30.1.2026

The Theatre Museum, together with five other cultural organisations, serves as a culture sponsor for children born in Helsinki in 2022. The Culture Kids spring season 2026 is about to begin, and the Theatre Museum’s workshops will start in February. This year, the Culture Kids get to explore the world of circus!

The Culture Kids’ Circus Adventure

A performance by a travelling circus is about to begin, but the ringmaster Mouse has disappeared. They became immersed in the stories of an old circus book and got stuck in its world. Now we need cooperation between children and adults, discoveries, and joyful playfulness to bring Mouse back. Shall we figure out together the magic code that opens the book?

In the workshop, participants dive into the atmosphere of circus through play, imagination, and fun theatre exercises. During the workshop, the group forms its own circus family, tries museum-safe circus equipment, and gets to perform together. The exercises are suitable for everyone and adapted to the group.

Key values of circus include community, everyone’s uniqueness, and the permission to fail – the best tricks are born through experimentation! The workshop takes place in the Theatre Museum’s Maneesi, and participants also get a peek into the exhibition Amaze! Tales and Magic of Circus.

The Culture Kids programme is administered by the City of Helsinki. The first workshops of the spring season have been published in the Culture Kids service, and registration is done through the same platform.

Planning and implementation of the Circus Adventure workshop: Milla Kortemaa & Siiri Ervasti, Loviisa Grubert, Freia Stenbäck
Instructors: Siiri Ervasti, Loviisa Grubert, Freia Stenbäck

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Every child born in 2020 or later and living in Helsinki has their own Culture Sponsor. The Culture Sponsor invites the child to at least two events per year. The events are designed to suit the child’s developmental stage and support the wellbeing of the whole family. If the child lives in Helsinki and was born in 2020 or later, they can be registered as a Culture Kid at kummilapset.hel.fi.

The Culture Sponsor is determined by the child’s birth year. More than 30 arts and culture organisations participate in the programme. The sponsorship continues until the child starts school. For children born in 2022, the sponsors are the Theatre Museum, Cirko – Centre for New Circus, the Hotel and Restaurant Museum, the Finnish Museum of Photography, Dance House Helsinki, and Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth. The events are free of charge for families.

The Culture Kids service is administered by the Culture and Leisure Division of the City of Helsinki and supported by the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.