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So, there is a summer musical workshop organized by University of the Arts Helsinki, where Jesse took part in June (based on his insta stories) - they worked on bringing a completely new musical into life. The musical is called “Kenen maailma muuttuu tänään”, it is written by Elina Aalto and Ulrikka Heikinheimo; during the workshop with a group of participants (this includes Jesse!), director Petrus Kähkönen and pianist Antti-Jussi Taskinen were fine-tuning and polishing the musical elements to make it work on stage as best as possible. (This is all very new to me because i have no idea how stage productions come to be)

A result of this workshop is a “demo” of the show, and it will be showcased during Helsinki's Festival of Music Theatre (Musiikkiteatterifestivaali) held from 30.07 to 01.08 at Helsinki City Theatre.

Specifically, as per the event's website: the musical demo will be performed on Friday, 31.07, at 16:00 local time, in Studio Elsa within the Helsinki City Theatre, address Ensi linja 2; the show will last 90 minutes. There are no tickets sold because the event is free of charge!!!! Everyone can come and see!!!! Do you get it!!

There are also three other musicals showcased during the festival, one of them in English, and all of them similarly have free entry. The other three titles are work-in-progress by smaller groups. The description mentions the opinion of the audience will be taken into consideration to improve the shows, or something like that; I assume they will observe people's genuine reactions, which would explain why they don't charge for entry - they might want as big audience as possible.

So to sum up:

Four unfinished musicals will be performed for free at Helsinki City Theatre during Music Theatre Festival 30.07-01.08

Jesse Voss is most likely going to perform in one of the musicals, titled “Kenen maailma muuttuu tänään”, on Friday 31.07 at 16:00 local time, as he took part in the workshop in June

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