On Wednesday 15 January 2025 at 10am, part of the Oulu2026 cultural programme was unveiled. We are proud to announce that Flow Productions will be part of the European Capital of Culture programme with the immersive work Faravid’s Land!<\/p>\n
Faravid\u2019s Land<\/em>\u00a0takes place in the mythical Kvenland. Through its mix of fantasy and imagined realities the work takes on such themes as stories and storytelling, roots, identity, and locality. It tells the tale of ruthless and at times desperate survival. What bargains are we willing to strike with ourselves and our environment to find and keep happiness? Do we not miss a ruler to reign over us? Or, in their absence, do we not want at least some comforting or amusing tale that would explain our world and make it all right?<\/p>\n In the world of myths, the boroughs of Oulu, well-worn sayings, the spirits and giants of a lost place as well as the local fauna\u2013humans included\u2013are all searching for their origins. To escape Kalevala only to end up in Shit Towne. How? The immersive form gives every viewer the chance to create their own origin myth by following the paths of their choosing. The way is paved in turn by an all-encompassing Darkness and unruly laughter which dispels it.<\/p>\n A myth is a story or a belief that explains things we have no first-hand knowledge of, or which we have no way of verifying.<\/p>\n Faravid\u2019s Land<\/em>\u00a0is a work that combines theatre, dance, and contemporary circus to create a semi-fictional, mythical past for Oulu and Northern Finland. It is written by\u00a0Eira Virekoski<\/strong>\u00a0and directed by\u00a0Alma Lehmuskallio<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Pirjo Yli-Maunula<\/strong>. It is an immersive performance (ie. the audience is an active participant in a performance that unfolds all around them) that will not be performed in the theatre, but instead in a previously unseen performance space within the city.<\/p>\n The initial inspiration for\u00a0Faravid\u2019s Land<\/em>\u00a0was\u00a0Bengt Pohjanen<\/strong>\u2019s book\u00a0The Realm of Faravid<\/em>, a collection of northern folklore. The tale of King Faravid is so riddled with gaps that it brought the team of creators to imagine and create more of this fictional history\u2013as will, eventually, the audience.<\/p>\n Faravid\u2019s Land<\/em>\u00a0is a large-scale, site-specific immersive performance that is created in cooperation between Oulu Theatre, Flow Productions, and Finnish and international collaborators.<\/p>\n Oulu is the European Capital of Culture for the year 2026. Faravid\u2019s Land is part of the Oulu2026 cultural programme and cultural climate change.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Team:<\/strong><\/p>\n Actors: Six actors from Oulu Theatre<\/p>\n Circus artists:\u00a0Marta Alstads\u00e6ter, Kim-Jomi Fischer, Emma Langmoen, Jared van Earle\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Katariina van Earle<\/strong><\/p>\n Dancer:\u00a0Milla Virtanen<\/strong><\/p>\n Performer:\u00a0Nikke Launonen<\/strong><\/p>\n Script:\u00a0Eira Virekoski<\/strong><\/p>\n Direction:\u00a0Alma Lehmuskallio<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Pirjo Yli-Maunula<\/strong><\/p>\n Set design:\u00a0Kalle Nurminen<\/strong><\/p>\n Costume design:\u00a0Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila<\/strong><\/p>\n Light design:\u00a0Jukka Huitila<\/strong><\/p>\n Sound design:\u00a0Anssi Laiho<\/strong><\/p>\n Production: Oulu Theatre and Flow Productions, in collaboration with Oulu2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Wednesday 15 January 2025 at 10am, part of the Oulu2026 cultural programme was unveiled. 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