FALL 2025: What a Menu! (Or the Lost Reputation of Mustard City)

The setting is a dinner table at an international food conference! There are food journalists, gastronomists, gourmets – good taste and not so much. This astonishing soirée will bring culinary twists and turns dancing before us, retelling the shady gastronomic history of Turku, and with a slurry of passionate words and dance about food. The birth of the brined groat sausage, laukkamakkara – could this have been prevented?

A culinary theatre experience by Johanna Keinänen and Liisa Ruuskanen will reveal the kitchen nightmares within the Turkus’s culinary history. This dinner and show is an excellent choice for a Christmas party event. Performances take place in November and December.

The menu for the performances is curated by Arttu Parviainen (Nahkurin Kellari and Vanha Talli), who won gold at the 2024 IKA Culinary Olympics as part of the Finnish national culinary team.

Menu options: containing meat or vegan. Both menus are gluten-free and lactose-free. Other food allergies must be reported via email to info@aurinkobaletti.fi at least one week before the performance.

Menus

Menu including meat:

Artichoke gazpacho, artichoke crisps, caramelized artichoke puree, herbs and sage-arugula oil
Wallenberg’s steak of chicken, lentil and vegetable roast, herbs and herb mayonnaise
Spicy moist date cake, quince, vanilla-flavoured sea buckthorn, sea buckthorn jelly and chervil

Vegan menu:

Artichoke gazpacho, artichoke crisps, caramelized artichoke puree, herbs and sage-arugula oil
Vegetable Wallenberg, lentil and vegetable stew, herbs and herb mayonnaise
Spicy moist date cake, quince, vanilla-flavoured sea buckthorn, sea buckthorn jelly and chervil

Crew

SCRIPT AND DIRECTION | Johanna Keinänen | CONCEPT AND CONSULTING Liisa Ruuskanen | CHOREOGRAPHY AB Dance Company working group | DANCERS Côme Calmelet-Pyykkö, Arttu Halmetoja, Suvi Nieminen, Urmas Poolamets and Elina Raiskinmäki | SCENOGRAPHY AND LIGHT DESIGN Magnús Sigurðarson | SOUND DESIGN Ilkka Tolonen | COSTUME DESIGN Marjo Haapasalo | PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHIC DESIGN Jussi Virkkumaa | PRODUCTION AB Dance Company

Premiere: 14.11.2024 | Manilla Theatre, Turku
Running time: Around 2 hrs
Age recommendation: 12 and up

Performances

Thu 20.11. klo 19
Fri 21.11. klo 19
Sat 22.11. klo 17

Fri 28.11. klo 19
Sat 29.11. klo 17

Thu 4.12. klo 19
Fri 5.12. klo 19

Fri 12.12. klo 19
Sat 13.12. klo 17

Fri 19.12. klo 19
Sat 20.12. klo 17

Tickets

Regular ticket: 79 € / person including the show and a three-course dinner (see menus above).

Individual tickets will go on sale during the spring.

Group Tickets

Group tickets: 75 € / person (min. 5-person group), including the show and a three-course dinner (see menus above).
Group tickets: 70 € / person (min. 10-person group), including the show and a three-course dinner (see menus above).

Group reservations must be confirmed bindingly two months before the performance. At the same time, menu choices and special dietary requirements must be confirmed.

Group tickets are already available for reservation – secure your group’s seats now!