Volkstheater Rostock celebrates its Finnish season EinNorden with a theatre week “Terve!” in April 2009

“Finland is not only a country of thousand lakes or the head of the class of Pisa research. It is also a country of theatre worth finding”.

The motto of the whole 2008-2009 season at the Volkstheater Rostock, Germany has been ”EinNorden” (Northbound) with the following Finnish plays and one opera: Aki Kaurismäki’s Wie feuere ich meinen Mörder, premiered 16.5.2008; Ilpo Tuomarila’s dramatization of Mikael Niemi’s novel Populärmusik aus Vittula, premiered 11.10.2008; Juha Jokela’s Mobile Horror, premiered 17.10.2008; Katja Krohn’s Der grosse böse Wolf, premiere 28.2.2009; Pirkko Saisio’s Fühllosigkeit, premiere 13.3.2009; Laura Ruohonen’s Insel Yksinen, premiere 27.3.2009; Otso Kautto’s Rettet Mama!, premiere 9.4.2009 and Kaija Saariaho´s opera L'amour de Loin (Die Liebe aus der Ferne), premiere 11.4.2009.

The culmination point is the week in April, 13.-19.4.2009, an entire week full of Finnish theatre. During the week Terve! all productions based on Finnish texts will be performed and in addition there are theatre seminars, guest visits and drama readings. Guest performances: Turku City Theatre’s Paniikki (Panik) by Mika Myllyaho, Teatteri Turmio’s Pienin yhteinen jaettava (Der Kleinste Gemeinsame Teiler) by Pirkko Saisio - Mikko Roiha and Objects & Emotions and Hamlet performed by Quo Vadis. As readings will be presented Sofi Oksanen’s Fegefeuer, Anna Krogerus’ Aus Liebe zu Mir, and Paavo Westerberg’s Heim bevor es dunkel wird .

The week is presented with the support of the Finnish Theatre Information Centre, the Finnish Institute in Germany and the Finland’s Embassy in Berlin.