Hogfather facebook event imageOur story begins the night before Hogswatch, the last night of the year. Yet instead of the Hogfather, it's Death who's creeping down chimneys with presents and trying to say "Ho Ho Ho".

The Auditors of Reality have been plotting again, and have hired the Assassin's Guild to eliminate the Hogfather in a more creative way than usual. And it's down to Susan – gothic governess and Death's granddaughter – to sort everything out by morning, otherwise there won't be a morning....

Hogfather is based on Terry Pratchett's popular Discworld novel of the same name, and was adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs.

Directed by Zach Chamberlaine.

CAST
Narrator – Derryn Marsh
Auditors of Reality – Stina Halmetoja, Pauliina Munukka & Charlotte Riley
Lord Downey – Timothy Gilbert
Mr Teatime – Tom Gilder
Medium Dave – Mikael Kivimäki
Banjo – Branislav Đakovic 
Chickenwire – Johan Bolin
Susan Sto Helit – Emily Matthews
DEATH – Tomi Andersson
Albert – Paul McGuire
Ridcully – David Rogers
Stibbons – Salomon Marttila
Sideney – Nicola Bagalá
Voice of the Hex – Anastasia Diatlova
Bilious – Leben Norrie
Violet Bottler – Anastasia Diatlova
The Tooth Fairy – Olga Zamurović
Castle Guard – Pauliina Munukka
Charlie – Charlotte Riley
Corporal Nobbs – Timothy Gilbert
Lance-Constable Humpeding – Tasha Tolmcheva
Ms Crumley – Fredrika Fellman
Drumknott – Stina Halmetoja
Mrs Gaiter – Olga Zamurović
Gawain Gaiter – Nicola Bagalá
Twyla Gaiter – Raili Coogan
Sir Geoffrey – Paul McGuire
Guest – Fredrika Fellman/Tasha Tolmcheva
Virginia Prood – Raili Coogan
Toymaker – Salomon Martilla

CREW
Producer – Zach Chamberlaine
Stage Managers – Rick Joosten & Riikka Faucher
Lighting design – Timo Karppinen
Sound design – Matthew Wooller
Tech operator – Vladislav Nenchev
Photography – Anni Taponen

PERFORMANCES at the NoName Theatre
Fri 18 Nov at 7pm
Sat 19 Nov at 7pm
Sun 20 Nov at 2 pm
Weds 23 Nov at 7pm
Thurs 24 Nov at 7pm
Fri 25 Nov at 7pm
Sat 26 Nov at 7pm
Sun 27 Nov at 2 pm
Weds 30 Nov at 7pm

 buy tickets logo tcrbTICKETS
 20€ – standard admission
 16€ – Concessions (students, retired, military/civil service, unemployed)
 16€ – FBP, FINNBRIT, MEETUP & Internations members

 Tickets are available HERE

 

This amateur production is brought to you in arrangement with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Neighbors imageWelcome to open auditions for ‘The Neighbors’, written and directed by H. Sven Fernandez, on Saturday 10 December between 12 noon and 4 pm. (Please note that you must book an audition time in order to participate.)

‘The Neighbors’ is a simple yet raucous and quick-paced comedy that pokes fun at the shortcomings of modern technology and the people who furiously cling to it. An up-and-coming middle-class family intends to move up the social ladder by inviting their neighbours over for a friendly gathering where they can show off their hi-tech house that is completely run and controlled by a single artificial intelligence unit: Dexter.

As Dexter begins to develop a thought process of its own, the rather dim-witted characters begin to be outsmarted by Dexter and lose focus. Soon enough their initial dignified disposition begins to disintegrate as the facade of their well-planned technological reality begins to crack and show its true, unreliable nature. In the most mundane modern-day setting, ‘The Neighbors’ will take you on a side-splitting out-of-control downhill ride until the only thing left is utter absurdity.

ROLES
There are 8 roles available for actors aged 25–65 (working age). We’re looking for four women and three men, plus one voice actor of any gender to play the AI unit.

SKILLS WANTED
General acting and improvisation skills. Voice projection skills are a must. Acting experience is desirable. The ability to emulate British RP, Glaswegian or any other UK accent/dialect is highly desirable.

BACKSTAGE CREW
If you’re interested in tech operation, stage management or other backstage tasks, please contact the producer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

AVAILABILITY
You must be available for all of the final rehearsals and performances in the period 4–19 March. This will mean being available almost every day during this period.

You must be available for rehearsals on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons in the period 4 January–4 March. A readthrough or some intro sessions may be organised in late December, depending on availability. Although you may not have to attend every rehearsal, it is expected that you will have excellent availability for rehearsals.

Rehearsals and performances cannot be moved to accommodate actors' schedules.

HOW TO PREPARE
There is nothing to prepare in advance. During your 30-minute audition slot, you will read some scenes with a partner. You may also be asked to read some lines from the script and demonstrate your accent skills.

*YOU MUST BOOK AN AUDITION TIME*
You will be asked to choose the time for your preferred 30-minute audition slot when you fill out the audition form. However, we cannot guarantee that you will get your preferred time, and preferences will be considered on a first-come-first-served basis. We will confirm your allocated slot and send you the script within a few days of receiving your audition form.

AUDITON FORM
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION
Please register by 6 pm on Friday 9 December. If you cannot attend the auditions on Saturday 10 December, please fill out the form anyway asap, and we will contact you to try and find an alternative time.

CONTACT
Please email the producer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) if you have any general queries or any issues with booking an audition time.

PAYMENTS
Please note that the Finn-Brit Players is an amateur theatre company and this is not paid work but an opportunity for actors to practice their hobby. If cast, you will have to be a member of the society to participate in the production. Annual membership (April 2022–March 2023) costs 35€ (standard) and 14.50€ (concessions).

Are you ready for a night of fright?

Stop All The Downloadin' Productions and the Finn-Brit Players are dying with excitement to bring to you Macabre Morsels, an evening of four original English-language one-act plays and a never-before-seen illusion.

Why is an FBI agent interrogating a man dressed as Santa Claus? Would you like to be haunted? Is there anything that can’t be turned into a sitcom? Why are first impressions so deadly important? Believe me, you’ll be horrified to find out.

 

mrs claus imageMRS. CLAUS
written & directed by Leben Norrie

Special Agent Samantha Johnson – Maggie Knorr
Nicolas Saint-Nicolas – Salvador Esparza
Detective Jerry Vance – Rick Joosten

Halloween is the last night that Detective Jerry Vance wants to be spending holed up with some costumed idiot. But he has little choice when the FBI make requests. SA Samantha Johnson is certain that this man holds the key to blowing the whole case wide open. A case involving dozens of missing women. Will the truth be more terrifying than either she or Jerry could ever imagine? Is there a hidden, darker side to Santa Claus.

 

Thirty Seconds imageTHIRTY SECONDS
written & directed by Zachariah Chamberlaine

Jay – Zach Chamberlaine
John – Todd Elliott
Kyle – Tom Gilder

Would you want to be haunted? If so, I bet you’d want a real legend of a ghost – with lots of fascinating stories, secrets from history, and epic haunting tricks! And that’s exactly what Jay wants. Yeah, good luck with that....

 

dead with benefits imageDEAD WITH BENEFITS
written & directed by Leben Norrie

Jeff – Todd Elliott
The Stranger – Markus Jokinen
Additional voices – Leben & Hanna Norrie

Join us tonight on everyone's favourite sitcom Dead with Benefits. Fan favourite Jeff, your friendly neighborhood necrophile, finds out first hand that if something is too good to be true, it's because it is. Is love being laid out for Jeff? Will this unexpected meet-cute be just what Jeff needs? Dead with Benefits is filmed in front of a live studio Audience.

 

KILLER FIRST IMPRESSIONS
written & directed by Salvador Esparza

Margaret –  Maggie Knorr
Elizabeth – Charlotte Riley
Suzanne –  Sofia Ekebom

In a world where the pressure of making a good first impression is simply brutal, the sharp and young Elizabeth is found sitting at the best restaurant in town. She eagerly awaits the arrival of her date for the evening – the woman about town, Margaret. Impeccably dressed and ready to impress, will Elizabeth win over the fiery Margaret at this high stakes dinner? A sip of Bordeaux here, a little trickle of philosophy there, with just a dash of personal tragedy and we have the answer to the burning question: will Elizabeth get what she really wants...

 

THE QUANTUM CHAMBER
– a never-seen-before illusion

 

CREW
Producers – Salvador Esparza & Leben Norrie
Lighting design – Timo Karppinen
Sound design – Matthew Wooller
Tech operator – Magdalena Grajcar
Publicity – Sophie Michaud & Maggie Knorr

PERFORMANCES at the NoName Theatre
Fri 28 Oct at 7pm
Sat 29 Oct at 7pm
Sun 30 Oct at 7 pm
Mon 31 Oct at 7pm

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 20€ – standard admission
 16€ – Concessions (students, retired, military/civil service, unemployed)
 16€ – FBP, FINNBRIT, MEETUP & Internations members

 Available HERE from our Holvi store

 

CONTENT WARNING
Please be advised that Macabre Morsels includes the following: adult language, gore, violence, blood, weapons/guns and references to sexual assault, necrophilia, and murder

SCHEDULE
The doors will open 30 minutes before the start. Please arrive in good time – due to the setup of the stage, latecomers cannot be admitted.
While we welcome guests of all ages to our shows, we recommend parents or guardians of children under the age of 16 to consider their comfort level with the content warning associated with this production.

HOW TO FIND US
The door to the theatre is the first wooden door to your left right after you go through the black metal gate at Korkeavuorenkatu 17. The doors will open half an hour before the advertised start time of the show. Pls follow the signs/posters.

Vera Backman and Adrian Goldman will lead a movement workshop and improvised performance on October 15th and 16th 2022, starting at 10 am on both days. You can take part on either Saturday or Sunday, or on both days.

On Saturday morning (10–1pm), we will have a physical warm-up, followed by an introduction to Laban technique, and then talking about what you learnt.

Saturday afternoon (2–6pm) will be devoted to understanding movement through authentic movement.
On Sunday morning (10–1pm), we will focus on using what we explored on Saturday, and learn the basics of Contact Improvisation as the basis for some further work.

On Sunday afternoon (2pm–5pm), we will spend sometime with musician Tony Shaw and a score (pictures, words) devising an improvised movement performance with the title “The forest moving to the light".

On Sunday evening (7–8pm), we will perform it, with a session afterwards with the audience so that they can share with us what they felt and vice versa. Its working title is “The forest moving to the light”, which can cover anything we might want it to be.

The maximum number of people we can have for the movement workshop is 10, because the space is not large and we must all be able to move. Please sign up early!

 

IMG 5685Adrian Goldman has a greater than 20-year history with various kinds of dance. He started with tap, but fell in love with modern dance and (contact) improvisation. He has been to contact various improvisation workshops including in Lithuania. The great thing about movement and dance is that it can provide tools for an actor to understand what they are capable of physically, and give them ways of expressing themselves including and beyond words.

 

 

IMG 5676Vera Backman has been dancing more or less actively since her childhood. She has tried many different dance styles, but African dance, contemporary, Broadway style jazz, bachata and contact improvisation are closest to her heart. Vera has done specialising studies in dance pedagogy and later in 2017 got her master’s degree in Dance movement psychotherapy from Goldsmiths University of London. It is fascinating how honest the body is, how it can express thoughts and feelings that might be unconscious or hidden. Through movement and dance we can access a very visceral dimension of emotion, which gives actors tools for giving a fuller and richer performance.

WORKSHOP SESSIONS at the NoName Theatre
Sat 15 Oct 10am–6 pm
Sun 16 Oct 10am–5pm & 7–8 pm

 buy tickets logo tcrbTICKETS
 15€ per day – standard admission
 12€ per day – concessions (students, retired, military/civil service, unemployed)
 12€ per day – FBP members
 Available HERE in our Holvi store.

 

You can read more about – and get tickets for – the improvised performance here: The forest moving to the light.

Summer is ending, and nothing says fall like a good ol' fright! Stop All The Downloadin' Productions and The Finn-Brit Players are dying with excitement to bring to you Macabre Morsels, an evening of six original one-acts that lean into the dark and spooky!

We will be running auditions 9 September (18–22) and 10  September (10–14) for this October production, which will have four performances on 28, 29, 30, and 31 October.

If you're interested, make sure you have signed up for an audition slot in advance here: Audition Sign-Ups.

We will be auditioning 4 actors max a time. Please anticipate being at the audition for the entire hour you're signed up for, but we may let you out earlier if we've seen you in all potential roles you could be a match for.

And please fill out the audition form in advance, so we have your contact information, experience, and know your one-act interests before your audition: Audition Form

Auditions will be held at the NoName Theatrr (Korkeavuorenkatu 17, 00130 Helsinki). We will provide sides at the audition, so no preparation necessary. Please contact Salvador (+358 44 231 9484) if you have trouble getting into the theater:

If you have any questions leading up to the audition, please e-mail us at macabre-morsels-prod@googlegroups.com.

The Participant's Repose (working title) by Matthew Wooller
It hasn't been performed for over 75 years, an illusion so deadly that it has been shunned by the world of magic. Tonight - one gun, one bullet and one guess - will it be the right guess or the wrong guess? Only the pull of a trigger will reveal the answer. WARNING: Not for those of a nervous disposition.
Roles: 2, both non-gender specific.

Killer First Impressions (working title) by Salvador Esparza
First impressions can be tough. What to wear? What to say--or more importantly, what not to say? Young and eager, Andrew finds himself at an intimate dinner rendezvous with a man he would kill to meet. Will he gets what he's yearning for as the evening grows longer, the drinks grow stronger, and inhibitions are discarded?
Roles: 2 male, 1 non-gender specific

Thirty Seconds (working title) by Zachariah Chamberlaine
If you were going to be haunted, you'd want to be haunted by a real legend of a ghost – but not everyone gets their wish. This play contains two characters who never appear on stage as they possess various inanimate objects. The ghosts' soundtrack will be pre-recorded, so if you do voice acting for this play, you could also appear "live" in other plays.
2 voice acting roles: a nerdy ghost (M), an obnoxious ex (M)

Mrs. Claus by Leben Norrie
It’s late, Halloween night. Jerry, a tired and overworked detective, has been asked stay late and hold a suspect for questioning. Special Agent Johnson is certain she’s found the man she’s been hunting for years. Will she get the answers she needs? Is there more to this costumed stranger than ever imagined?
Roles: 1 Female / 2 Male

Dead With Benefits by Leben Norrie
(A Dark Comedy Sitcom with a Laugh Track)
On today's hilarious season finale, Jeff finds himself a “freshy”; but sometimes, if it seems too good to be true, it is. What insights and twists shall be uncovered when the stranger reveals a dark secret? They seem to make sitcoms about ANYTHING these days. “Dead With Benefits” is filmed in front of a live studio audience.
2 Roles: Male / Neutral

Departures by Emily Matthews
Charlie and Emma are on a trip, surviving the boredom of a long-haul flight by reminiscing about their lives growing up together. But there's something wrong that they can't quite put their fingers on...
Characters: 
Emma - logical, sensible and patient... mostly;
Charlie - colourful, aggressive and energetic
Man - no lines, spends the play sleeping;
Flight attendant - short walk-ons, highly professional, slightly passive-aggressive