EL Karhu

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EL Karhu (* 1982 in Helsinki ) is the author's pseudonym of Emilia Pöyhönen , a Finnish writer (drama, screenplay) and translator of plays from Swedish, German and English into Finnish.

Life

Pöyhönen studied scenic writing and dramaturgy at the Helsinki Theater Academy and at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. She also studied sociology in Helsinki . Since graduating, she has been working as a freelance writer and dramaturge for theater and film as well as a lecturer in creative writing at the writing workshop for new drama "KOM-teksti" at the KOM Theater in Helsinki. In addition, she mainly translates dramatic works from English, German and Swedish into Finnish.

KOM Theater in Helsinki's Ullanlinna district

Karhu's own plays have been performed at the Finnish National Theater in Helsinki and the Workers' Theater in Tampere , among others , as well as by theaters in Sweden, Germany, Russia, Australia and Canada.

In terms of content, her pieces deal with the ethics of human action and the relationships between the individual and society. She creates new dramatic forms and renews the boundaries of stage language; in her feminist Shakespeare title Princess Hamlet, for example, she experiments with a comic-like imagery.

Princess Hamlet already brought her to the German theater scene as well as worldwide renown and several productions. Recently celebrated its Medea -Stück Eriopis - Medea's surviving daughter tells all directed by Anna-Sophie Mahler in March 2020 its world premiere at the spectacle of Leipzig . The scene is moved to the present. The story is told, broken down in terms of media and music, from the inner perspective of a rebellious young woman. Little by little , an actress, a singer and a musician put together the psychosocial experience of the Eriopis.

Karhu, who as a writer strictly uses her stage name, lives and works in Helsinki.

factories

Dramas
  • On the Grace of Officials (Finnish. Kuokkavieraat , 2007) for 2 women, 4 men, one adult, one child, one choir; Translations into English and French.
  • Those who are hungry should watch birds (Finnish Leipäjonoballadi , 2009) for four actors; Translations into English, French and German, German premiere on February 9, 2018 at the Blue Mouse Theater in Munich, director: Robert Spitz .
  • Chosen (Finnish. Valitut , 2009) with variable casting; Translations into English, Russian, Slovak and German.
  • Any one of us (finn. Kuka tahansa Meistä-dokumentti , 2012) with a variable cast; Translations into Swedish, Czech and German.
  • Princess Hamlet (Finnish. Prinsessa Hamlet , 2017) for 3 women, 5 men; Translations into English, Swedish, Czech and German, German premiere at the Schauspiel Leipzig , director: Lucia Bihler .
  • Eriopis - Medea's surviving daughter tells everything (finn. Eriopis - Medeian selviytyjätytär kertoo kaiken , 2020); Translations into English and German, world premiere at the Schauspiel Leipzig , director: Anna-Sophie Mahler .
Others

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b https://theaterrampe.de/lösungen/el-karhu/ Biografisches zu EL Karhu, at the Stuttgart Theater Rampe , accessed on June 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Author profile EL Karhu at Rowohlt Verlag, accessed on June 18, 2021.
  3. ↑ Princess Hamlet. A tragedy in comic format , rowohlt.de, March 12, 2019, accessed on June 18, 2021.
  4. ↑ "When Mama is a Myth", idiosyncratic version of the Medea material , nachtkritik.de of March 6, 2020, accessed on June 18, 2021.
  5. ↑ Tobias Prüwer: How does Medea's daughter tick? EL Karhu: Eriopis , die-deutsche-buehne.de of March 7, 2020, accessed on June 18, 2021.
  6. ↑ Anyone who is hungry should watch birds (Leipäjonoballadi) , rowohlt-theaterverlag.de, accessed on June 18, 2021.
  7. ↑ Tobias Prüwer: Princess Hamlet - In Leipzig, Lucia Bihler poses the question of identities with the Shakespeare overwriting by EL Karhu , review on nachtkritik.de of December 2, 2017, accessed on June 18, 2021.
  8. ^ Drama works by the author EL Karhu , Nordic Drama Corner Oy Helsinki, accessed on June 18, 2021 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Karhu, EL
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pöyhönen, Emilia (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish playwright and translator
BIRTH DATE 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki