ESPOO MAGAZINE 3/2020

Take a peek
backstage at
Kannusali
After being closed for a year due to
renovation, Kannusali will open its
doors to the public on Espoo Day.
On Friday 28 August, the audience
will have a chance to see the new
premises and meet the staff. Introductory tours
organised non-stop for small groups will take
you to places where audience members seldom
get to go: backstage and the dressing rooms.
“There will also be small musical performances,
perhaps snatches of coming films and
snacks,” says Kannusali’s Operations Master
Simppu Silaste.
The actors
rehearsed putting
their soul into the
characters they
were playing by
practising their
way of walking.
On Saturday, Kannusali will reopen its cinema
activities. There will be three showings.
In future, Kannukivi will be once again
showing films on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
As well as films, Kannusali’s framework of
programmes consists of its music club and theatre
activities.
“Our new auditorium is adaptable so that
instead of sitting in a traditional sloping one,
the audience can enjoy music and dance on the
level floor like in a rock club. Theatre, stand-up
performances and films work better with the
traditional type of auditorium,” Silaste says,
happy with the results of the renovation.
Kannusali will also host other events aimed
at families.
Teatteri- ja sirkuskoulu Esko
Kannukino
Esko’s adult group will perform Maria Jotuni’s
play Huojuva Talo. The play will be available on
the Espoo Day (Espoo-päivä) YouTube channel.
Kannusali will launch its movie activities by showing new
French-Tunisian comedic drama Arab Blues, which won
the Audience Award at the Venice Film Festival.
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