Blind Gut Company: Flight of the Sea Star & Under the Wave
The performances celebrate the Bring Your Child to the Theater! campaign and International Children's Theater Day, which is celebrated annually on March 20.
Meritähdenlento (Sea Star Flight)
Fri, March 20, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
Annantalo, Annansali
Annankatu 30, Helsinki
Free admission, registration required Via the Annantalo website.
This circus performance for babies and their loved ones takes you on a sensory journey into the exciting underwater world.
Meritähdenlento is a gently spinning circus journey from the bottom of the sea to the surface. In addition to two performers, the underwater world is home to playful fish, mystical jellyfish, and colorful corals. Babies can enjoy the embrace of the sea by watching, listening, and touching in a safe environment.
Performers: Inga Björn/Saana Peura and Tuomas Vuorinen
Direction, set design, costumes: Blind Gut Company
Lighting and sound design: Tuomas Vuorinen
Production: Cirko - Center for New Circus and Blind Gut Company
Target audience: 0–1-year-olds with adults
Duration: 30 min
Language: non-verbal
Under the Wave
Under the Wave is a journey into the underwater world
Fri 20 March 2026 at 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Annansali (Annantalo, Annankatu 30, Helsinki)
Free admission, registration required Via the Annantalo website.
The work's inventive circus acts take us diving into the waves of the sea to meet its inhabitants, such as a school of fish bouncing like juggling balls and a wildly twisting sea serpent. The circus acts include acrobatics, juggling, and balancing.
The nearly wordless performance lasts half an hour and is aimed at children of kindergarten age.
Direction and performance: Saana Peura and Tuomas Vuorinen
Lighting and sound design: Tuomas Vuorinen
Production: Blind Gut Company
Blind Gut Company is an experimental contemporary circus group founded in 2015. In its performances, the group examines phenomena in the surrounding world with a playful and critical approach. The group aims to offer moving performances that inspire creative activity for audiences of all ages. Meritähdenlento is the group's third performance aimed at children.