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Swedish Asshole might bring the audience into a scream-cry-laugh situation.
But Gunilla, some things you simply just don’t say
Provocative, unrestrained, and absurd, the creation works for its makers Johanna Karlberg, Antonia Atarah, and Alen Nsambu as a character, a mindset, and an artistic practice with the motto “art is easy, anything can be art”—vouching for artistic freedom. Three shapeshifting antagonists with both inferiority complexes and delusions of grandeur struggle their ways to win, be seen, and heard the most. A sweetly singing quartet’s heartbreaking harmonies rise up into the skies. Swedish Asshole reveals a delusion about immunity, whiteness, and the need of belonging. It is a landscape in which the cultural identity of Swedish speaking Finns as a liminal space rules; caught somewhere between east and west, the Finnish and the Swedish.
Swedish Asshole premiered in March 2026 in Teater Viirus and returns now to take the stage in Caisa.
The performance is part of Moving in November 5.–15.11.2026. As part of the festival, there will be an open Soup Talks discussion with the artists and local host on the 10th of November at noon in Caisa.
Languages: Swedish, English, Scandinavian
Please note: The performances involves the use of blinking lights, nudity, bodily fluids, and citrus fruit.
Age recommendation: +15 years
**
Johanna Karlberg is a Helsinki-based choreographer, performer and performance maker whose work is rooted in embodiment and dance practices. She graduated from the contemporary dance program at Riveria Outokumpu in 2016 and the Master’s Programme in Dance Performance at the University of the Arts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy in 2022; she has been active across the Finnish art scene since 2017. She has worked as a performer and collaborator with choreographers Sonya Lindfors, Suvi Kemppainen, and Heli Keskikallio, as well as visual artist Venla Helenius; as a dance teacher for children and adults with intellectual disabilities; and as a curator and facilitator for UrbanApa, an anti-racist and feminist art platform.
Antonia Atarah is a Ghanaian-Finnish freelance actor, artist, and pedagogue with a master’s degree from the acting program of Uniarts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy, with additional studies in musical theatre and internship in Accra, Ghana. In addition to her debut leading role in Ronja, the Robber’s daughter at Svenska Teatern, Atarah has worked across diverse performing art forms, methods, and collectives in Finland, German
But Gunilla, some things you simply just don’t say
Provocative, unrestrained, and absurd, the creation works for its makers Johanna Karlberg, Antonia Atarah, and Alen Nsambu as a character, a mindset, and an artistic practice with the motto “art is easy, anything can be art”—vouching for artistic freedom. Three shapeshifting antagonists with both inferiority complexes and delusions of grandeur struggle their ways to win, be seen, and heard the most. A sweetly singing quartet’s heartbreaking harmonies rise up into the skies. Swedish Asshole reveals a delusion about immunity, whiteness, and the need of belonging. It is a landscape in which the cultural identity of Swedish speaking Finns as a liminal space rules; caught somewhere between east and west, the Finnish and the Swedish.
Swedish Asshole premiered in March 2026 in Teater Viirus and returns now to take the stage in Caisa.
The performance is part of Moving in November 5.–15.11.2026. As part of the festival, there will be an open Soup Talks discussion with the artists and local host on the 10th of November at noon in Caisa.
Languages: Swedish, English, Scandinavian
Please note: The performances involves the use of blinking lights, nudity, bodily fluids, and citrus fruit.
Age recommendation: +15 years
**
Johanna Karlberg is a Helsinki-based choreographer, performer and performance maker whose work is rooted in embodiment and dance practices. She graduated from the contemporary dance program at Riveria Outokumpu in 2016 and the Master’s Programme in Dance Performance at the University of the Arts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy in 2022; she has been active across the Finnish art scene since 2017. She has worked as a performer and collaborator with choreographers Sonya Lindfors, Suvi Kemppainen, and Heli Keskikallio, as well as visual artist Venla Helenius; as a dance teacher for children and adults with intellectual disabilities; and as a curator and facilitator for UrbanApa, an anti-racist and feminist art platform.
Antonia Atarah is a Ghanaian-Finnish freelance actor, artist, and pedagogue with a master’s degree from the acting program of Uniarts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy, with additional studies in musical theatre and internship in Accra, Ghana. In addition to her debut leading role in Ronja, the Robber’s daughter at Svenska Teatern, Atarah has worked across diverse performing art forms, methods, and collectives in Finland, German
Source: City of Helsinki, Linked Events (CC BY 4.0)
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15. November 2026, 20:00
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