Hanna Parry: Manifest it till you break it

Baltic Circle promotes good life: inclusive, communal practices that aim to take care of your brain, soul and/or body, the environment, and the different generations around you; introduce new perspectives, expertise, sharing, belonging. We think about your past, present and future needs but don’t get me wrong, a festival is never about an individual but always about community.

Theatre is a shared act that makes something that was invisible concrete, for a moment. Sometimes opening in a poetic form, sometimes you must use your muscles and dig peatland to get it…

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Parallel Realities and the Future Power Take Centre Stage at the 2024 Baltic Circle Festival

The 21st international theatre festival, Baltic Circle, will be held in Helsinki from 22–30 November 2024. This year’s programme features premieres, workshops, discussions, a sound piece, and a seminar focused on future power.

The 2024 festival programme focuses on listening to and observing parallel realities. Mia Takula and Ellen Virman’s audio piece Hevosen silmin (in Eng. Through the Eyes of a Horse) takes listeners on a journey into a horse’s experience of the world, inviting them to evaluate what its life is like in the reality defined by humans…

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