Myllyteatteri is organising art workshops for artists in cooperation with Stoa, Maunula House and Annantalo Arts Centre in October and November 2025. The workshops are aimed at artists who have moved to Finland from abroad. Also local born artists are welcome. Artists with background in any field of art are welcome (dance, theatre, literature, music, visual arts etc.).

The workshops are free of charge. They offer the opportunity to meet other artists and network at the same time. Depending on your schedule, you can participate several times or just once.

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Creative Movement and Personal Dance – Improvisation Workshop
Location:
Eskus – Esitystaiteen keskus
Suvilahti; Puhdistamo
Building nro 6, 2. floor
Kaasutehtaankatu 1/33
00540 Helsinki
Monday 1.12.2025 5pm-7:30pm
Monday 8.12.2025, 5pm-7:30pm

This workshop offers a supportive space for each participant to explore their own movement and expression in a shared environment.

Through guided improvisation, the facilitator provides movement prompts that range from imagery to body sensations, spatial relationships, and more. Participants are encouraged to respond in their own unique way, following their impulses and curiosity.

The aim is not to perform, but to reconnect with the body and creativity through movement. Following your own way of moving might bring up joy, release, energy, inspiration, freedom and acceptance.

The workshop draws from Henna’s favorite improvisation practices, shaped by over 20 years practise in dance, circus, and theatre. Influences include SOLU Somatic Movement Education (Satu Palokangas), Body-Mind Centering®, contemporary dance methods, Jacques Lecoq, Pulse, Viewpoints, and more.

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Open comic art workshop
Location: Cultural Centre Stoa (Turunlinnantie 1, Itäkeskus)
Friday 07.11.2025 at 17-19:30

In the workshop we make small exercises together about comic scripts and ideas for a comic story.
You don’t need to have any experience in drawing or comics. Workshops are open to adults. We are offering all the tools so you can just bring yourself.

Warm welcome!

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Workshop facilitator:

Suvi Ermilä (b. 1985 in Tampere) is a visual artist based in Helsinki. She often works with Indian ink, drawing nib and brush. Her recent comics deal with miscommunication, feelings of not belonging and family dynamics, often mixing comic and sad undertones. She has published three comic books: Vastaanottokeskus (Suuri Kurpitsa 2021), Jälki (Suuri Kurpitsa 2018) ja Hauho (Suuri Kurpitsa 2017). ”Vastaanottokeskus” won the Comics Finlandia prize for the best book of 2022.

She loves to paint with oil and acrylic colors and enjoys relaxing at her family’s summer cottage in Hauho.

Open Music Workshop
Location: Maunula-talo, Metsäpurontie 4, 00630 Helsinki
Friday 31.10.2025, 5pm-7pm

The workshop will focus on singing together, community through music, physicality and movement in space. The workshops offer an opportunity to meet and get to know each other through music and to strengthen the cultural dialogue between the different participants.

Workshop leader:
Marouf Majidi is a versatile music professional who works as a performer, composer, and bandleader. In addition to Kurdish and Persian music, he has studied Finnish folk music at the Sibelius Academy. Marouf specializes in the rhythmic music of the Middle East and North Africa. He is the artistic director of the Me Jam Festival and emphasizes intercultural dialogue as well as music’s ability to connect many different fields of art.

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Theatre Workshop
Location: Annantalo Arts Centre (Annankatu 30, 00100 Helsinki)
Thu 27 November 2025, 5–7 pm

Yuko Takeda will lead a theatre workshop exploring collective storytelling through imagination, body, voice, and presence. No prior theatre experience is required – the most important things are curiosity and a willingness to dive in. Storytelling is fun, liberating, and offers new perspectives on both self-expression and working together.

Workshop leader:
Yuko Takeda is a Japanese actor based in Finland.
She gained her education in theatre and acting in the US and earned a master’s degree in Acting at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
In Finland she’s performed in various theatre, TV, and film productions.

Yuko also teaches theatre and acting. She holds a master’s degree in theatre pedagogy at Teatterikorkeakoulu. She’s also a certified mVm (Miller Voice Method) teacher.