NOUNOUS
FESTIVAL
30.11.-4.12.2022
OuNous Festival will be arranged on 7th to 10th December 2023. Stay Tuned!
NouNous Festival is here again! This year the popular and unique 5 day festival brings the best of Finnish and international physical comedy to Helsinki. The themes of performances take us from the world of constant movement through divine lies to the peaks of energy and extremes. Tickets are on sale in Tiketti only, on 20th of October onwards.
Due to an injury - Red Hot Condition will be replaced with Receptionists 2.-4.12.
We welcome you to experience some laughter and joy during the darkest time of the year!
NOV 30tH
19h00 Pendulum
Helsinki premiere
DEC 1ST
19h00 Only Bones v1.9 -
Matt Pasquet
Worldpremiere
20h00 The Divine Lie
DEC 2Nd
19h00 Only Bones v1.9 -
Matt Pasquet
20h00 Receptionists
DEC 3RD
15h00 Pendulum
17h00 Receptionists
19h00 Only Bones v1.9
20h00 The Divine Lie
dec 4th
15h00 Pendulum
17h00 Receptionists
19h00 The Divine Lie
TICKETS
Only by Tiketti
25,00/20,00/16,50 €
Serial ticket 50,00 € incl. 4 free to choose shows
PENDULUM
Luis Sartori do Vale and Thom Monckton
Dec 1st 19h00, 3rd and 4th 15h00
PENDULUM is two aristocrats’ cavalcade of self-reinforcing idiocracies and a peculiar fascination with everything that sways, cradles or swings. Two noblemen set out on a journey of inexplicable importance. In the familiar surroundings of upper-class comfort not even stupidity stands in the way of these two and their ingenious discoveries. Slowly, it dawns on them however, that not everything is as it once was, for what is Nobility without riches, servants and reason?
All the things that constantly move back and forth is the essence of restlessness! Yet, we find in these motions an intrinsic comforting, as if they remind us of an experience before consciousness.
The performance aims to combine the explosiveness and action of circus with the human physical response to gentle constant movement.
Creation and performers: Luis Sartori do Vale and Thom Monckton
Light design: Jere Mönkkönen
Sound design: Petteri Rajanti
Production: Kallo Collective
Premiere: 31.1.2020, Odense Denmark
Co-producer: Dynamo Workspace for circus and performing arts
Support: Arts Promotion Centre, Samuel Huber foundation, CIrko, NouNous Festival, Danish Arts Foundation, Nordic Culture Point
Duration 50 minutes
Age recommendation +8 yrs.
THE DIVINE LIE
KALLO COLLECTIVE
Dec 1st and 3rd 20h00 and 4th 19h00
Inspired by Anna Kortelainen's book Restless Woman - The Cultural History of Hysteria and its descriptions of hypnosis shows and the phenomena around the hysteria patients in the Late 19th Century.
Directed by Pirjo Yli-Maunula and created in collaboration with the entire working group, the work moves at the interfaces of different art fields. The multidisciplinary team consists of artists from clowning, dance, corporeal mime, music and visual arts.
The audience is taken to the interface of absurd scenes from the everyday life of the sanatorium, and the repetitive days of alike. The movingly heroic and tenacious characters, their dreams, hopes, resentments, and efforts of power, become shameless and sensual, perhaps redefining beauty as well.
Direction: Pirjo Yli-Maunula
Performers: Jenni Kallo, Ona Kamu, Kaisa Niemi, Tuovi Rantanen, Hanna Terävä
Music: Ona Kamu
Sound design: Hanna Rajakangas
Light design: Sofia Palillo
Set and costumes: Heidi Kesti
Photos: Janne-Pekka Manninen
Trailer: Acke Salo/Lentoi Films
Production: Kallo Collective
Duration: 60 minutes
Age recommendation: +12 yrs.
ONLY BONES V1.9-
MATT PASQUET
Dec 1st 19h00 Worldpremiere
Dec 2nd & 3rd 19h00
Only Bones v1.9 answers the biggest scientific question of them all "How did life begin?"....
Or maybe touches upon it.
Taking you on a journey of evolution from space matter to conscious extremities as they help and hinder their host on the exploration of the many rooms that a mere 1 square metre can bring, set to a micro foley soundscape...oh and there’s Kung Fu!
Creation and performance: Matt Pasquet
Outside eye: Thom Monckton & Jenni Kallo
Music creation: Tuomas Norvio
Light design: Ainu Palmu
Technician: Simon Abel
World premiere 1.12.2022
Production and support: Kallo Collective
Duration appr. 45 minutes
Age recommendation +8 yrs.
RECEPTIONISTS
Inga Björn & Kristiina Tammisalo
Dec 2nd 20h00 and Dec 3rd & 4th 17h00
A spinoff show from Chameleon, these two receptionists are fast-talking smooth moving professionals in the hospitality industry. They speak multiple languages, none of which you can understand, and have an almost pathological fear of their customers.
Impressively silly and exceptionally charismatic, Inga and Kristiina have a unique and hilarious chemistry, which makes the whole experience delightfully bonkers. The aesthetically pleasing performance is strongly physical, unconventional and hilarious, suitable for all age groups.
Creation and direction: Inga Björn & Kristiina Tammisalo
Outside eye: Thom Monckton
Sound design: Esko Mattila
Light design: Kauri Klemelä
Visual: Gemma Tweedie
Duration 55 minutes
Age recommendation +7 yrs
With support from: Finnish Arts Promotion Center, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Helsinki City, Cirko - Center for New Circus
