Pähkinänsärkijän joulu (The Nutcracker Christmas)

Pellinen - Lahdenmäki - Äikää - Pykäri - Nevantaus - Lundahl, premier in 12/2026

A theatrical Christmas celebration inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s German fairy tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Nussknacker und Mausekönig), published in 1816. Hoffmann’s tale is more hallucinatory and sinister than the light-hearted Christmas ballet composed by Tchaikovsky. It depicts the mundane and the terrifyingly magical worlds blurring into one another in a bourgeois nursery.

The Nutcracker Christmas is a sensual journey into the subconscious layers inhabited by objects. It is a declaration of love for all the wonderful things that surround us.

performance: Pyry Äikää, Ella Lahdenmäki
musician: Mikko Pykäri
director, dramaturg: Janne Pellinen
visual design: Annina Nevantaus
light design: Lauri Lundahl
photo: Jaakko Pietiläinen
co-production: Teatteri Takomo
supported by: Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Samuel Huber Foundation

Photo © Jaakko Pietiläinen