Sivuhenkilöt (Sidekicks) uses elements of contemporary circus and theatre to explore what it feels like to touch and to have to go without being touched. Sivuhenkilöt (Sidekicks) takes the audience to unexpected situations: meeting a lady who is missing a limb and a man who has lost his face, dining with a misbehaving grandmother and dangling upside-down from a bedhead.
The performance combines text with physicality and visual elements and has been created by a team of theatre, dance and circus professionals. The performance will take place at Tenaille von Fersen banquet hall, a former 18th century granary and one of the historic venues, located on Helsinki’s idyllic Suomenlinna island.
Tenalji von Fersen is signposted from the Suomenlinna ferry stop. Please note that the venue is not accessible by wheelchair.
Sivuhenkilöt is part of the doublebill package with Baltic Circle's Riding on a Cloud.
Link to the website
http://cirko.fi/ohjelma/sivuhenkiloet
Working group and performers
Text: Eira Virekoski
Direction: Alma Lehmuskallio
Concept: Henna Kaikula, Alma Lehmuskallio, Eira Virekoski
Stage design and costumes: Janne Vasama
Sound design: Joonas Outakoski
Lighting design: Ainu Palmu
Performers and co-creators: Milla Järvinen, Henna Kaikula, Saku Mäkelä, Ulla Raitio
Photos: Heli Sorjonen and Ainu Palmu
Production: Kaikula, Lehmuskallio + working group, Cirko – Center for New Circus
Supported by: The Governing Body of Suomenlinna, The Alfred Kordelin General Progress and Education Foundation, The Saari Residence, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, City of Helsinki Cultural Office,Teaterstiftelsen Vivicas Vänner
World premiere
15.11.2016 Tenalji von Fersen, Suomenlinna island, Helsinki