Often described as understated, laconic and tinged with melancholy, Finnish humour is perhaps less about laughing out loud than recognising something quietly absurd. But where does this distinctive humour come from – and what happens when it meets the physicality, rhythm and spontaneity of circus?

Kallo Collective’s Jenni Kallo and Henni Kervinen and Kate & Pasi’s Katerina Repponen and Pasi Nousiainen are unanimous in their belief that Finnish audiences make for ideal sounding boards.

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