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Knitting Peace
by Cirkus Cirkör
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Regular rates starting from
$33.80
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Duration
95 min
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Audience
From 4 years old
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Location
TOHU - Salle circulaire
Offers applicable on the regular price for this show:
- 25% off for TOHU members
- $25 ticket for TOHU neighbors (Offer for 1 show per season - limit of 4 tickets)
- $10 off for single tickets
- 25% off for groups of 15 people or more
Reminder of special rates:
- 50% off for children under 12
- 25% off for those 25 and under and seniors
Special rates and single tickets are directly available on our online box office when choosing your seats. The 'neighbors' offer is valid for residents of the Villeray - Saint-Michel - Parc Extension-Ahuntsic borough. Offer limited to 4 tickets. Proof of residence required on-site. Available on-site only, visit our box office to take advantage of the offer. For more information on group rates, please contact us at corpos@tohu.ca.
About the show
Scientists believe that it is the quest for a better world that keeps us alive. The worst-case scenario would be reaching our goals without finding a new goal to pursue. Circus artists often strive to achieve the impossible. Is the pursuit of the impossible the path to happiness? Aiming for peace on Earth—is that aiming for the impossible?
Can effort itself make a difference? Is it possible to make peace?
In this poetic circus show, filled with wool, tangles, ropes, and threads, the artists try to knit their way toward peace. Five circus artists create a magically beautiful universe made of ropes and threads. Come let yourself be carried away by enigmatic music, sensitive poetry, and an intense search for meaning.
★★★★½ « Breakneck poetry in a homespun world. A charming and sympathetic work where the whole trumps the individual efforts – like stitches in a knitted piece. »
About Cirkus Cirkör
Founded in 1995, Cirkus Cirkör is today the largest circus company in the Nordic countries. Our work includes tours in Sweden and internationally, workshops and educational programs for all ages, a specialized high school circus program, corporate events, and many collaborative projects.
Cirkus Cirkör embodies a vision of how the arts can influence, evolve, and transform the world. With curiosity, humor, and courage, we explore the diversity and limits of circus arts. Cirkus Cirkör is a platform where different artistic practices thrive and surprise. We work with numerous partners and use circus as a way to uplift and inspire people.
★★★★½ «Physical skill in combination with beautiful poetry creates fantastic art. »
Alexander Weibel Weibel/Pietro Barilli: slackrope, tightrope walker, violin
Joana Martinho/Aino Ihanainen: handstand, live knitting
Nathalie Bertholio/Sarah Lett: floor and dance acrobatics, aerial acrobatics, Cyr wheel
Antonio Panaro/Mikael Kristiansen: handstand, acrobatics
Joana Dias/Tiziana Prota/Saara Ahola/Mirja Jauhiainen: aerial acrobatics, singing, accordion
Samuel “Looptok” Andersson/Thea Åslund: musician
Ariellah Winther: cable rigger/technician
Lina Ståhl/Fredrik Ekström: lighting technicians
Therese Larsson: sound technician
Fredrik “Fefe” Deijfen: tour manager/stage manager
Previously: Aino Savolainen, Vilhelm Montan Lindberg.
Creative Team
Original 2013 cast and co-creators: Aino Ihanainen, Alexander Weibel Weibel, Ilona Jäntti, Jens Engman, Matleena Laine, Niklas Blomberg, Quim Giron.
Direction and concept: Tilde Björfors
Music and sound design: Samuel “Looptok” Andersson
Set design: Fanny Senocq, Tilde Björfors, Stefan “Drake” Karlström, Joel Jedström, and the troupe.
Set design and knitted costumes: Aino Ihanainen
Costume design: Anna Bonnevier
Mask design: Helena Andersson
Lighting design: Ulf Englund
Choreography advisor and artistic coach: Cilla Roos
Set painter and props: Tomas Helsing
Technical coordination and constructions: Joel Jedström
Circus installation construction: Ulf “Poly” Nylin
Assistant director: Maria Wallin
Lighting design assistant: Fredrik Ekström
Production team (2022)
Producer: Mirja Jauhiainen
Technical producer: Henrik Enar
Tours and international relations: Irene Ramilli
Head of Art and Production department: Lena Kjellander Stockhaus
Executive producer: Malin Brereton
Graphic design: Karin Roberts
Marketing and communications manager: Hillevi Berg Niska
Program photos: Karolina Henke
Acknowledgements
To all the stage technicians who managed to make their way through the show, to the producers, tour organizers, and tour managers who worked to bring this show to the world, as well as to all the artists, supporters, and knitting enthusiasts who have been involved in Knitted Peace and in the preproduction of Knitted Peace over the years.
The new edition of Knitted Peace is the result of a collaboration with Borås Stadsteater 2022.
With the support of the Swedish Arts Council, the Stockholm Region, the City of Stockholm, and the municipality of Botkyrka.
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