Have you ever wondered how an earthworm can hear without ears? Did you know that a sloth comes down from a tree just to poop?

Would you believe that crocodile hatchlings sleep in their mother’s mouth, protected by its sharp teeth? And that a dinosaur’s closest living relative is a chicken? And that man is also an animal?

LONG LIVE THE ANIMALS! answers your questions with wild facts, heartfelt humour and multi-faceted animal doll characters. It is a puppet theatre performance for the whole family that combines art and science. Its premise is animals – the admired, feared, ordinarily strange ones – and their lives. And humans, wondering.

The performance will be shown at Stoa as a popular reprise in honor of Children’s Rights Week!

Planning, execution, and performance: Nanna Mäkinen and Pia Kalenius
Sound design and music: Kari Mäkiranta
Artistic dialogue: Venla Luoma (direction and dramaturgy) and Lotta Virtanen (puppetry)
Production: Tehdas Theatre, Turku (premiere on 7 March 2024)

Target audience: Ages 6–8
Duration: 40 minutes

Friday performances for daycare and school groups are free of charge. Advance registration required at kultus.fi starting 13 August at 10:00. NOTE! Participants will be selected by lottery from among the registered.
More information: hanna.westerholm@hel.fi