma & working group Sofia Palillo, Leissi Rehn, Julia Lappalainen & Kaisa Karvinen
  • Pia Sirén, Ilona Valkonen (Vieno Motors) & Mirella Pendolin

Newly Graduated 2022–2023

The Newly Graduated project supported artists who graduated during the Covid-19 pandemic and who therefore lost the opportunity to establish themselves and their art in the field. The artists were selected by guest curators Emma Castro Møller (Warehouse9, Copenhagen) and Karoline Skuseth (BIT-Teatergarasjen, Bergen), who also acted as an outside eye on the artistic processes.

The project was supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland, and the works were presented at Hangö Teaterträff in 2023. The chosen artists were: