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In the summer of 1972, the eyes of the world turned to Iceland. On the first day of September, almost two months of chess crunching ended with one phone call.
No less than 12 versions of the script based on Teemestar’s book were prepared. \”The worst call was that the next version should be a million euros cheaper,\” says screenwriter Ilja Rautsi. käsikirjoittaja Ilja Rautsi sanoo.
The project, which started in 2012, has faced many setbacks, but now there is light at the end of the tunnel. We still have to wait a year for the renovation to be completed.
Suomen Kansallisteatteri is celebrating the groundbreaking ceremony for the renovation of the small stage and the middle section. The renovation will be completed in November 2023.
The renovation will produce, among other things, two theater stages with stands, technical facilities, and training and cafeteria facilities.
Yle was present at the event organized at the sprawling construction site at the National Theatre. By clicking on the main picture of this article, you can see how the premises currently undergoing renovation look like.
The project, which started in 2012, has had its bumps along the way.
Financing was struggled with for the first eight years and practically the whole way, while an appeal to the administrative court in 2020, which was later rejected, delayed the project by more than a year.
With the uncertainty caused by the appeal, the plans were drastically changed. The intention was to demolish the intermediate part of the theater built in the 1930s, but in the end it was decided to fundamentally improve the interior of the building.
The band will perform at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki on May 27 and 28.
The celebration piece was commissioned from sculptor Kaija Kontulainen.
Concert audiences learned during the pandemic to leave ticket purchases until the last minute. The phenomenon can be seen both at classical music festivals and in the season ticket sales of symphony orchestras.
Organizing classical music events has turned into a chore during the corona pandemic. Or at least, after the corona restrictions are lifted, there is a constant uncertainty about whether the audience will find a place for the concerts.
If found, tickets are bought at the last minute. For the organizers, it means that it is almost impossible to predict the audience numbers of future events.
Many classical music festivals have fallen short of their audience goals during the summer. Fewer listeners arrived than expected, for example, at the concerts of the Mejmu festival and the early music festival Sastamala Gregoriana. The Turku Music Festival prepared for bumpy sales by reducing the offer at this summer’s festival in advance, and that is partly why the number of visitors was about half of normal.
