Henriikka Himma and her working group’s Sakraaliesseet is a site-specific performance at Alppila Church from August 20 to 23, 2025. Sakraaliesseet explores where we can come together to explore the joys and sorrows of life, as well as its existential and cosmic questions, as part of everyday experience. Alppila Church is also an example of a broader phenomenon: many modern churches built between the 1960s and 1990s are being demolished or closed due to lack of use and structural issues.
Sakraaliesseet consists of performance art, stage essay, dance, and organ music. The performance is based on the essay Sakraaliesseet written by Henriikka Himma, which will be published in August 2025.
Performance dates:
August 20, 2025, at 18:00 (Premiere)
August 21, 2025, at 18:00
August 22, 2025, at 18:00
August 23, 2025, at 18:00
Duration: approx. 1.5 hours
Language: Finnish
Performance venue:
Alppila Church
Kotkankatu 2
Accessibility Information:
Wheelchair access to the church is available through the glass doors on Kotkankatu, using a platform lift. Entry to the ground floor lobby is via a ramp from the same entrance. The basement hall, chapel, and parish hall can be reached by a ramp through the Hangonkatu entrance via the church courtyard. Please note, there is no elevator to the third floor.
An accessible toilet is available in the church.
Please note:
The performance includes loud sounds and flashing lights.
Tickets:
€19 / €12
Pay what you can: €0 / €4 / €8 (3 tickets per performance)
Get your tickets here.
Credits:
Dramaturg and convener: Henriikka Himma
Sound designer and composer: Nicolas “Leissi” Rehn
Choreographer and performer: Pie Kär
Performer: Julia Lappalainen
Costume designer: Hanne Jurmu
Set and lighting designer: Saana Volanen
Architect, researcher and dramaturgical interlocutor: Kaisa Karvinen
Organist: Antti Kujanpää
Production: Henriikka Himma, Performing Arts Society, Mad House Helsinki and Young Power Alliance
Supporters: Arts Promotion Centre, Kone Foundation, Wihuri Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation, City of Helsinki and William Thurings stiftelse
Photo: Saana Volanen
