Shakespeare • Puumalainen:

Lear

Premiere March 2nd 2023

Adapted and directed by Tiina Puumalainen

Set, costume, lighting and video design by Teppo Järvinen

Original music by Hannu Rantanen

Choreography by Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö & Jukka Haapalainen

Sound design by Jani Peltola

Lighting co-design by Kare Markkola

Video co-design by Pyry Hyttinen

Hair and make-up design by Petra Kuntsi

Produced by The Finnish National Theatre

Cast

Katariina Kaitue

Maria Kuusiluoma

Petri Liski

Esa-Matti Long

Petri Manninen

Ilja Peltonen

Annika Poijärvi

Sari Puumalainen

Based on William Shakespeare’s King Lear

Graphic design by Teppo Järvinen

Original photo of Mrs Kaitue by Stefan Bremer

https://www.kansallisteatteri.fi/esitys/lear

Our version of Antigone by Sophocles will have premiere October the 15th on the Eino Salmelainen Stage of TTT.

On this page we’ll show the making of Antigone from a the scratch to the premiere.

This page presents making of set models - important part of creating theatre and a dear hobby especially for Tiina. Our models are mostly made in scale 1:25. Updates soon.

ABOUT THE PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE 

Cover photo:

set model for The Phantom of the Opera 2015. Co-production of the Finnish National Opera and GöteborgsOperan.

In the Phantom’s lair there is a bed.

On the roof of the opera house (All I Ask of You-scene) there is a a statue: Angel of Music. In this photo the scale model 1:25 and behind her the 1:1 version.

Can model making go too far? (No!) The 1:25 model of a prop: Monkey-shaped Musical Box.

Making of pics from the Cabaret. Fräulein Schneider’s house has lots of steps and doors.

The train department.

Mielensäpahoittajan Suomi The Grump’s Finland. How to make a functional horse on stage.

Evita, testing the soldiers.

Carmen, how to make the office change.

Pasi Was Here needed a toilet seat and a book shelf.

Testing the set of Die Kalewainen.

Building the set of The Tempest. 1:25 on the table, 1:1 under construction behind the team . (From the left: carpenter Raino Saastamoinen, head of set atelier Aatu Rantanen, scenographer Teppo Järvinen)

The magical dinner table for The Tempest.

Our version of The Tempest by William Shakespeare had premiere on January the 24th 2019 on the main stage of TTT. On this page we will share thoughts and photos of the progress towards the premiere.

Cover photo: director Tiina Puumalainen standing next to our set of a 60s hotel in ruins. Work in progress.