ABOUT

Meimi Taipale (born 1989) is a freelance Theater director and a writer in Finland and Sweden. She is currently studying her masters in Dramaturgy and Playwriting at the Theatre Academy in Helsinki. She also holds a master in International Performing Arts from Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts (2019) and a bachelor in social sciences from University of Helsinki (2015).

Meimi represents a Sweden Finn minority in Sweden and her theatre is strongly dealing with themes concerning identity, social constructions, multilingualism and social policy.

Besides theatre work, Meimi is also working within the radio. Past projects has been as a presenter and dramaturg in a Sweden Finn program called Popula in Swedish Radio P4 & Sveriges Radio Finska. In her free time she likes to take snapshots of her surrounding world. One of her photos has been shown in a gallery called “Phoneography” at The Finnish Museum of Photography (2014).

Meimi is always interested in new projects within the performing arts field. Feel free to contact Meimi for more information.