Nära fjärran – A Drama Festival at Suomenlinna

NB: The event is fully booked. Unfortunately, the event is no longer accepting registrations. Waiting list inquiries: [email protected] 

A drama festival at Suomenlinna with stories from Baghdad, Helsinki, and Stockholm.

The festival offers readings of two Nordic plays with stories from near and far.

Lucas Svensson’s dramatisation of Hassan Blasim’s novel The Iraqi Christ and Astrid Menasanch Tobieson’s play När baba faller i poolen är klockan 23.47 (“When Baba Falls into the Pool it’s 23:47”, not translated into English) both depict stories of migration. 

New stories are emerging in contemporary Nordic drama, while increasingly intense discussions are taking place about questions of representation – in society at large and on stage. 

The plays are read by students from The Theatre Academy at the University of the Arts Helsinki. 

In addition to the readings, questions about migration, representation, and new Nordic drama are discussed in a panel.

Nordic Culture Point

24.5.2024

12.30-20.00

Program:

12.30 Doors open

13.00 Gitte Wille, Director of Nordic Culture Point

13.45 När baba faller i poolen är klockan 23.47 by Astrid Menasanch Tobieson

14.30 Coffee break

15.00 Panel discussion

16.30 Coffee break

17.00 The Iraqi Christ, dramatisation Lucas Svensson

20.00 Doors close

Free entry,  pre-registration is recommended

Performed in Swedish