After five spectacular shows the Wannabe Ballerinas are tired but blissful. Six months of planning, choreographing, practicing, organising, building, sewing, painting and hassling finally paid off. The audience was brilliant every single night (and day). Now that the confetti has settled, it is time to thank all of the fantastic people who made RANDOM KINGDOM (Vol 1.) possible:
Light-super-woman Ada Halonen – what an illumination spectacle! (We know you’re already plotting new additions to the lighting set for our next show…!). Costume designer Venla Korvenmaa – thank you for making us look like superstars, and apologies for breaking some of your brilliant creations. Our compliments to light man Anttoni Halonen, for setting up the lighting and being patient with us. Antony Bentley - once again, thanks for doing a great job with the music! Cheers to the kings Pervin, Tytti, Kiia, Aylin, Milla, Gülin, Maija, Maarit, Anna and Sanna for grandiose performances!
A big thank you to the fantastic make up artists Senay, Minna and Susana from MUFE Academy as well as Heini and Tea, for making us beautiful each night. Huge thanks to our hairdressers Mia, Ida, Jenny and Hanna from Unika Hairstyle – without you we wouldn’t have looked like Lily van der Woodsen’s every night (thanks for the inspiration Lily!).
Super mega thanks for all strong boyfriends and friends who helped and practically built this show: Travis, Janne, Teemu, Jaakko, Timothy, Sami, Hannu, Sampsa, Henu, Saku, Alex, Lauri, Jukka, Karri, Lina, Glenn, Mikko, Jarkko, Heikki and Johannes, you are our heroes! Tani, Luka and Jussi for photos, Travis (again) for the video, and our ticket inspectors Kati, Nora, Liina, Maria, Susanna, Teemu and Sami. Teemu who kindly let us practise at Agricola church. Also thanks to Tuukka who arrived at the eleventh moment to bandage our feet!
A big thank you to everyone who borrowed us stuff; lights, mixer, paints etc.: Mia, Janne, Jukka, Nicke, Kristian, Tom, Tytti, Tapio, Kristian, Jorma, Valtteri, Jenni, Aake, Matti, Jukka and Kimi.
Last but so not least – thanks to our sponsors: Sun Effects for the lights and van, local bars for the carton boxes, Olvi for the drinks, Aldus for printing, Universum for the space, Tehtaankadun ala-aste for benches, City of Helsinki Cultural Office for funding and KaksiTvå for the funky fabrics.
Without you this show wouldn’t have happened so thank you all once again. We hope you enjoyed the RANDOM KINGDOM (Vol 1.) as much as we did!
