English captioning available via Subtitle Mobile App for the following performances:
- Wed 14 Oct, Fri 16 Oct, Sat 24 Oct, Mon 26 Oct
- Mon 2 Nov
Finnish National Youth Theatre
Can you see us working together?
"I do what I want
I wear what I want
and you won’t sleep in my grave"
A group of young people come together one evening on a stage before an audience, to test how to be together.
They measure the differences and spaces between themselves through discussions and movement. They test different ways of being together. They try constructing and dismantling utopias, dystopias, their attitudes, cities, towers, temples, futures.
Is being together important? What does it require? Do they want it? If they find it, is it what they thought it would be?
The performance is in Finnish, English, Somali, Bengali, Arabic, Turkish and Dari. Subtitles are available in English and Finnish.
Age recommendation +12 years
Premiere at the Small Stage 14th of October 2026.
The National Youth Theatre is a group of young theatre makers who challenge our understanding of who is allowed to make theatre and who it is for. The group includes performers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Finland, Kurdistan, Somalia and Syria, who work together with experienced artists. The script is based on material produced by the young people.
The production is part of the Lähettiläät | Ambassadors project, which has given young people from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to explore and share topics that are important to them on their own terms. This has happened not only on theatre stages, but also in workshops organised across the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Production Team
Cast Ridwan Ahmed, Maria Akter, Sabrina Ali, Maryam Barbery, Juho Hagan, Iiris Linna, Tilma Lucenius, Yusra Mohali, Iftah Mohamed, Arvand Rasul, Ada Safdari and Kaneli Samola
Concept and direction Tamara Searle Concept and performers Members of the National Youth Theatre Concept and dramaturgy Ville Vuorikoski Videography and Sound design Olli Valkola Lighting Design Miika Suomalainen Producer Roosa Vaverka