Zoë Chandler

Bouncers & Shakers

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:22:04 +0000

I’ll be appearing as Nicki in the The Finn-Brit Players‘ upcoming double bill:

Shakers by John Godber & Jane Thornton
Bouncers by John Godber

10, 11, 14 & 16 November @ 7 p.m.
12 & 13 November @ 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Luckan, Simonkatu 8, Helsinki

Welcome back to the 80s! It’s Friday night and guys and gals all around town are getting dolled up for their big night out. There’ll be drinking, there’ll be dancing, there’ll be tantrums.

Join us on the hilarious journey through a chaotic Friday night as seen through the eyes of the cocktail bar waitresses and the nightclub bouncers.

They promise to make you laugh!

Directed by: Joan Nordlund & Beth Morton.

Cast: Zoë Chandler, Stina Halmetoja, Christian Jull, Pieter Ketelings, Haylie Lehtovaara, Niko Lindell, Daniel McMullen & Anna Rawlings.

Tickets available here.

Memorable Moments

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:00:14 +0000

27 September, 4 & 11 October 2011
7 p.m. @ Arkadia International Bookshop, Helsinki

PROGRAMME

A Thousand	Marietta Chela
Kubla Khan	Samuel Taylor Coleridge perf. by Jessica Calonius
Suicide at the New Mall	Zoë Chandler
The Man Who Saw
(for Jack & Darwin)	John Leo
The Truth	Tiina Isoviita
False Protection	Teea Aarnio
The Day of Judgement	Jonathan Swift perf. by Tuuli Tahko
Drowning in my Dreams	Tiina Isoviita
Single Bride	Zoë Chandler
Again and Again	Rainer Maria Rilke perf. by Marietta Chela
The Raven	Edgar Allan Poe perf. by Johan Bolin
A Rock	Teea Aarnio
Some significant and defining
moments in my life	Lauri Kivi-Koskinen
My Birthday	George Crabbe perf. by Tuuli Tahko
Family Reunion	Marietta Chela
Happy 30th	Tiina Isoviita
Meta-haiku	Zoë Chandler
The Every Days	Beth Morton perf. by Maria Kuuskoski
Freefall	Teea Aarnio
Ten Easy Pieces	John Leo
Hope	Edith Södergran perf. by Marietta Chela
Jabberwocky	Lewis Carroll perf. by Johan Bolin
Thirteen Ways of Saying 'I Love You’	Zoë Chandler

Direction Zoë Chandler
Music Teea Aarnio piano & vocals

Nostalgia & Now

admin — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:21:46 +0000

15, 22 & 29 March 2011
7 p.m. @ Arkadia International Bookshop, Helsinki

PROGRAMME

A Birthday	Christina Rossetti perf. by Marietta Chela
Craving For Spring	D. H. Lawrence perf. by Jessica Calonius
Segâh Taksim	John Millar
A Guesthouse	Jalal Ad-din Rumi perf. by Marietta Chela
That Night	Tiina Isoviita
The Milk Tastes Funny	Zoë Chandler
The Fraud of Men	William Shakespeare perf. by Marietta Chela
My Favourite Tattoo	Tiina Isoviita
Madam Luminita's 21st Century Tarot #1	Zoë Chandler
Legacy of the Snow Country:
Ryōkan's Refrain	John Leo
This is not a Shakuhachi, but...	John Millar
The Birth of Opera	Gerald Steinmetz
I Attempt From Love’s Sickness to Fly	lyrics John Dryden music Henry Purcell perf. by Gerald Steinmetz
The Opening Shores	John Leo
Madam Luminita's 21st Century Tarot #2	Zoë Chandler
Down By the Salley Gardens	W.B. Yeats perf. by Marietta Chela
In the Present Tense	Tiina Isoviita
Unlocking the present	John Millar
Sweet Endings Come and Go, Love	George Eliot perf. by Marietta Chela
Mau, the Master Navigator	John Leo
Happy Birthday Dear Facebook	Lauri Kivi-Koskinen
When I Am Dead, My Dearest	Christina Rossetti perf. by Marietta Chela
Madam Luminita's 21st Century Tarot #3	Zoë Chandler

Direction Zoë Chandler
Music John Millar on clarinet

The Birthday Party

admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:52:25 +0000

Staged Reading of The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter

25 March 2011
7 p.m. @ The Finnish-British Society, Fredrikinkatu 20 A, Helsinki

After the success of The Open Circuit and Old Times, The Finn-Brit Players’ Harold Pinter Project continues with a staged reading of The Birthday Party.

One of the most famous flops in recent theatrical history at its first London performance in 1958, The Birthday Party is now revered as a classic popular drama with deep political resonance. The characters in the seaside boarding house are all people Harold Pinter had come across.

The repartee is hilarious and vicious in turn, the dialogue mundane, descriptive, reflective, witty, threatening: the play is described as brilliant, baffling and bizarre.

It reflects Pinter’s obsession with power politics and the capacity of the human spirit to resist total submission. As he said of Petey’s line towards the end of the play:

‘Stan, don’t let them tell you what to do’ – “I’ve lived that line all my life”.

The cast includes Stewart Gray, Angie Hämäläinen, Mark Durrant, Zoë Chandler, Jonathan Hutchings and Daniel McMullen. The reading is directed by Joan Nordlund and stage-managed by Beth Morton.

FREE ENTRANCE
Wine and snacks will be served.

Old Times

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:12:18 +0000

Staged Reading of Old Times by Harold Pinter

18 February 2011
7 p.m. @ The Finnish-British Society, Fredrikinkatu 20 A, Helsinki

After the success of The Open Circuit, The Finn-Brit Players will be presenting a staged reading of Old Times by Harold Pinter, as part of their ongoing Pinter Project.

“A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.”

– Harold Pinter

There are those whose lives are deeply rooted in the past; others keep one foot planted firmly in the future. Between the two rages a battle to control the present. Harold Pinter’s Old Times suspends Kate between her stimulating London days with her only friend Anna, and her quiet homelife in the country with her husband Deeley – challenging her to choose between nostalgia and now.

The cast includes Zoë Chandler, Jonathan Hutchings and Angie Hämäläinen, and will be directed by Jakob Holder.

FREE ENTRANCE

see me on stage in 2011

admin — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:15:58 +0000

29 Jan 2011	@ 19:00	The Open Circuit	FINNBRIT, Helsinki
18 Feb 2011	@ 19:00	Old Times	FINNBRIT, Helsinki
15 Mar 2011	@ 19:00	Poetry & Jazz	Arkadia International Bookshop, Helsinki
22 Mar 2011	@ 19:00	Poetry & Jazz	Arkadia International Bookshop , Helsinki
25 Mar 2011	@ 19:00	The Birthday Party	FINNBRIT, Helsinki
28 Mar 2011	@ 19:00	Poetry & Jazz	Arkadia International Bookshop, Helsinki
18 May 2011	@ 19:00	Pinteresque	Luckan, Helsinki
19 May 2011	@ 19:00	Pinteresque	Luckan, Helsinki
20 May 2011	@ 19:00	Pinteresque	Luckan, Helsinki
21 May 2011	@ 14:00	Pinteresque	Luckan, Helsinki
21 May 2011	@ 19:00	Pinteresque	Luckan, Helsinki
27 Sept 2011	@ 19:00	Poetry & Jazz	Arkadia International Bookshop, Helsinki
4 Oct 2011	@ 19:00	Poetry & Jazz	Arkadia International Bookshop, Helsinki
11 Oct 2011	@ 19:00	Poetry & Jazz	Arkadia International Bookshop, Helsinki
10 Nov 2011	@ 19:00	Bouncers & Shakers	Luckan, Helsinki
11 Nov 2011	@ 19:00	Bouncers & Shakers	Luckan, Helsinki
12 Nov 2011	@ 14:00	Bouncers & Shakers	Luckan, Helsinki
12 Nov 2011	@ 19:00	Bouncers & Shakers	Luckan, Helsinki
13 Nov 2011	@ 14:00	Bouncers & Shakers	Luckan, Helsinki
13 Nov 2011	@ 19:00	Bouncers & Shakers	Luckan, Helsinki
14 Nov 2011	@ 19:00	Bouncers & Shakers	Luckan, Helsinki
16 Nov 2011	@ 19:00	Bouncers & Shakers	Luckan, Helsinki

More coming soon…

The Open Circuit

admin — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:11:16 +0000

Staged Reading of The Open Circuit by Jakob Holder

29 January 2011
7 p.m. @ The Finnish-British Society, Fredrikinkatu 20 A, Helsinki

The Finn-Brit Players will present a staged reading of The Open Circuit – the newest play by Jakob Holder, an award winning US playwright.

The Open Circuit tells the story of a relationship under pressure. As outside influences – a cynical brother’s advice, a curious doctor’s tests, a nosey neighbour’s intrusions, and a psychic’s cryptic warnings – begin to take fierce effect, Karl and Paula are forced to stock up and fortify.

Though he has been coming to Finland for over a decade, this is the first time Jakob’s work will be seen here. The cast includes Zoë Chandler, Mark Durrant, Jonathan Hutchings, Maria Kuuskoski, Daniel McMullan, and Beth Morton, and will be directed by the author.

Visit the Finn-Brit Players’ website.

Stand up gigs – autumn/winter 2010

admin — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:01:50 +0000

7 Aug 2010	@ 21:00	Old Anchor, Helsinki
15 Aug 2010	@ 20:00	Club Prive (Varblane), Tallinn, Estonia
25 Aug 2010	@ 20:00	Grand Casino, Helsinki
1 Sept 2010	@ 20:00	On the Rocks, Helsinki
4 Sept 2010	@ 21:00	Old Anchor, Helsinki
17 Sept 2010	@ 20:00	Ylioppilasteatteri, Tampere
18 Sept 2010	@ 21:00	Bulldog Bar, Riihimäki
22 Sept 2010	@ 20:00	On the Rocks, Helsinki
1 Oct 2010	@ 21:00	Pinta. Nokia
5 Oct 2010	@ 4:48	Culture Tram, Töölön Halli, Helsinki	(All Eng)
5 Oct 2010	@ 20:00	Kahvila Valo, Tampere	(All Eng)
6 Oct 2010	@ 20:00	On the Rocks, Helsinki
9 Oct 2010	@ 18:30	Seisomapaikka, Ilokivi, Jyväskylä
9 Oct 2010	@ 22:00	Seisomapaikka, Ilokivi, Jyväskylä
13 Oct 2010	@ 20:00	On the Rocks, Helsinki
15 Oct 2010	@ 18:00	Pub Winston, Pori
16 Oct 2010	@ 19:00	YO-Talo, Tampere
20 Oct 2010	@ 20:00	On the Rocks, Helsinki
28 Oct 2010	@ 20:00	VSUT 2010, Apollo, Helsinki
6 Nov 2010	@ 21:00	Old Anchor, Helsinki
10 Nov 2010	@ 20:00	On the Rocks, Helsinki
11 Nov 2010	@ 20:00	Manala, Helsinki	(All Eng)
13 Nov 2010	@ 21:00	Cantina Antonio, Nummela
17 Nov 2010	@ 20:00	On the Rocks, Helsinki
24 Nov 2010	@ 19:00	YO-Talo, Tampere
7 Dec 2010	@ 20:30	Grand Casino, Helsinki	(All Eng)

More coming soon…

Miscoloured

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:27:30 +0000

14, 21 & 28 September 2010
7 p.m. @ Arkadia International Bookshop, Helsinki

PROGRAMME

March Snow	John Leo
Rubik's Heart	Zoë Chandler
Reality Is Just a Distant Dream	Tiina Isoviita
Ryōkan's Return	John Leo
Madam Luminita's 21st Century Tarot #1	Zoë Chandler
The Never-Ending Battle Between
Darkness and Light	Lauri Kivi-Koskinen
Extraordinary Voyage – Bright blue sky	Saara Markkanen
White	Tiina Isoviita
This Is My Jesus Year	Zoë Chandler
The Winged Migrations	John Leo
Extraordinary Voyage – Half way there	Saara Markkanen
The Nightingale	John Leo
The Main Street of This Torture City	Tiina Isoviita
Madam Luminita's 21st Century Tarot #2	Zoë Chandler
Memories of a Distant Winter Wonderland	Tiina Isoviita
Hope	Lauri Kivi-Koskinen
Extraordinary Voyage – Waiting at the harbour	Saara Markkanen
Let Autumn Now Come	John Leo
Red	Tiina Isoviita
Madam Luminita's 21st Century Tarot #3	Zoë Chandler