Post Theatre Collective: SUOMEN MESTARI

Suomen Mestari is an absurd comedy musical based on Finnish language textbooks used in adult education, and interviews with Finnish language students. The work that is inspired by Eugene Ionesco's The Bald Soprano, employs Finnish pop songs used for teaching the language in Finnish courses and borrows the main characters of the Finnish textbook Suomen mestari. These characters are introduced as unemployed and housewife immigrants on the one hand, and local architects and bankers and other masters on the other hand.

Suomen Mestari aims to bring out and question these stereotypes that distort social narratives about immigrants and promote genuine intercultural dialogue that could lead to better coexistence between the majority and minorities that in reality are likely to be masters of any field in the Finnish society.

Director: David Kozma

Performers: Johanna Kuuva, Yuko Takeda, Timo Teern, Ahmed Kakoyi (Mad Ice), Hanna Lemmetty, Anna Mäki, Saara Raatikainen, Rosa Rantanen, Sarathkumar Arjunan, Raphael Delarosa
Choreography: Njara Rasolo
Light design: Pietu Pietiäinen
Sound design and music: Saku Kämäräinen, Tapio Viitasaari

Performed in Finnish, English subtitles.