Harlequin

WHEN: 7.6.2019 (World premiere)

WHERE: Hangö Teaterträff (7-8.6.2019), Tour (2020) Mad House Helsinki. Cancelled tour (due Covid): Sydhavn / Copenhagen, Tjarnarbio / Reykjavik and Festival Normal / Umeå (2020-2021).

WHO: Blaue Frau: Sonja Ahlfors, Joanna Wingren och gästperformer Nina M Matthis, ÖFA-kollektivet: Nadja Hjorton, Lisen Rosell, Amanda Apetrea, LOSTI collective: Hallveig Eiríksdóttir, Selma Reynisdóttir, Gígja Sara Björnsson. Also: Mira Svanberg, Irene Lehtonen, Ludvig Allén, Heidi Naakka, Simon Ceder, Kajsa-Lisa Larsson, Tanja Huld Levý, Johan Isaksson, Elina Tervonen

WHAT: Harlequin is a provocative and rampant all-evening-performance that will make a deep dive into romantic love. Inspired by the Harlequin novels, Blaue Frau (FI) & Nina Matthis (SE), ÖFA-kollektivet (SE) & LOSTI-collective (IS) examine love and relationships in our time. Harlequin premiered in Hangö Teaterträff festival in Finland in June 2019 and won the annual Antonia-prize. The prize is given every year to a performancethat celebrates artistic courage and diversity.

TRAILER: Alisa Javits

PRESS PHOTO: Liina Aalto-Setälä