Oh My Puppets!

Mini Festival of Contemporary Puppetry

The rift of puppetry and springtime Oh My Puppets! Mini Festival celebrates contemporary puppetry in Helsinki. Since 2017 the festival has brought interesting new performances to Cirko in Suvilahti.

This year the festival is held from 19 to 22 April 2023. The programme consists of recent puppetry and visual theatre performances destined for adult audiences.

Festival programme

Wednesday 19.4.2023
17:30 opening words
18:00 Yksin ihminen (in Finnish)

Thursday 20.4.2023
14–17 Seminar on sustainable touring practices / IMPULSE! project
18:00 Yksin ihminen (in Finnish)

Friday 21.4.2023
16:00 Tea for Two (without words)
17:30 Tea for Two (without words)
18:00 Extra-Neitsyt Evankeliumi (in Finnish)
19:00 Tea for Two (without words)
19:30 Ariadne: A Mess (in English)

Saturday 22.4.2023
18:00 Ariadne – A Mess (in English)

Aura of Puppets is the biggest network for puppetry professionals in Finland.
The network promotes Finnish contemporary puppetry and gathers puppetry professionals under one umbrella association representing independent artists on a national scale.

We mediate performances and puppeteers for various events, venues and audiences. Aura of Puppets organizes two festivals: Turku International Puppetry Festival and Oh My Puppets! Mini festival in Helsinki. Our office is situated in Turku and our artists work all over Finland and the world.