THE LOST CITY PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE PARK TURKU 2011

a part of the Turku Capital of Culture programme

visit the Lost City INFO KIOSK at the end of Kristiinankatu by the river July 21-27.

Check: http://www.turku2011.fi/en/lost-city-presents-experience-park-turku-2011_en

Inquiries and tickets: info@kadonnutkaupunki.net

+ 358 (0)40 726 1155

Seven-day sci-fi urban adventure with a psychoanalytical twist set in the city of Turku, July 21-27, 2011. It consists of performances, guided tours and games, which are intended to offer both familiar and brand new ways of experiencing a city. The creators of the event are theatre, dance, multimedia and role-playing game professionals from Turku, around Finland and beyond.

The Experience Park is a huge role play. The performers are cast as engineers of The Lost City, Inc., which is in the business of constructing experiences on a city-wide scale. The audience is cast as time-travellers from the future, and the tourist attraction they are visiting is a near-perfect replica of the mysterious city of Turku as it was in the year 2011.

Experience Turku like never before! You will be alienated from the familiar setting of everyday life by using various techniques. The city will be presented to you through the lens of fiction – as something fresh, inspiring and full of possibilities. Turku becomes a board game that the audience can participate in any number of ways, be it watching a play at a theatre, surfing the Internet, clubbing, taking a guided tour, or taking part in a role-playing game. The audience gets to choose the intensity of their experience from three distinct positions: spectator, participant, creator.

THERE´s ALWAYS MORE IN TURKU – AND THERE`S ALWAYS MORE AFTER THAT!

Gates to the fantastic Exprerience Park Turku 2011:

- Opening Ceremony (with English synopsis)

July 21-22 at 7pm Turku City Theatre, Itäinen Rantakatu 14

- The Love City Turku 2011 Grand Opening: Valentine’s Day with Don Walsh

July 22 from 10pm to 4am, Dynamo, Linnankatu 7

- The Room (personal healing programme in 15 minutes)

July 21-22, 6-9pm; July 23-24, 10-12am & 4:30-5:30pm, B-galleria, Aninkaistenkatu 5 L 5

- Identity Workshop

July 23-24 at 6-8pm, Turun Ylioppilasteatteri, Linnankatu 24

- The Secret Expedition (with English synopsis)

July 25 departure from the Market Square bus stop T24 at 7pm (return 11pm)

- Press Conference featuring Dr Freud (with English synopsis)

July 26 a stop-by performance 10-11am & 7-8pm 2011 Corner, Kristiinankatu 1

- The Love City Turku 2011 Grand Gala: Christmas with Don Walsh

July 27 from 10pm to 3am Dynamo, Linnankatu 7

- City Augmenters (role-play)

Turism is not enough? Come and make the city anew! From July 1st call +358 (0)46 557 8337

Cast:

• Original concept, Don Walsh: Sami Henrik Haapala
• Performers – Janna Haavisto, Anna Torkkel, Jonna Wikström, Pirjo Yli-Maunula, Maia Häkli, Pekko Koskinen, Janne Saarakkala, Laura Sandqvist, Matti Toivio, Elina Tuominen, Pentti Halonen, Nina Bassett, Layla Mollerup, Jörn Burmester, Joy Harder, with extras.
• Artistic direction – Janne Saarakkala
• Directors – Jonna Wikström (Info Booth tours), Pekko Koskinen (games), Janne Saarakkala (the rest)
• Choreographer – Pirjo Yli-Maunula
• Wardrobe – Ulla-Maija Hakala
• Set design – Johanna Latvala
• Game co-ordination – Susanna Leppälahti, J. Tuomas Harviainen
• Photography, graphic design, web design – Tomi Hurskainen
• Web site – Toni Alatalo
• Video – Veera Lehto, Sami Henrik Haapala
• Production – Pirjo Yli-Maunula / Flow Productions
• Production assistant – Maia Häkli
• In co-operation with: Ehkä Production, Turku City Theatre, Turku Student Theatre, B Gallery
• Supported by: Turku 2011 Foundation, Arts Council of Finland, Goethe Insitut, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Danish Embassy