theatre master of arts Kari-Pekka Toivonen is selected in the Hämeenlinna theatre’s new artistic director. The hämeenlinna Theatre, the government told the election on Wednesday.

– the selection of the main criteria has been to reform and reform, because we need change. The goal is to make productions more and more versatile, to tell the Hämeenlinna Theatre ceo Pasi Ruohonen .

Toivonen has worked as artistic director earlier in turku in the castle theatre in 2012 and 2014 and the Oulu city theatre in 2014 to 2019. Oulu he quit, when staff in the application was raised in the working atmosphere, the unequal division of labor and management problems.

of course we are aware of the problem, but we have it backed up and sorted out. My hope is that we can leave all this stir of Oulu and send in Hämeenlinna empty slate to build a future, Ruohonen said.

– we take care of the fact that Oulu’s culture is not repeated in Hämeenlinna.

after Graduation, Toivonen has been as an actor in Finland in various theaters including the Helsinki city theatre and the group theatre. In addition, he has been the director since 2011 in many theaters. Man has become familiar to many as tv and movies.

Kari-Pekka Toivonen to start the Hämeenlinna Theatre artistic director 7.1.2020.

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