Tuntu was awarded the Jury’s Award at the FITC - Festivalul Internațional de Teatru pentru Copii festival in Bucharest last week. According to the jury, Tuntu “raises sensorial consciousness and meets the needs of an inclusive audience through extensive research”.

The credit goes to the whole artistic and production team of Tuntu: Päivi Aura, Oskari Turpeinen, Maria Autio, Kati Lehtola, Heli Hartikainen, Sami Kurppa, Michael Ferrie, Piritta Kämi-Conway, Keanne van de Kreeke, Pasi Pehkonen, Nicolas Salo, Mirkka Saari, Riitta Lahtinen, Katariina Metsälampi and Annantalo.

The list of Creative Europe supported projects has been published (in Finnish), and Auraco is a partner organisation in the supported Small Size project “MAPPING – A map on the aesthetics of performing arts for early years”! It continues a long cooperation within European children’s theatre. The project is coordinated by the Italian La Baracca and it involves 17 partners. The four-year MAPPING starts in late 2018.

Choreographer Päivi Aura and audio describer Riitta Lahtinen talk about their cooperation during the preparation of the Tuntu performance at an international forum in Villiers-le-Bel, France on 29 March 2018.