PYYKKI
Company Portmanteau
PYYKKI – Lost in Laundryland
Premiere: 22.10.2025 Cultural Centre Stoa, Helsinki
”PYYKKI – Lost in Laundryland” is a new performance for children and families by the company Portmanteau, in collaboration with the award-winning visual artist Helga Stentzel.
Inspired by Stentzel’s photographic series Clothing Line Animals, the performance explores the whimsical world of “Household Surrealism”, looking for magic in the everyday. Using optical illusions to transform clothes and common objects into playful characters and creatures, it invites audiences into a magical universe of little visual delights.
Blending circus, dance, puppeteering, and new magic, PYYKKI follows two friends determined to solve the mystery of where missing socks go. A quest that leads them into a vibrant, surrealist realm filled with fantastical characters and playful transformations.
The project was awarded as the Pikku ITU performance of the year in 2025.
Portmanteau is dedicated to multidisciplinary creations that explore the dialogue between circus and other art forms. The company was honored with the Sirkuksen Lumo Award in 2018 for its contributions to promoting Finnish circus arts and was nominated in 2021 for the Outstanding Emerging Company category at the International Circus Awards.
Touring information (preliminery):
Duration: Approx. 50 min.
Intermission: No
Stage required: 10 x 8 x 6 meters black box
Set up time: TBC
No. of people on tour: 4-5
No. of people on stage: 2
Language options: Nonverbal
Recommended age: 4 and up
Touring season: Negotiable
Availability for workshops: Yes
Key personnel:
Direction: Luis Sartori do Vale
Performance: Mira Ravald & Luis Sartori do Vale
Character design: Helga Stentzel
Light design: Jere Mönkkönen
Sound design: Petteri Rajanti
Magic consultant: Kalle Nio
Production: WHS, Portmanteau
Support: Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Finnish Cultural Foundation, WHS Teatteri Union, Cirko, Cultural Centre Stoa, Lastenteatterin ideahautomo ITU
