http://www.finnishplays.com/ News Archive - Finnish drama news http://www.finnishplays.com/index.php?view=news&id=72 We are in the process of making changes to Finnishplays.com. During this time, we will not be updating the news section. However, new translations will continue to be added to Finnishplays.com. 2011-11-15T10:00:00+03:00 http://www.finnishplays.com/index.php?view=news&id=71 Annina Enckell's new play about the philanthropist Aurora Karamzina premieres at the Swedish Theatre of Helsinki on September 28, 2011. 2011-09-28T18:00:00+03:00 http://www.finnishplays.com/index.php?view=news&id=70 ("Play for me Billy") A play based on the life of American jazz musician Billy Tipton (1914-1989). Billy grew up as Dorothy, but at the age of 19 she put on a man's suit and lived ever since as a man. S/he became a respected jazz musician who had many beautiful female friends. 2011-09-22T18:00:00+03:00 http://www.finnishplays.com/index.php?view=news&id=69 ("GAY!") Pirkko Saisio's play is an unscrupulous opera and a hot-blooded cantata about an age when the church ruptured, the country was divided into two, and gays stopped being nice. 2011-09-21T18:00:00+03:00 http://www.finnishplays.com/index.php?view=news&id=68 Sirkku Peltola's Pieni raha ("A Little Money") premieres at Ugala Teater in Estonia. 2011-09-16T10:00:00+03:00 http://www.finnishplays.com/index.php?view=news&id=67 (lit. "Northwest Passage") Veera Tyhtilä's new play asks what drives people to search, explore and confront the dangers of doing so? We all have our inner expeditions, but also our glaciers. Is there such ice that should never be allowed to melt? 2011-09-15T18:00:00+03:00 http://www.finnishplays.com/index.php?view=news&id=66 Ilpo Tuomarila's new musical on the life and music of Katri Helena, one of the most successful Finnish singers of all time. 2011-08-25T18:00:00+03:00 http://www.finnishplays.com/index.php?view=news&id=65 (lit. "Wrong colour") Ari Kallio's historically inspired play about the building of a church designed by the world famous architect Alvar Aalto. 2011-08-10T12:00:00+03:00 http://www.finnishplays.com/index.php?view=news&id=64 (lit. "Czar's brats") A play about Russian influence in Kotka, Finland -- moving freely in space and time. 2011-04-13T01:00:00+03:00 http://www.finnishplays.com/index.php?view=news&id=63 (lit. "Cinderella - ash and feathers") Pipsa Lonka's poetic new rendition of the fable of Cinderella. 2011-04-09T01:00:00+03:00