Let’s fuckin’… amm… rock… ‘n … amm… roll! 

World-famous superstar Spectacle arrives in front of their fans to perform the greatest show of all time. The star is driving their audience wild with their newly released album, which may not quite meet the expectations… it exceeds them!

Spectacle is a rock god, your wet daydream, an A-minor-virtuoso, the wit of every backstage, a casanova, the guitar hero that every man dreams to be, an all-time celebrity, a c*m-s****ing d**k head…

Spectacle is a solo work Minttu-Maaria Makkonen combining contemporary clowning, drag and character comedy. It explores the imagery of stardom and fandom, and masculine charisma in a feminine body. What is a rock dream without the music?

Spectacle had their debut last year at the Red Pearl Festival Lab sessions, where Spectacle’s show was received with striking popularity! And now, dedicated – or new – Spectacle fans have the opportunity to experience the very first full-length Spectacle’s spectacle!

Quotes from Spectacle’s fans: 

Spectacle is so awesome.
Spectacle, I love you, please marry me now.
Spectacle is very talented.
Spectacle, you rock my world, please be my rock. You rock.
Spectacle is the best.

I let the music speak, okay…? That was that and what was it? Yeah, i fuckin’ love you too. 

Spectacle: Minttu-Maaria Makkonen
Dramaturgy: Anna Korolainen Crevier and Minttu-Maaria Makkonen
Sound design: Tuomas Viiliäinen
Visual design: Ines Masanti
Scenography: working group
Production: HIT Helsinki

Minttu-Maaria Makkonen is a 34-year-old performance artist and clown from Helsinki. She graduated with a Master’s degree in Theatre Academy in 2020 and has also studied clowning at the famous clown school Ecole Philippe Gaulier in 2019 and 2022. In her work, Minttu focuses on play and improvisation as a starting point for performances and on audience-oriented and interactive performances.

Anna Korolainen Crevier is an international theatre maker, who works in the fields of acting, dramaturgy and directing. In her artistic work, Korolainen Crevier focuses on physical theatre, dialogue between personal content and stylised aesthetics, feminist discourse and absurd humour.

Ines Masanti (M.A.) is a Helsinki-based artist, designer and art professional with a background in brand and visual design, multidisciplinary contemporary art and event productions. She works as an assistant producer at Sointi Jazz Orchestra and has created visual design for performances that have premiered at Cultural Center Caisa, STOA and HIT Helsinki.

Tuomas Viiliäinen is a musician, multi-instrumentalist and audiovisual artist. He has worked as both a performer and a technician for 15 years. As a versatile and constantly renewing artist, he has fulfilled himself as a sound designer, music producer, videographer and performer in various bands and on the theater stage.