Matkalaukkuteatteri (The Knapsack Theatre)
This is a story-telling performance by one actress using different types of puppets, which have been made out of everyday objects. Also shadow puppetry on a drum-skin screen is used.
Performance: Two tales from the north
Two tales from the north:
The Little Reindeer Calf
A Sami story about the man and a woman who desperately longed for a child, but instead got an little reindeer calf. The calf grows up, and starts to long for the snow-capped mountains… A play about liberation and empowerment.
The Hare and the Snow
A story from the Mansi-culture, about a hare who falls in love with the snow, and loses his sweetheart when the spring comes. It also tells us how the hare got his white winter coat.
Puppets and performance: Leila Peltonen
Technician: Esa Peltonen
Duration: 30 minutes
Age: 4 years and up
Language: Swedish