Oulu Festival won the Theatre Deed for Young audiences National Award at the annual Thalia Gala 11.3.
Festival Producer Sari Tanner ja Artistic Director Mikko Kouki receiving the Award at Svenska Teatern in Helsinki 11.3.2012 from legendary actress Eila Roine and the Cultural Minister of Finland Paavo Arhinmäki. We are very happy and grateful for this recognition at a national level.
The Next Festival
Since 1.3.2012 the Festival has had a new Artistic Director, Mikko Kouki and his vision is to renew the Festival during 2012 by modernising the artisic content and schedule.
Next Festival will take place 20.-25.5.2013.
For this reason, the call for new Festival performances won't open till August 2012.
Please send us information about the performance you would like to apply with including cost evaluation for the visit, dvd and technical and artisic details of the show by 31.12.2012.
PLATFORM11+ National Playwriters' Contest winner is Heikki Itänen
The professional jury consisted of Oulu City Theatre's Artistic Director Mikko Kouki, Platform11+ Project Manager Sari Tanner and Director Heta Haanperä. Itänen's text Liian vanha ja liian nuori –(Too Old and Too Young) is a funny and recognisable dialogue between parents and their 14-year-old son. The youth jury that consisted of a class of 13-year-olds from Oulu Myllytulli school and was chaired by Haanperä, also chose the same play as their winner. It was refreshing to portray a young person as an equal and thinking individual. The arguments presented by the main character to defend playing with computer games created laughter and joy within the youth jury.
Liian vanha ja liian nuori will premiere at Oulu City Theatre in late 2012 or the beginning of 2013, directed by Haanperä. Heikki Itänen (born. 1957) is a Finnish script and playwriter from Ruovesi, and he has written many TV and radio programmes and series during 1990-2010. Congratulations to Heikki Itänen!