We create performances in places where you might not expect to see theatre. We have produced shows in locations such as the Finnkino Kinopalatsi cinema, Turku Castle, a shopping center, a Föli city bus, a parking garage, and even in a kitchen. For the audience: This opens up the possibility to experience familiar and everyday places in a new light. For the art: This means that elements of the chosen environment become an integral part of the work. Every location has its own history, architecture, visual illusion, unique scent, and soundscape. These factors become active elements of the performance, or "fellow players" that the script and actors must engage with.
Site-specificity places high demands on the artists, who must study the performance site meticulously. It is crucial to identify the location's character and its geographical and socio-political role, without forgetting practical possibilities and limitations. However, this creates an opportunity to produce shows where the viewer undergoes surprising and unpredictable experiences and adventures that shake up the concept of traditional theatre, increase awareness, and facilitate unexpected encounters.
Occasionally, we create performances in more traditional settings, appearing on stages like Tehdas Teatteri or the Turku City Theatre. Yet, site-specificity remains always a part of us: no stage is a completely neutral space. Every venue is defined by its personality, location, socio-political role, and practices. The Spiritual Airline always strives to view the stage as part of the working group and the process. That is to say treating the venue as if it were another actor and a vital part of the ensemble.
For us, every departure is part of the destination.
Since 2021, Grus Grus Theatre has adopted the moniker "The Spiritual Airline." This travel metaphor defines our operations: we offer viewers "journeys" in the form of performances. These journeys lower the threshold for audiences to experience unconventional performances and explore contemporary theatre more deeply. In everyday speech, traveling is associated with curiosity, encountering the unknown, and experiencing something new. After a Grus Grus performance, the viewer looks at their own reality, everyday life, and environment as if they have just returned from a trip, changed, and from a new perspective. These performances, or journeys, make it possible to travel mentally to distant places without burdening the environment.
We create performances in places where you might not expect to see theatre. We have produced shows in locations such as the Finnkino Kinopalatsi cinema, Turku Castle, a shopping center, a Föli city bus, a parking garage, and even in a kitchen. For the audience: This opens up the possibility to experience familiar and everyday places in a new light. For the art: This means that elements of the chosen environment become an integral part of the work. Every location has its own history, architecture, visual illusion, unique scent, and soundscape. These factors become active elements of the performance, or "fellow players" that the script and actors must engage with.
Site-specificity places high demands on the artists, who must study the performance site meticulously. It is crucial to identify the location's character and its geographical and socio-political role, without forgetting practical possibilities and limitations. However, this creates an opportunity to produce shows where the viewer undergoes surprising and unpredictable experiences and adventures that shake up the concept of traditional theatre, increase awareness, and facilitate unexpected encounters.
Occasionally, we create performances in more traditional settings, appearing on stages like Tehdas Teatteri or the Turku City Theatre. Yet, site-specificity remains always a part of us: no stage is a completely neutral space. Every venue is defined by its personality, location, socio-political role, and practices. The Spiritual Airline always strives to view the stage as part of the working group and the process. That is to say treating the venue as if it were another actor and a vital part of the ensemble.
For us, every departure is part of the destination.
Uittamon entisen ilmatorjuntapatterin rauniot seisovat hiljaisena todistajana ajan kulumiselle.
19.9.-8.10.2025
Puukalmojen pidot kutsuu retkelle lahopuiden maailmaan, metsään, jonka monilajisen elämän perusta on kuollut puu.
19-27.9.2025
Kyyti on kirje-esitys, joka kutsuu sinut Aurajoen rannan kävelyreitille käsittelemään surua.
1.-30.9.2025
Varissuo – Ysärin teinisafari on Grus Grus teatterin autofiktiivinen sooloesitys, joka ammentaa aineksia turkulaisen naisen, Janna Haaviston, henkilökohtaisesta historiasta, 90-luvusta sekä Turun paha- ja hyvämaineisesta Varissuon lähiöstä.
8.-26.6.2025
Uittamon entisen ilmatorjuntapatterin rauniot seisovat hiljaisena todistajana ajan kulumiselle.
Turkuun pudotetaan ydinpommi. Lähdemme Henkisen lentoyhtiön Matkaoppaan johdolla selvittämään miltä jälki vaikuttaa.
Puukalmojen pidot kutsuu retkelle lahopuiden maailmaan, metsään, jonka monilajisen elämän perusta on kuollut puu.
Uggland on dokumentaarisia elementtejä sisältävä tanssielokuva äidistä, tyttärestä ja Alzhaimerista. Se kertoo tanssin ilosta ja yhteyden löytämisestä hauraalla hetkellä.
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Travel dapibus asue metus the nec feusiate era the miss hendreri the vemante the lemon insan toleon nectan feugiat erat hendrerit necuis vesaire tours inilla neca ine the sene miss habitan.
Travel dapibus asue metus the nec feusiate era the miss hendreri the vemante the lemon insan toleon nectan feugiat erat hendrerit necuis vesaire tours inilla neca ine the sene miss habitan.
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