&Neighbourhood day

Welcome to the &Neighbourhood Day at & Espoo Theatre on Saturday April 11th, 11 am–3 pm.

During the day, we will experience a video work by Homa Shokri, explore artworks created by participants, and take a shared walk to the Story Monuments created by Dash Che and the participants.

The &Neighbourhood project has brought together people from diverse backgrounds living in Espoo to explore experiences of belonging, memory, and space through artistic practices. The project emerged from our desire to become a genuinely multicultural theatre and to connect with our local neighbourhood.

The event takes place at &Revontuli, Revontulentie 8, Tapiola.

The event is free and open to all. Warmly welcome!

Programme:

11:00 Event begins, arrival, speeches, exhibition of collage works by participants in the Neither Here Nor There workshops

11:30 Screening of Neither Here Nor There video

12:00 The Grand Opening of Story Monuments – shared walk outside, duration approx. 2 hours, distance 4 km. The walk includes stops to explore the monuments together. The route is mostly accessible*

14:30 Screening of Neither Here Nor There video (&Revontuli)

15:00 Event ends

One key part of &Naapurusto has been Dash Che’s project My Story (Also) Lives Here — a series of creative and playful workshops exploring memory, traces, and the feeling of belonging. The workshops combined storytelling, movement, photography, sound recording, and map-making, resulting in Story Monuments: public traces of memories and fragments of personal stories. In the &Neighbourhood day, we have a Grand Opening and a guided tour around the monuments. The tour might include a few short performances and speeches. Some of the monuments would require interaction through scanning the QR code and using headphones.

Another key part of the project has been Homa Shokri’s workshop series Neither Here Nor There, which explores through the body how belonging, movement, and transformation are experienced in the city. Throughout the workshops, participants worked with a series of scores, collecting fragments from their daily lives in the form of images, texts, and observations. These materials were later brought together into collage works. Some sessions have been documented with participants’ consent, and an artistic documentary video emerging from this process will premiere at the &Naapurusto Day alongside the collage works.

Come join us! No sign up needed.

*The walking route includes asphalt and gravel surfaces and is mostly accessible. In some locations, the artworks are situated on uneven terrain and slightly off the main route. If you have accessibility needs or questions, please contact &’s audience outreach coordinator Martta Pesonen: martta.pesonen@espoonteatteri.fi
/ +358 45 7200 720