You're warmly invited to the final seminar of DuvTeatern’s project TIKSI – Accessibility as Artistic Inspiration and Strategy:
Creative Accessibility in the Performing Arts
Monday 20th October 2025
Seminar Programme
Welcome Coffee & Registration 9:30 – 10:00
MORNING SESSION | 10:00–12:45
Kick-off & Welcome
Hosts: Riikka Papunen & Timeka Clifford-Fellman
Guest speaker: Michèle Taylor
Michèle Taylor, Director for Change at the British company Ramps on the Moon and friend of the TIKSI project, shares stories from her work.
Short break
Creative accessibility as part of the TIKSI project: case Livsfarligt på allvar!
How can a murder mystery be both artistic and accessible? We’ll take you behind the scenes of Livsfarligt på allvar!, a collaboration between DuvTeatern, Svenska Teatern, and Uniarts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy (TeaK), to show how accessibility can be integrated into the artistic process.
Creative team members share some insights: Sanna Huldén (DuvTeatern), accessibility consultant Riikka Hänninen, actor Silva Belghiti, sign language interpreter Ellen Hoang, DuvTeatern’s actor Karolina Karanen, Josef Donner (Teak) and scenographer Milla Martikainen.
Lunch Break
AFTERNOON SESSION | 13:45–17
Creative Exploration
A small showcase of selected exercises from our creative accessibility workshops with Mikaela Hasán, Silva Belghiti, Ellen Hoang, Riikka Hänninen and students from Uniarts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy.
Production & Collaboration
What does it really take to produce a performance with creative accessibility? Insight from collaborating parties about marketing, financing and production work. Interview with Head of Production Annina Blom (DuvTeatern), Artistic Director Joachim Thibblin (Svenska Teatern), Dramaturg Nina-Maria Häggblom (Svenska Teatern) and Marketing Coordinator Ellen Ödahl Grönroos (Svenska Teatern).
In the making: case Orlando, oodi luonnolle
Greetings from a collaboration between Tampere Theatre, Teatteri NEO and the Pirkanmaa Dance Centre. Interview with consultant Milla Lindh and production dramaturg Tommi Kainulainen.
Coffee Break
Long Table Discussion: The Future of Creative Accessibility
How can creative accessibility be part of shaping the future of the Finnish performing arts? Everyone is invited to join an informal conversation around some key topics.
Starting the conversation are Artistic Director Mikaela Hasàn (DuvTeatern), Professor Aune Kallinen (Uniarts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy), accessibility consultant Riikka Hänninen, Artistic Director and CEO Mikko Kanninen (Tampereen teatteri) and Michèle Taylor (Ramps on the moon).
Final words and what’s next
SEMIBAR & DINNER | 17:30–19:30
Time to unwind and enjoy a delicious buffet!
On the menu:
- Roasted beetroot with goat cheese, pine nuts, honey & rocket
- Pomegranate salad with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, avocado & strawberries
- Mixed melon salad with feta & mint
- Focaccia with herb butter
- Butternut & sweet potato curry with rice and coriander salsa
Allergies and dietary preferences are happily accommodated, so everyone can enjoy the feast!
Price: €20 (includes one beverage)
Registration is closed.
Please contact mojo.finne@duvteatern.fi if you would like register to the seminar!
Date: October 20, 2025
Time: 9:30–17:00 + Dinner until 19:30
Location: G18 Ball room (2nd floor), Yrjönkatu 18, Helsinki. The Ballroom is wheelchair accessible, and the building has a restroom suitable for manual wheelchairs.
For: Professionals and students in the performing arts field
Language: The main language of the seminar is spoken English. Finnish Sign Language will also be used in the programme, and interpretation between spoken English and Finnish Sign Language will be provided. We are exploring the possibility of providing interpretation into International Sign Language as well. We aim to integrate audio description into the programme.
Registration deadline: 3.10.2025, 4 pm
Please note: as seating is limited, your registration is confirmed only once you receive a confirmation email, which will be sent within one week of submitting the registration form.
Contact & Questions: mojo.finne@duvteatern.fi
Come, be inspired, enjoy, learn, share - and start building a more inclusive future for the performing arts.
Accessibility at G18
The accessible entrance to the building is reached via the courtyard.
The courtyard can be accessed through the metal gate at Yrjönkatu 16 (Georgsgatan 16).
Follow the blue wheelchair signs to the glass doors.
Inside the doors, there is an elevator.
The ball room on the 2nd floor is accessible by elevator.
There is a restroom suitable for manual wheelchairs on the third floor.
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Read more about the TIKSI project here.
The TIKSI project is supported by Kone Foundation, City of Helsinki and Svenska kulturfonden.
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