Events

CIRKO GUEST: KALLO COLLECTIVE - NOUNOUS FESTIVAL
5.-10.12.2017, Cirko - Center for New Circus, Kojehuone (building 8), Suvilahti

First edition of physical comedy festival NouNous Festival!

Gabriela Muñoz: Perhaps, Perhaps….Quizas
A clown piece playing with the idea of loneliness, wait and hope for the right man. In an era where nothing seems to impress one another anymore and longing for “real love” seems to be the burden of our time. Greta, our protagonist, is a lonely woman who rehearses once a week the arrival of the so called "one" Will she get lucky tonight?

Performances (Solmusali):
5.12. at 19
7.12. at 19
9.12. at 14

Running time 60 min.
Suitable for ages 12+

Sampo Kurppa: Only Bones 1.1
Only Bones 1.1 is an eccentrict, abstract, non-verbal physical theatre show with a hint of mask theatre, clowning and circus. Body parts take new forms and roles playing games on viewers conception. This stripped down 45 minutes long performance takes place on a 1 square meter stage with 1 source of light.

Performances (Maneesi):
5.12. at 20.30
7.12. at 20.30
9.12. at 19.30

Running time 45 min.
Suitable for ages 7+

Kallo Collective: Helga
Poignant, melancholic physical comedy of a cabaret diva extraordinaire: Miss Helga! In this wordless performance Helga takes the audience through the journey of her emotional, quirky and hilarious life. Helga’s story unfolds by using mime, clown and circus skills to describe Helga’s life which is simultaneously tragic and comic.

Performances (Solmusali):
6.12. at 15
8.12. at 19
10.12. at 14

Running time 50 min.
Suitable for ages 7+

Kallo Collective: Only Bones v1.0
Only Bones 1.0. by Thom Monckton is a minimalist solo performance of physical buffoonery. Using body manipulation, circus and clowning Only Bones strips the stage down to one light and one performer and opens up a world where anything is possible.

Performances (Maneesi):
8.12. at 20.30
9.-10.12. at 15.30

Running time  45 min.
Suitable for ages 7+

Kallo Collective: Caterpillars
Caterpillars is a physical comedy based loosely on the life cycle of two personified caterpillars/butterflies, and told by two less-than-capable clown puppeteers. This is a layered physical comedy where the audience is taken into a quirky dream world only to be suddenly brought back to an unpretentious reality by the appealing hopelessness of the clown puppeteers.

Performances (Solmusali):
9.12. at 12
10.12. at 12

Running time 45 min.
Suitable for ages 4+

Kallo Collective: Chameleon
Chameleon is an ensemble visual and circus theatre show using the concept and visual elements of camouflage and set in the context of a luxurious and peculiar hotel. The various stunning areas of the hotel are the home to vibrant catastrophes punctuated by physical and visual humour.

Performance:
9.12. at 21.30, Solmusali

Running time 70 min.
Suitable for ages 7+

Trygve Wakenshaw: Nautilus
Our hero twists and contorts himself into different characters. This energetic and hilarious show contains scenes of mime with undertones of veganism, jokes, comedy, cowboys, stagehands, and crabs.

Performances:
9.-10.12. at 17, Solmusali

Running time 75 min.
Suitable for ages 12+

Tickets:
16,50 € / 22,50 €, www.tiketti.fi

kallocollective.com/nounous

Photo: Chameleon, Jouni Ihalainen