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BRIEFLY IN ENGLISH
Alexander Theatre - In the heart of Helsinki and in Helsinki´s heart
Managing Director
Reima Jokinen
∙ tel: +358 (0) 500 736 254 '
∙ director[at]alexandertheatre.fi
∙ Renting of the main stage
Producer
Saija Nisula
∙ +358 (0) 400 353 079
∙ saija.nisula[at]aleksanterinteatteri.fi
∙ International visits
∙ Communications
Assistant Director
Simo Jokinen
∙ +358 (0) 50 368 4914
∙ assistantdirector[at]alexandertheatre.fi
∙ Contracts
∙ Studio Krunikka
We are proud that AlexanderTheatre is and has been a long-established centre of Helsinki’s cultural life. Our stage bustles daily with life and action, not to mention our rehearsal rooms and offices.
The theatre itself caters well for visiting groups, offering excellent facilities for all types of concerts, theatrical and dance performances. We can also assist you in organising your event or private function. We also have the technical facilities to host even the most demanding of national and international visiting performances. Many prominent dance communities perform, train and have their offices in AlexanderTheatre.
Our main hall seats about 500 in a true historic atmosphere, has a fully equipped stage and we can also offer a full catering service in the foyer.
HISTORY
In the early decades of the 1800s, theatre troupes from Sweden, Estonia and Russia and also from Italy and Germany visited Helsinki. But this changed when Nikolai Adlerberg became the Governor General of Finland and established a Russian Theatre with a grant he organised from the Tsar’s funds.
Construction began in April 1876 and was completed in 1879. Originally the AlexanderTheatre was to serve the local Russian garrison. The bricks for the decorative building were transported all the way from Åland. The National Theatre and Opera companies moved to the building in 1918 and the National Opera remained on the premises until 1993, when they moved to the new Opera House on the Toolo bay. For this reason, AlexanderTheatre, the Old Opera House, is an important part of Finnish cultural history.
LOCATION and OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
The AlexanderTheatre is located in Helsinki at Bulevardi 23-27 near the Hietalahti square and the lovely Sinebrychoff park.
How to get here
Bulevardi 23-27, 01800 Helsinki
Tram 6, Buses 14 & 20
Disabled persons
For wheelchair access to the main stage, please notify in advance.
Training halls
tel. + 358 (0)50 518 6378
tilavuokraus[at]aleksanterinteatteri.fi
Tickets
Paula Hovi, tel. +358 (0) 9 676 980
paula.hovi[at]aleksanterinteatteri.fi
Premises (Enquiries, Bookings)
Kari Heinonen, tel. +358 (0) 50 366 4540
kari.heinonen[at]aleksanterinteatteri.fi
Catering/Interval catering
SIS. Deli tel. +358 (0) 10 422 9305
bulevardi[at]sisdeli.fi
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Tickets
Alexander Theatre Box Office /
Aleksanterin teatteri
Bulevardi 23-27 or +358 (0) 9 676 980.
Opening hours:
Mon-Fri from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m.
Sat-sun from noon till 7 p.m.
myynti[at]aleksanterinteatteri.fi
AND
Lippupiste, tel. 0600 900 900 (1,75 €/min + local network charge),
7am - 10pm
www.lippu.fi
:: COMING EVENTS SPRING 2010 ::
MUSIC
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My Diary of Songs,
March 10 at 8 pm
An album release concert by singer-songwriter Carita Holmström with her roots deep in blues, latin and ethno music.
Tickets: 25/15 €.
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Vuokko Hovatta,
March 12 at 7 pm
Singer-actor Vuokko Hovatta has released her second solo album and sings the stories of love, jealousy and melancholy.
Tickets 20/18 €
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Faustinen ilta – A Night with Faust,
March 30–31 at 7 pm
It was precisely 130 years ago that Alexander Theatre had its very first premiere – Charles Gounod’s opera Faust. Today the theatre celebrates its anniversary in the same spirit.
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Fame – The Musical,
May 13–22 at 7 pm
The scene explodes when young artists of Music Theatre School SKENE brings the famous Fame to Alexander Theatre.
Tickets: 32/27 €
DANCE
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Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet & Minna Tervamäki:
Liquid Space,
February 12 at 7pm and Feb 13 at 3 pm at 7 pm
The acclaimed dancer/choreographer Robert Sher-Machherndl and
Minna Tervamäki, perform the European Premiere of Sher-Machherndl’s Liquid Space. Etoile of the Finnish National Ballet
Minna Tervamäki and the choreographer meticulously investigate extreme combinations of movement, sound and silences.
Tickets: 34/15 €
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Tsuumi Dance Theatre: Mahti / Mighty,
February 27 – March 3 at 7 pm
The work Mahti / Mighty is based on the Finnish epic poem Kalevala and its movements bursts with joy, energy, power and freedom.
Tickets 31/13 €.
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Glims & Gloms: Pessi and Illusia,
March 17–21 at 7 pm
Dance Theatre Glims & Gloms performs the beloved fairytale of Yrjö Kokko.
Tickets: 20/10 €.
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Finnish National Opera Ballet School: Spring Performance,
April 11–12 at 3 pm and 6 pm
The young talents from the age of 6 years show their skills in three performances. The show concludes the balett Ugly Duckling, a story by H.C. Andersen.
Tickets: 12/6 €.
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Ihme juttu (Strange Thing),
May 27 at 7 pm
Dance Theatre Minimi performs an entity consisting seven stories of strange differences and wonders between individuals.
Tickets: 23/15 €.
OTHER PERFORMANCES
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Unelmien saaria ja valtameriä
(Wonder Islands and Oceans),
March 15 at 6 pm and 8 pm
A Fashion Show around the Globe by Sirpa Rydman.
Tickets: 18 €
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Asia Festival – Chinese Kun Opera,
May 6–8 at 7 pm
A Chinese company brings the masters of Kun Opera from Traditional Chinese Theatre Academy to Helsinki.
Tickets: 25/15 €.
DRAMA
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Gogol’s Diary of a Madman (in Finnish)
Leading role: Martti Suosalo.
From Jan 9 at 7 pm on.
Tickets € 27/24
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Elämänsä tähti – Tabe (in Finnish)
Leading role: Tiia Louste.
From Jan 27 at 7 pm on.
Tickets € 26/23
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Taikatalvi (in Finnish)
A play for children.
Feb 6-7 at 1 pm and 4pm.
Tickets € 22/17
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Yritetään hyvällä (in Finnish)
Leading roles: Eeva Litmanen and Juha Veijonen.
From Feb 17 at 7 pm on.
Tickets € 26/23
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Ella ja kaverit (in Finnish)
A play for children.
From April 14 at on.
Tickets € 28/18
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Johannes (in Finnish)
Leading role: Tapio Liinoja.
June 16-21 June at 7 pm. (June 18-19 also at 3 pm).
Tickets € 26
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