Tiina Puumalainen is a Finnish theatre director and a playwright. 

She studied directing in the Finnish Theatre Academy and has worked in several major Finnish theatres: 

The Finnish National Theater, The Finnish National Opera, City Theatres of Helsinki, Turku, Lahti, Oulu, and Seinäjoki, TTT, The Tampere Theatre, Linnateatteri etc along with several independent groups directing both classical and contemporary drama, musical theatre & opera, dance and puppetry productions. 

Her career (so far in 2022) adds up to over 30 years of experience in the theatre business, directing for all kinds of companies, from monologues to the biggest stage productions. 

Tiina has also written an opera libretto,  some plays and jukebox-musicals and several stage adaptations for Finnish theatres. 

Tiina loves visual & choreographical theatre. Her way of bringing classics like Carmen, The Wolf's Bride and The Blood Wedding to the stage often combines dance to the drama. 

Tiina is married to scenographer Teppo Järvinen. Their extended family lives in the Rauhalinna manor, a historical house with space for pre-productional work. Tiina’s secret passions include tsundoku (but also reading), and gardening. She loves to make miniatures and likes to take part to the stage set model work. 

You are welcome to follow Tiina’s photo stream in Instagram at tiinapuumalainen and life in the manor at rauhalinna1850.