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finn  noir PILOT

Finn Noir has been awarded a grant from The Arts Promotion Centre Finland to develop a comedy pilot. The filming will happen in early 2022 in Finnish Lapland

Travelling light

In June 2021 Heidi is taking part in Travelling Light Theatre Company's R&D on their upcoming (top secret) Christmas show in Bristol. 

20 years later -still here

Heidi will be working as co-director of 20 Years Later -Still Here, the upcoming show of circus artists Lotta Paavilainen and Stina Kopra, celebrating two decades of crazy creativity.  

finn  noir residency

Heidi Niemi and Sinikka Kyllönen are continuing to develop Finn Noir at Vaba Lava in Narva, Estonia in autumn 2020. The three-week residency is supported by The Finnish Institute in Estonia.

fire saga

Heidi is appearing in the Netflix movie, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams.

round table

Arts Council England have funded Heidi's upcoming project Round Table, a participatory performance piece about community and social story-telling.

#snowwhite

Heidi has been awarded a grant from The Finnish Cultural Foundation develop and tour #LUMIKKI, a one-woman not-so-classic retelling of the famous story, dealing with stereotypical gender roles and the pressures of social media. 

mountains

Heidi has recently been part of an R&D process for Mountains, a co-production of The Unicorn and All in Theatre. The company explored themes of language and cultural differences through physical theatre and clowning.

Kafka for kids is back!

Kafka for Kids! returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2019. Kat, Karter and Karl are back with last year's smash hit. 
★★★★ The List
★★★★ The Times
★★★★ Chortle

Finn Noir

Finn Noir's first work-in-progress is being presented at Camden People's Theatre on 5th & 6th of March as part of their Sprint 2019 Festival.

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K4K Scores a hit at the fringe 2018

Kafka for Kids! was very well received at the Edinburgh Fringe. It was the officially the 6th best reviewed comedy show, and was also part of The Guardian's list of the best shows and The Telegraph's list of the weirdest shows at the Fringe. 

three kings

Heidi will return to work with Travelling Light Theatre Company in their show Three Kings. The show will tour nationally in autumn 2018.

kafka for kids

Heidi will be part of a new show Kafka for Kids! at Pleasance Queen Dome in the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. 

postcards festival

MacBETTI will be part of The Postcards Festival at Jacksons Lane on the 24th of July 2018.
'She toils and troubles through the Scottish play with quick wit and ever quicker wardrobe changes in this spirited send-up of the bard's witchiest play. '​

The ugly duckling

Heidi will join the cast of Travelling Light Theatre Company's production of The Ugly Duckling, which will be performed at The Tobacco Factory, Bristol over Christmas 2017.

macbetti

Heidi's new show will be presented at Camden People's Theatre and at The Marlborough Theatre as part of Brighton Fringe Festival in May 2017. 

MacBETTI is a comedic rip-off of The Scottish play, where one woman takes on all the roles in the play. High on energy, low on iambic pentameter!

lola

Lumo Company will be part of Resolution 2017 at The Place, presenting a work-in-progress of their upcoming show Lola. 

Lola is a piece that combines circus and physical theatre dealing the theme of memory loss. 

calm down dear!

Heidi has been invited to present MacBETH, her new work-in-progress show at Camden People's Theatre's 'Calm Down Dear' Festival 2016. 

Heidi will take on all the roles in Shakespeare's play in the name of gender equality and stupidity. On stage with Heidi will be Gus Kennedy Jacob as a prop dude / musician / prompter / innocent bystander.