Drowning in Mainstream

The radical potential for change presented by immersive performances are in the danger of being squandered in Finland, writes Samee Haapa, who has spent two decades creating performances in this genre. The situation can be remedied with a more critical examination of power dynamics and with a fairer distribution of resources. As new forms of […]

What is a Game Performance?

This is a light translation of a text originally written in Finnish. Immersive theatre became a significant concept in performing arts in the United Kingdom from the turn of the 21st century onwards. In Finland, it has gained broader recognition primarily from the late 2010s onwards. The term encompasses a wide range of works: those […]

Temple of Godx FAQ

This document will be updated continuously. Do I need to read all this text before I can come to the play party? No : ) These are here to help if you feel you need more information. If you don’t, you can just come and enjoy. You will get most of the information also on […]

Sensory Jam (Berlin)

The next Sensory Jam in Berlin: Sat 13. 4. 2023, 20.00 – 23.00  Sensory Jam is life with all of your six senses. It’s a jam with multisensory experiences including taste, smell, touch, movement in space and everything else you can possibly imagine. As a starting point we are blindfolded when experiencing. We provide blindfolds […]

Temple of Godx

This is a temple for tantrikas and kinksters and everyone else. This is a temple for all genders – also those that we haven’t yet been able to name. This is a temple for consent. This is a temple for sex and touch positivity. This is a temple for all bodies. This is a temple […]

Upotapia Personnel

PERSONNEL OF PREMIERE Artistic director: Samee Haapa Other members of the working group: Anna Wegelius, Krista-Julia Arppo, Jonna Eiskonen, Henna Mäki-Filppula, Joonas Outakoski, Jenni Räsänen, Tommi Uniluoto, Topias Toppinen, Inna Huttunen, Oscar Dempsey, Louis Crevier, Olga Kastemaa, Eero Tahkola, Marko Mäkinen, Sara-Maria Heinonen, Pinja Kokkonen, Siiri Seppelin, Iida Kukkonen, Mira Ihanus and Georgi Varavko. Production […]

Upotapia FAQ

Do I need to read all this text before I can come to the performance? No : ) These are here to help if you feel you need more information. If you don’t, you can just come and enjoy. You will also get all the necessary information on location. What kind of performance is this? […]

Upotapia

Kuvassa on käsivarsi  kuvattuna alhaalta teräksistä kaasukellon kattorakennetta kohti.

Energy flows from the world into a meter. It flows from crystals, workers, you, me, touch, carbon monoxide, hydrogen and power.  From the meter the energy flows back to the world transformed. In this moment of flow, the old, present and future gasometers blend. In this moment, the meters measure the energy of the dead, […]

Eco Village

There are green potatoes on a white background, edited so that they look a like cells under a microscope. Eco village is written on bold black font on top of the image.

Digital performance Eco Village is a coproduction of Bombina Bombast and Sydhavn Teatern, premiering in May 2023 in Malmö in cooperation with Center for Everything. Samee Haapa, the artistic director for Center for Everything, has participated the production as a researcher consulting especially in the questions regarding to consent in participatory performances. Eco Village is […]

Blindfold Jam (Berlin)

The next Blindfold Jam in Berlin: Sat 30. 3. 2024, 7pm – 10pm  Sight as a sense defines greatly all our action – and also how we experience dance. And still most of dance is something totally different – experiencing movement, feeling the movement and sensing oneself, others and the world we are immersed in. […]