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What a journey. Our premiere happened, and so did 13 shows of Yes Person in Finland and Sweden! If you like essays please continue reading, if not - we are happy, insanely grateful and exhausted!
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We want to thank the people who made this work possible. This has been an intense and beautiful journey — full of care, exhaustion, laughter, and trust. We’ve put in endless devotion and time, but none of this happened alone.
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Biggest thank you to or beautiful team: Vilma, Jonathan, Orfea, Sabrina, Jakob, Philine, Salva, Frankie, Milla, Kenneth, Mads, Jason, Andrejs, Alise.
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Thank you to our co-production partner
@cirkohelsinki — and to the other partners of the W/ network:
@dynamo_workspace ,
@subtopiabotkyrka ,
@josefinrosales ,
@lagrainerie ,
@baerumkulturhus @rigas_cirks ,
@jacksons_lane and
@chamtheater — thank you for making space for this piece to exist across borders.
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Thank you to our funders: Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation, The Arts Promotion Centre Finland and Goethe-Institut . The support is not abstract — it becomes time, salaries, care, and the possibility to make our work with dignity- to pay artist fair for their time spent with this project.
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Making art today often means working with uncertainty, shrinking resources, and the constant question of whether this work is still considered necessary. But art is not decoration- It is labor of its kind, It is care. It is a way of imagining other ways of being together. And our work wouldn’t survive on passion alone. It survives because people choose it. Thank you each and every one who already chose us and our show- to our friends and audience, and to even getting our Finnish crowd laughing and making noise. We love you!
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The two of us will peace out now and jump into holiday mode. We will attempt to stop thinking about work, art and the ridiculousness of what we created and instead recharge and land! Check out our website for our dates this year friends, and see you around ✨
