WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE!

My name is Liisa. I am an Arts Manager with a degree from Sibelius-Academy and an experienced Theatre Artist.

My main fields of knowledge and experience are:

- Leadership skills

- Producing

- Theatre Art

- Pedagogical skills

- Educational Administration and Teaching

Language skills:
English - excellent
Swedish - good
German and Spanish - basics

EDUCATION

Master of Music (MuM) - The program of Arts Management, Sibelius - Academy, 2020

Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Helsinki, 2008

Drama Instructor, Helsinki Metropolia University of applied sciences, 2003

Diploma of Educational Administration, Finnish National Agency for Education, 2008

MANAGER, PRODUCER

- Executive Director of ETOL ry - The Union for Performing Art Academies (https://www.etol.fi)

- Headmaster and producer in the Theatre school of Teatteri
ILMI Ö. from 2006 onwards

- Producer of a new premiere Jumalasta seuraava by Etna Ensemble at KokoTetteri, Helsinki. Coming up in August 2022

- Producer of the Wintermusical 2023 Miss Smilla's Sense of Snow. Coming up in January 2023

- Producer in the Wintermusical 2020, Toivo painaa tonnin

- Project Manager, Producer and Director in My Helsinki is... A development project of basic education in the arts. Teatteri ILMIÖ. 2018

- Member of the Board of Directors, Teatteri ILMI Ö., 2006 - 2016

- Original member and founder of the Theatre Collective ILMI Ö., 2002 onwards

INTERNATIONAL WORK

- The host of the audience Jury at the international BRAVO! - Theatre festival for young audiences, 2008 - 2018

- Director in a Drama project MARHABA! - Drama workshops for refugees in a Reception Center, 2016

- Drama Teacher at Buckingham Secondary School in England, 2003

AN ARTIST

Director of the children's adventure tour
The Treasure of King Gustav the third in Suomenlinna, 2020

Director and the main Scriptwriter in My Helsinki is... A development project of basic education in the arts. Teatteri ILMIÖ., 2018

Director of 24 student performances of the Theatre School of Teatteri ILMI Ö, 2006 - 2018.

Director and Scriptwriter of the drama tour of the Museum of Technology in Helsinki, 2012

Actress in an improvisation group, Teatteri ILMI Ö., 2004 - 2010

Director and Dramaturg in a children's play Tirlittan, Teatteri ILMI Ö., 2009 and the summer theatre of Raisio city, 2003

Actress in a touring historical play at Espoo Wee-Gee - house in, 2008

Director of a children's musical Pinocchio, Teatteri ILMI Ö., 2006

Director of a horror-comedy LAMIA, Teatteri ILMI Ö., 2005

Writer and Director of a comedy-tour The silenced stories of Suomenlinna, 2001 - 2006

Shakespeare!
Actor in seven different plays by William Shakespeare in various work groups, between 1992 - 2000

A PEDAGOG

- Drama teacher in Espoo School of Performing Arts, 2021 -

- Drama Teacher in the Theatre School of Teatteri ILMI Ö., 2006 - 2018

-Co-Project Leader and a Teacher in a project Theatre to the schools, Teatteri ILMI Ö., 2016 - 2017

- Project HEROES:
workshop Director at various schools in Helsinki in 2014

-Drama Teacher at the Community College of Helsinki 2007 - 2010

- Drama Teacher at the MUSTI School for Music and Drama, 2004 - 2009

CONTACT

Please be in touch through e-mail, phone or WhatsApp:

liisapy@gmail.com

+358505448595

If you need a whole Theatre to work with your task, please contact my cooperative:

https://www.teatteri-ilmio.fi/in-english/