Sami Henrik Haapala has been signed as a full-time actor to the Rovaniemi City Theatre in Rovaniemi, Finland starting in August 2011.

SHH is acting at the moment in ´The Operetta of Hope´, a production directed by Vihtori Rämä – who is one of the leaders of the Rovaniemi City Theatre – and choreorapher Panu Varstala. The premiere was at 8th November 2011.

Next he will be acting in The National Hero, a production directed by Vihtori Rämä. The premiere is set at 24th March 2012 at 7pm.

In the program of Rovaniemi City Theatre during Autumn 2011. New premiere 8th October 2011 at 8pm.

Note! Kullervo is performed also in English so you can join even if you don’t speak Finnish.

That which is not man will never become a man.
- Paavo Haavikko, Kullervo’s Story -

This is a story about revenge told by the misunderstood perpetrator.

Kullervo is the blackest character in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. This exact story has been an inspiration for countless artists like J. R. R. Tolkien, Jean Sibelius and the Finnish metal group Amorphis.

This Kullervo returns to the roots of theatre in funeral. Of the oldest and blackest tragedy in Finnish heritage it searches for an answer to the violence of contemporary world and contemporary time.

In this contemporary dance piece an extreme personality in extreme conditions meets extreme movement that explodes between endless compression and total surrender.

Production, direction, set design, sound design and dance: Sami Henrik Haapala

Photography: Pekka Mäkinen

Graphic design: Antti-Jussi Ahponen

Originally co-produced with Jojo – Oulu Dance Center

Kullervo is available for tour.

(Bigmouth)

Production, direction and performing: Sami Henrik Haapala

Poetry slamming based on Finnish pop, rock, reggae and rap texts.

Premier in Culture Center Valve, Oulu on Tuesday 29. 12. 2009 at 7pm.

Bigmouth has been performed on the small stage of The National Theatre of Karelia during Spring 2010.

Bigmouth is available for tour.