In August 2021 a group of one hundred artists transforms an empty building and its surroundings into a multidisciplinary performance and art installation. The voluminous piece is filled with poetry, theatre, puppetry, dance, music and visual arts. It is an immersive multisensory experience one steps into.
Huoneiden kirja (Book of Rooms) is based on a book of prose poetry by Saila Susiluoto. The abandoned, wind-battered house consists of 64 rooms – a number that equals to the amount of symbols on a table that serves as a peculiar map for the building. The Book of rooms is an adventure that offers a break from the real world and a plunge into a fictive, yet equally tangible one. The house lures one in, to wander and to explore the unknown and the unexpected. Like the girl in the book, every person entering the Book of rooms will ask a personal question from the house. And by flipping a silver coin, they will find out which one of the 64 rooms in the house willl – in its unique way – answer the posed question. Every room is a world apart, intertwined to form a route drawn by the wanderer entering the piece. The performance invites you to follow a route, but also stray from it! No one steps into the same building twice. An exploration and an adventure lies ahead.
Crew
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Alma Rajala | PLANNING AND COORDINATION CORE WORK GROUP Johanna Latvala, Laura Naukkarinen, Venla Luoma, Maiju Tainio, Lee Lahikainen, Jarkko Forsman, Riikka Mäntymaa, Urmas Poolamets, Sara Koiranen, Sinimaria Tomperi, Pia Puustelli ja Maria Laitila | MAKERS INCLUDE A WIDE COLLECTION OF TURKU-BASED ARTISTS | COPRODUCTION AB Dance Company, TEHDAS Teatteri and Aura of Puppets | ALSO INVOLVED Turun Taiteilijaseura and Läntinen tanssin aluekeskus
Premiere: 13.8.2021 | Turun Kivipaino, Turku
Other shows: 14.–29.8.2021
Turku will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the European Capital of Culture in 2021. The work will be a part of the anniversary program.
Performances
Huoneiden kirja is open at 17.30–22.00. You can choose the time you enter the piece when buying the tickets.
Fri 13.8. at 17.30
Sat 14.8. at 17.30
Tue 17.8. at 17.30
Wed 18.8. at 17.30
Thu 19.8. at 17.30
Fri 20.8. at 17.30
Sat 21.8. at 17.30
Sun 22.8. at 17.30
Tue 24.8. at 17.30
Wed 25.8. at 17.30
Thu 26.8. at 17.30
Fri 27.8. at 17.30
Sat 28.8. at 17.30
Sun 29.8. at 17.30
Tickets
45 € Basic ticket
43 € OP owner-customer
35 € Pensioner, student, conscript, unemployed
Buy tickets here
Read more
Currently only available in Finnish:
Suurteos Huoneiden kirja herättää Kivipainon henkiin – mukana satapäinen joukko eri taiteenalojen osaajia (Turun Sanomat 22.4.2021)
Huoneiden kirjan lavastus ja visuaalisuus – dialogia suunnitelman ja sattuman välillä (Turun kaupungin Kulttuuriblogi 22.4.2021)
Talon kokoinen Huoneiden kirja -teos avautuu elokuussa (Aamuset 22.4.2021)
Ainutkertainen talon kokoinen Huoneiden kirja -teos avautuu elokuussa (Turun kaupunki 22.4.2021)
Pääosassa katsoja – pelillisyys ja immersiivinen teatteri (Turun kaupungin Kulttuuriblogi 2.3.2020)
Huoneiden kirja – talon kokoinen taideteos, johon astutaan sisään (Turun kaupungin Kulttuuriblogi 18.11.2019)
Huoneiden kirja – kolikonheitto (TEHDAS Teatterin Poikkeus-Tila-Taide -sivulta löydät ohjeet kolikonheittoon ja voit näin jo nyt virittäytyä teoksen tunnelmaan.)
Trailer
VIDEO Jussi Virkkumaa | MUSIC Lau Nau.