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JUHLAPUHE 15-vuotisjuhlassa

PUHE Myllyteatterin 15-vuotisjuhlassa 1. ja 2.12.2018, Miira Sippola Teatteriryhmän taide on oma lajinsa. Käytän tämän tilaisuuden kertoakseni teille Myllyteatterin taiteesta, sen tekijöistä ja hahmoista sekä omista tarkoitusperistäni ohjaajana – millä voimalla tämä teatterimylly on pyörinyt. Vuosi oli 2003. Sisälläni oli jo vuosien ajan jauhanut tietty mylly: palo luoda ja nähdä abstraktia teatteria, teatteria jota puhe […]

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”Tradition”?

Myllyteatteri claims to do contemporary theatre that’s based on the awareness of the theatre tradition. Tradition is said to mean ”handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice.” What does tradition mean in the context of a free Finnish theatre group? When

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To The Bodily Limits

Today I am going to write my blog, which has been late because I’ve been so concentrated on the rehearsals of Saari – production and meeting my actors every morning, that I have not had a second to think about any other people but my company now. But now it’s the time, my heart is

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Theatre Credo

I believe in theatre. I have acted upon this belief or knowledge for many years now: searched for tools and worked with the stage, shaped thoughts and planned theatre performances. I have trehearsed and sweated, negotiated, travelled around the world and met other theatre-believers over countries’ borders. I have repeated this sentence in front of

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