Tulu and His Endangered Turtle Friend

Tulu and His Endangered Turtle Friend

The Main Productions by PerformanceSirkus during 2006-2007

Tulu and his endangered turtle friend

A humble story about a boy and a white turtle

Tulu goes through an exciting journey with his turtle friend. In the beginning, he saves the turtle from the wrong hands. The boy is allowed to keep the turtle as a loving friend until the next tide wave. The story is coloured with a magical and warm relationship between the boy and the turtle.

Length: 30 mins.

Target group: 3 to 8 years

Style: Physical theatre with mime and acrobatics

Performers: Vesa-Petteri Asikainen, Osku Leinonen, Riitta Leivo, Liana Potila

Written and directed by Vesa-Petteri Asikainen

The Journey of The Wise Man

A beautiful and tranquil theatre experience

This piece infuses various forms of theatre. The objective is to offer up to 3 year old children and their parents a peaceful and aesthetic environment created by a unique and collective experience of each audience.

A beautiful and harmonic colour visuals, tranquil music, innovative set and simplified acting offer an ideal foundation for a successful theatre experience.

The piece, which has no spoken words, has its roots in the Finland’s National Epic ‘Kalevala’. The story is delivered using paintings, Kalevala- singing, sculpture as well as two mystical eggs. By the end of the show the audience is welcome to have a glimpse into the eggs.

Length: 20 mins.

Target group: up to 5 years

Performers: Vesa-Petteri Asikainen/Osku Leinonen (The Wise Man), Riitta Leivo/Laura Timonen (Ocean’s Queen)

Written and Directed by Vesa-Petteri Asikainen

Tamer Vasiljev Vitelloni and Amur’s Panther Guriton

A charming humour, comical extravagance and acrobatic tricks

The company has created a piece in association with the Helsinki Zoo. This piece represents a new kind of theatre incorporating drama and pedagogical values. The emphasis lies within a respectful relationship between the human beings and the animals. In addition, the endangered Amur panthers are brought forward with a message: “We cannot let them die!”

The show tends to leave a space for audience. Thus the piece offers an inspirational and spontaneous theatre with interaction between the performers and children.

This ‘spectacle’ is theatre at its best in circus and circus at its best in theatre.

Tamer Vasiljev Vitelloni: Osku Leinonen

Amur’s Panter Guriton: Laura Timonen

Acrobatics: Osku Leinonen

Directed by Vesa-Petteri Asikainen

Circo De Piccolo

Good old circus nostalgia with a huge love

In the beginning, the circus compeer Vasiljev Vitelloni has lost a majority of his company. However, the show must go on. Vitelloni decides to perform all the numbers on his own. He is an excellent juggler, unprecedented at acrobatics as well as there is music for ears with awesome circus tricks.

This piece also leaves‘space’ the audiences’ thoughts and thus they are allowed to interact with the circus company’s story line.

Target group: 3 to 10 years and their parents

Style: Carnival street-theatre

Vasiljev Vitelloni: Vesa-Petteri Asikainen/Osku Leinonen

Den Lilla Hatten: Laura Timonen/Osku Leinonen

Musician-clown: Riitta Leivo

Written and directed by Vesa-Petteri Asikainen and the Company

PerformanceSirkus

The company has created shows for both children and adults since it was founded by actor-director, Vesa-Petteri Asikainen (MA in Theatre & Drama). Particularly, PerformanceSirkus has been awarded at various children’s theatre festivals. Thus, the shows tend to have not only theatrical but also pedagogical (theatre-in-education) values incorporated within. The group has delighted the audiences in all age groups with their versatile characters in various different places and events such as in theatre and rock festivals, children’s parties, schools, restaurants, fairs, private functions, kinder gardens, public transport, on the streets as well as on the radio and TV.

In the light of the above, the shows are produced by the annual programme. In addition, they can be tailored to the clients’ needs. Our motto is based on the following: imagination, interaction and a lot of ideas!

We offer shows to everywhere

-The compeer Vasiljev Vitelloni is an entertaining host at any event or party.

-The Giant character - Den Lilla Hatten(exceptionally huge characters) are charismatic and physically stunning and they can stretch their legs to any way you want! Costume can be changed as well as a few more similar characters can be added to the company in order to maximise the entertaining value to your event.

-An action-packed and active mime specialist can be given any role whether it is a host, stand-up comedy or just shaking hands and welcoming people.

-A funny Balloon Specialist for children’s shows and games.

Children’s parties and events can be created the way you wish with spoken word, circus tricks, musicians, magicians, animal characters or with any combination of them.