Meri Suonenlahti

Other theatre society involvement: - Set Assistant - EUSOG Little Shop of Horrors - Stage Assistant - ShakeSoc Taming of the Shrew - Assistant Production Manager and Producer - EUSOG Singin’ In The Rain’ - Co-Production Manager - Paradok Spring Awakening -Stage Manager - Paradok History Boys

Projects

"Fresher's Plays 2023: Top of the Props!" by The Freshers

Thursday 28 September - Friday 29 September 2023

Introducing this year’s Freshers Plays ‘Top of the Pops’! Nine new families. Nine new plays. Each given one prop. Fe...

Position: Family 1 Child (Tech / Stage / Actor - Mr Link)

"Sherlock Holmes and the Red-Headed League" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Tuesday 17 October 2023

A halfBaked production

Position: Director

"Guards! Guards!" by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs

Wednesday 25 October - Saturday 28 October 2023

‘He made a big speech about how he was going to kill the dragon, overthrow the usurpers and right all wrongs. Everyon...

Position: Stage Assistant

"Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore" by Dan Evans

Friday 24 November 2023

"Okay: Never have I ever… thought your mum was hot." "She's a fucking MILF is what she is."

Position: Stage Manager

"Things I Know To Be True" by Andrew Bovell

Wednesday 14 February - Saturday 17 February 2024

“People aren’t perfect. Even the people you love."

Position: Co-Stage Manager

"Mother Clap's Molly House" by Mark Ravenhill

Wednesday 13 March - Saturday 16 March 2024

It’s London 1726, and Mrs. Tull’s got problems. The whores are giving her a hard time, a man in a dress is looking fo...

Position: Co-Stage Manager

"M.A.D: Mutually Assured Destruction" by William Oliveira

Wednesday 27 March - Saturday 30 March 2024

Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Brian De Gousch, and I warmly welcome you all to the world premiere of my live-actio...

Position: Co-Stage Manager

"Bedlam Fringe 2024" by Various

Wednesday 31 July - Monday 26 August 2024

We are back from the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival!

Position: Front of House Staff

"Around the World in Nine-ish Plays" by The Freshers

Thursday 26 September - Saturday 28 September 2024

Good evening, assistants. My name is Fileas Frogg. Thank you for joining me for this momentous retelling of my advent...

Position: Stage Coordinator/Family 4 Parent

"Candlewasters 2024/25 November Showcase" by Candlewasters

Friday 01 November 2024

Come join us for our November showcase of Candlewasters 2024/2025! All of our original pieces have been written aroun...

Position: External Welfare Officer

"Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" by Tony Kushner

Wednesday 06 November - Saturday 09 November 2024

“An epic theatrical fever dream … a three-hour cliffhanger that leaves you wanting more.” ⁠—⁠Variety New York in the...

Position: Director

"Despicable Panto" by Fiona Connor

Wednesday 27 November - Saturday 30 November 2024

Vector returns to earth after a short stint on the moon to try and ruin Gru’s Christmas… but will he succeed? Gru, S...

Position: Executive Stage Manager

"Saving Victory" by Morgan Hazelip

Thursday 06 February - Friday 07 February 2025

As the threat of World War II grows along with the power of the Nazi party under Adolf Hitler, Jacques Jaujard, direc...

Position: External Welfare

"Road" by Jim Cartwright

Tuesday 25 February - Saturday 01 March 2025

“God it stinks this road. Staleness, rot, stink, sex, drink, blood. There’s always been something wrong down here. It...

Position: Stage Manager

"The Haunting of the Bedlam Theatre" by Ece Yarasik

Thursday 27 February 2025

“If it is what I suspect it is, then I have no other choice. I must stop it myself. I am the director after all.” Di...

Position: Actor (Stage Manager)

"Paradok - Spring Awakening" by Frank Wedekind, Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater

Wednesday 12 March - Saturday 15 March 2025

"But how will we know what to do if our parents don’t tell us?"

Position: Production Manager

"Sherlock Holmes and the Engineer's Thumb" by Alba McGowan

Thursday 03 April 2025

Show times: 9:30pm-10:30pm “We are now actually within the hydraulic press, and it would be a particularly unpleasan...

Position: Actor (Elise etc.)

"Little Women" by Marisha Chamberlain

Wednesday 22 October - Saturday 25 October 2025

Under the guidance of their beloved mother, the four young March sisters – tempestuous Jo, motherly Meg, shy Beth, an...

Position: Co-Director

"A Miracle on Vatican City Street: a conclave pantomime" by Robbie Morris, Rose Sarafilovic, Moses Brezski-Reilly

Wednesday 26 November - Saturday 29 November 2025

A Conclave Pantomime

Position: Actor (Tortellini)

"The History Boys" by Alan Bennett

Tuesday 03 February - Friday 06 February 2026

With support from the University of Edinburgh Department of English and Scottish Literature, Theatre Paradok presents Alan Bennett’s ‘The History Boys’, directed by Lauren Green.

Position: Co-Stage Manager

"The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde

Wednesday 11 March - Saturday 14 March 2026

“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.” Thus, we ponder, in matters of no importance, is the vital thing sincerity, not style?

Position: Assistant Stage Manager