An Evening with Tsuumi Dance Theatre and Friends: Hutiklubi Special Edition & Kake
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Date
21.11-21.11.2025
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Duration
2 H (sis. väliaika)
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Venue
Pannu Hall
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Tickets
39-18 €
Show times
Fri 21.11. at 18.30
Introduction
Tsuumi Dance Theatre and friends bring favourite performances from past years to the stage, while creating new connections with the present. These evenings, designed for lovers of accessible dance, music, and theatre, invite the audience to enjoy, be charmed, and delight in the performances together.
In the shared evenings of Tsuumi Dance Theatre and friends, audiences can look forward to a lively atmosphere, surprising encounters, and the joy of friendship. Each evening features the return of Tsuumi Dance Theatre’s Kake – Tiellä tähtiin, alongside an uplifting guest performance. On Friday evening, 21 November 2025, the Pannuhalli stage will celebrate not only the tenth anniversary of Kake but also the ten-year journey of Off/Balance’s popular improvisation performance Hutiklubi. Hutiklubi is a joyful and distinctive work that combines theatre improvisation with live music, offering audiences plenty of laughter.
Off/Balance: Hutiklubi Special Edition
As part of Hutiklubi’s 10th anniversary celebrations, Hutiklubi Special Edition takes to the Pannu Hall stage together with Tsuumi Dance Theatre’s surprise guests.
What does the breakfast ritual of space hippies look like? How does a pine cone move? Have you ever heard horror reggae? Can you really request anything from the performers? This time you can!
Hutiklubi is a work created by choreographer Jukka Tarvainen for the dance group Off/Balance. It boldly and joyfully combines contemporary dance with participatory theatre improvisation and improvised live music. The performance consists of short dance scenes based on themes, styles, and qualities of movement and music suggested by the audience. The spectators thus have a significant influence on the course of the performance. The result is an interactive and entertaining, yet artistically uncompromising work that has received excellent feedback from both audiences and critics.
Premiered in summer 2015, Hutiklubi has since been performed over 100 times across Finland at events, festivals, and school tours. Its popularity stems from its joyful, distinctive approach and interactivity, as well as its flexibility to be adapted in terms of duration, venue, and target audience.
Duration: 45–50 minutes.
Tsuumi Dance Theatre: Kake – Tiellä tähtiin
Kake – Tiellä tähtiin premiered at the Savoy Theatre ten years ago, winning both audience and critical acclaim. Choreographed by Matti Paloniemi, the piece tells the story of a band called Kake, intoxicated by Finnish schlager music. The band dreams big, but inner tensions, differing ambitions, and unfulfilled hopes complicate their journey together. The original cast featured Reetta-Kaisa Iles, Tuomas Juntunen, Salla Korja, Jarno Tastula and Janne Teivainen. Now the work is revived for new audiences and a new era.
The performance is a compelling blend of dance, theatre and music. The musical framework features Finnish schlagers and tangos in fresh arrangements. Energetic, parodic, and yet genuinely moving, the work has all performers dancing, singing, and playing instruments.
Organizer: Tanssiteatteri Tsuumi
Programme
wednesday 19.11.
Greta Productions: Vielä Uudempi Kipparikvartetti & Tsuumi Dance Theatre: Kake – Tiellä tähtiin
thursday 20.11.
Iles, Soini & Perkola: Etydejä erinomaisuudesta & Tsuumi Dance Theatre: Kake – Tiellä tähtiin
friday 21.11.
Off/Balance: Hutiklubi Special Edition & Tsuumi Dance Theatre: Kake – Tiellä tähtiin
Ticket information
Standard ticket | 39 €
Discount ticket | 18 € Students, unemployed persons, conscripts and those in civil service, under 25s, and professionals in the field of dance and theatre. Please be prepared to present proof of eligibility.
Pensioners | 25 €
Group ticket | 35 € for min. of 10 people.
Auditorium is unnumbered.
Tickets are available in the online store as well as at the ticket sales point in the Glass Courtyard at Cable Factory.
For ticket enquiries, please contact: info@tanssintalo.fi
Credits
Vielä Uudempi Kipparikvartetti
Performers: Petri Bäckström, Jouni Bäckström, Roope Pelo ja Riku Pelo
Concept: Jouni Bäckström
Production: Greta Tuotanto
Kake – Tiellä tähtiin
Choreography and Direction: Matti Paloniemi
Costume Design: Jaana Kurttila
Music: Jarno Tastula / Finnhits
Lighting Design: Janne Teivainen
Performers: Reetta-Kaisa Iles, Tuomas Juntunen, Salla Korja, Jarno Tastula, Janne Teivainen
Poems: Janne Teivainen
Photography: Mikko Mäntyniemi, Matti Immonen
Graphic Design: Jimmy Träskelin
Teaser and Trailer: Kim Saarinen
Production: Tsuumi Dance Theatre
