Stage – Suvilahti Summer Theatre: Red Nose Company – Babylon (FI)

Stage – Suvilahti Summer Theatre: Red Nose Company – Babylon (FI)

Babylon (Minna Puolanto) wants to solve all the core questions regarding power. In the quest, she is assisted by her servant Ré (Hanna Seppä). The show scrutinizes situations where power is exercised. Besides their own experiences, the two clowns drag to the stage an assortment of scepter swingers ranging from Madonna to Ronaldo and from Catherine the Great to a smug dictator.

Directed by Marielle Eklund-Vasama, Babylon investigates power structures between different genders and comments on the still topical #metoo revolution.

Babylon caught the eye of theater goers in fall 2018 and it was included in the main program of Tampere Theater Festival in 2019.

★★★★★

”Babylon is a tale about power, seen from the viewpoints of two clowns. The show is exhilaratingly feministic, outspoken and savagely funny. ”
– YLE Tuula Viitaniemi

The show is in Finnish.

Running time 90 min
Location & accessibility Tiivistämö Suvilahti
Age recommendation The event is K-18.
Tickets Table for one 32,50€ Table for two 63,50 Table for four 123,50 Table for six 184€ Experience three theatre evenings for 150€
Wed 18.8. at 18:00

Working group

Script and stage dramaturgy

Minna Puolanto, Marielle Eklund-Vasama and the rest of the working group

Director

Marielle Eklund-Vasama

Performers

Minna Puolanto and Hanna Seppä

Light and Sound Design

Juha Tuisku

Costume Design

Virve Balk

Photography

Mark Sergeev

Production

Minna Puolanto, Niina Bergius, Aino Torikka, Anna Jauhola and Mika Vainio / Red Nose Company

Co-production

Kanneltalo

Premiere

Kanneltalo, Helsinki, 19 Sept. 2018