From 12th to 14th February, 2010, an INTERNATIONAL
Laughing Performance -festival at Orivesi, Finland
Happily Welcome!

This is a public invitation for You as an artist to participate our carnivalistic performance festival, in the town of Orivesi, and also show your performance there.
The festival will be arranged from 12th to 14th February, 2010, during the season of international Carnival Days, St. Valentine Day and Shrove Sunday. Due to the connection with Carnival, the performances are expected to be comical, satirical, parodical, grotesque, absurd – or laughing in any other way.

Simultaneously, there will be a Symposium of Humour & Satire at our college. It means a series of lectures concerning laughable matters, so you’ll have an opportunity to meet writers, musicians, other artists and students of arts, during your visit. Also we shall arrange workshops for people interested in writing comedy, jokes, or stand up performances.

Orivesi is a small country town of 9000 inhabitants, in the southern Finland. It is situated 200 kilometres to the North from Helsinki. We live in the scenery of forests and hills, so in the wintertime there are wonderful opportunities train skiing, or downhill sports.
In February, the temperature will fall as low as -5 to -20 °C in February, so you’ll have to use clothing that keeps you warm. But anyway, that is not a problem during the days of Carnival Masquerade.
We shall offer You a free chance to bring your performance to the festival and free accommodation at the Orivesi College Hostel from 11th to 15th February, 2010.

Artistic director: Eija Isojärvi, artist

Deadline 31.1.2010 klo 24.00. Applications: Orivesi College of Arts
(Oriveden Opisto), Koulutie 5, FI 35300, Orivesi, Finland.
Tel. +358 207 511 541, email: orivedenopisto@kvs.fi