Elohuone

Elohuone

Elohuone

A poetic and humorous dance theater performance by Grus Grus Teatteri, uniquely tailored for Åbo Svenska Teater’s café Tiljan.

Humans interact daily with objects such as phones, coffee makers, chairs, and doors. Some of these are pleasant and helpful characters, while others might be annoying or even manipulative. In this performance, a group of dancers and singers gives voice and body to the objects of our everyday lives. Welcome to our living room, Elohuone

The choreographic material is inspired by Bruno Latour’s actor-network theory.
During the creative process, the public is also invited to participate by exploring and sharing their own relationships with everyday objects.

Premiere: October 6, 2026, at Café Tiljan, Åbo Svenska Teater

Performance dates

Tuesday 6.10.2026. 18:30 (Ensi-ilta)
Wednesday 7.10.2026. 18:30
Tuesday 13.10.2026. 18:30
Wednesday 14.10.2026. 18:30
Thursday 15.10.2026. 18:30

Tickets
Ticket categories:

Standard: 34€
Students, Seniors: 29€
Youth 13-25 years of age: 15€
Industry ticket: 15€ (Tickets are available at the Åbo Svenska Teater box office or by email/phone at biljetter@abosvenskateater.fi / 02-277 7377 )
Group tickets: For more information, contact us at info@grusgrus.fi

Elohuone upcoming audience participation events

Elohuone Afterwork Fri Sep 25, 2026, 16:30–18:00 in the Aurinkobaletti foyer @ Manifesti
Would you like to meet new people? 
Have you considered your attachement to objects? 
Have you ever wondered how your keyring, lip balm, or any other object sitting in your pocket affects you? 
Welcome on Friday, September 25, 2026, from 16:30 to 18:00 for a joint afterwork event hosted by Manifesti and Grus Grus Theatre’s production Elohuone! Here, we’ll hang out and chat in a relaxed atmosphere with familiar faces, strangers, and objects alike. Grus Grus Theatre’s dramaturg Marja Kangas will lead simple, fun exercises to get the conversation flowing. Bring along an object that fits in your pocket or bag, buy yourself a drink at Tehdas Teatteris bar, and enjoy free snacks. Great company together with people and objects guaranteed! 
 
Elohuone Afterwork is part of the audience participation work for Grus Grus Theatre's autumn premiere production, Elohuone. Directed by Sandrina Lindgren , this dance theatre performance explores what would happen if the work done by objects were replaced by human labour. 
How do objects shape our behavior and our lives? This afterwork event is open to everyone interested in people, objects, and art!
 
What’s in store?
  1. – A relaxed atmosphere
  2. – New acquaintances
  3. – Networks of people and objects
Tervetuloa 30.9.2026 Grus Grus Teaterin ja Åbo Svenska Teaterin järjestämille esinetreffeille. Treffeilä jutustellaan rennosti tuttujen ja tuntemattomien ihmisten ja esineiden kanssa. Pääset näkemään maistiaisia uudesta tanssiteatteriesityksestä sekä kuulet miniluennon esityksen taustasta.
 
Elohuoneen dramaturgi Marja Kangas ohjaa helppoja tehtäviä, joiden avulla keskustelu pääsee käyntiin. Nappaa itsellesi omakustanteinen juoma Café Tiljanista, nauti ilmaisia naposteltavia. Lupaamme yhteiselosa ihmisten kanssa!

 

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Working Group:

Choreography and Direction: Sandrina Lindgren
Dancers: Satu Hakamäki, Henna-Maria Hanhineva, Marjut Hernesniemi, Myrsky Rönkä, Matilda Lindström.
Singers: Tommi Penttinen, Vera Välimäki, Anna-Maija Ihander, Miika Hjorth
Scenography: Pia and Sofia Bartsch
Dramaturgy: Ishmael Falke ja Marja Kangas.
Lighting designer Meri Salo.


Partners:

Sfääri ry
Åbo Svenska Teater
Totuus ja tolkku
Läntinen tanssin aluekeskus
The open rehearsals and scriptwriting workshops are part of the Cultural Interspaces (Kulttuurin välitilat) activities and are realized in cooperation with the City of Turku.


Sponsors:

Läntinen Tanssin Aluekeskus
Svenska Kulturfonden
Emilie och Rudolf Gesellius Stiftelse
Taide- ja kulttuurivirasto (Kuvi) 
William Thurings stiftelse
Turun Teatterisäätiö
City of Turku

Amos Andersons fond
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