In 1954, a late-night television broadcast shows a candle in the middle of smoke. A woman in black with an incredibly narrow waist approaches the camera. She lets out a blood-curdling shriek and sighs in relief. “Ahh. Screaming relaxes me.” Television history has been made.

The story of Maila Nurmi is anything but a typical rags-to-riches tale. She made her way to stardom during Hollywood’s golden age and quickly rose to world fame, but just as quickly her career also withered. 

Just over a year after the start of the Vampira Show, Nurmi was fired and ended up being hounded by the scandalous press. Maila Nurmi’s stardom was over, but the Vampira character lived on, enriching many spiritually and some also financially. Nurmi herself died poor and reclusive.
 

KOM-teatteri

12.2.-10.5.2025

Premiere 12.2.2025

Performances:

18.3. / 21.3. / 27.3. / 28.3. / 29.3. at 18.30

22.3. at 13.00

1.4. / 2.4. / 4.4. / 5.4. / 9.4. / 10.4. / 11.4. / 22.4. / 23.4. / 25.4. / 29.4. at 18.30
12.4. / 26.4. at 13.00

2.5. / 3.5. / 6.5. / 7.5. / 9.5. at 18.30
10.5. at 13.00

Tickets 19-46€, age recommendation 13+

Performed in Finnish, subtitles in English