CV
Jermo Grundström
Directing Work
Stage
* The Spanish Fly- Postbackens Summer-theatre. Fars in two acts by Arnold Franz och Ernst Bach. Borgå (2019)
* The Addams Family- Aleksanterinteatteri. Musical-comedy performed by the students at Skenes Musical-theatre program. Helsinki (2019)
* Dräfti-Klubbi- Valtimonteatteri. New texts acted on stage inspired by Scratch- club in London . Helsinki (2019-)
*Venus i päls- Kappsäkki musiikkiteatteri. Text: David Ives. Black comedy in two acts. Helsinki (2019)
* Charleys Aunt- At Postbackens Summertheatre. The classic comedy by Brandon Thomas. Porvoo (2018)
* Godspell - at Tampereen Työväenteatteri, cooperation with Tampere Polytechnic School's Faculty of Music, a musical by Stephen Schwartz, Tampere (2018)
* Naked Boys Singing - at Gay Club Hercules, a new run of this off-Broadway musical revue, produced by Bromance Productions Oy, Helsinki (2017)
* Pohjan Neiti - at Pikku Teatteri, the first opera ever written in the Finnish language, Lahti (2017)
* Grounded - at Valtimon Teatteri, a one woman show about a pilot struggling with reality as a drone pilot, Helsinki (2016)
* Den Brinnande Staden - at Teatrza, Studentteatern, a drama about Helsinki during the war, Helsinki (2016)
* RENT - at LaScala Theater, produced by Alumniteatteri, a rock-musical by Jonathan Larson, Tampere (2016)
* Naked Boys Singing - at Kulttuuriareena Gloria, an off-Broadway musical revue, produced by Bromance Productions Oy, Helsinki (2015)
* Oopperahetki kuin 1905 - at Jugend Sali, Concert for Lahden Ooppera, Lahti (2016)
* The Sound of Sondheim - at Ravintola Allotria, a concert with musical songs by Stephen Sondheim, produced by Musiikkiteatteriensemble in cooperation with Leo Niemi, Helsinki (2014)
* Those Who Do Not Remember, at Tristan Bates Theatre, a play created with devising technique, assisting director John Walton, London (2014)
* Viimeiset 5 Vuotta (The Last 5 Years) - Finnish tour, Musiikkiteatteriesemble in cooperation withSheikkis OY, a musical by Jason Robert Brown (2013)
* The Stronger - at The Kingscross, Scandinavian English Theatre Group, a play by August Strindberg, London (2012)
* Minä en jätä teitä yksin - Salpausselän kirkko Lahden Seurakuntayhtymä, an Easter play, Lahti (2011)
* RENT-musikaali, Vaahterasali, Musiikkiteatteriensemble, a rock-musical by Jonathan Larson, Lahti (2011)
* Menetinkö Arvoni, Sisä-Suomen Tanssin aluekeskus, Performance, Coreographer and diretor, Lahti (2011)
* Voulez-Vous ABBA-Show, Stena Line, Coreographer and dancer
* Collage -05 Musical Show, Performing Arts, Directors och Coreographers assistent
Jermo Grundström
Shows & Conserts
* Sinfoniaorkesteri Vivon musikaalikonsertti, a musical concert with a 60 man Symphony Orchestra and 6 soloists, Wanhan Paukun festivaali, Lapua (2012)
* Iso Käsi Ellalle, Benefit concert for Ella Jäppinien at Kultuuriareena Gloria (2015)
* Time Travel Dinner & Show, Musiikkiteatteriensemble in cooperation with Sheikkis OY, tour (2011-2015)
Film
* Prose Before Hoes - monologues by W.Shakespeare, online video series (2014)
Group and teaching position
*Drama Teacher, at Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Musikal theatre program (2019-)
*Drama Teacher, at Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Musikal theatre program (2019-)
*Drama Teacher, at Skene musicaltheatre program (2018-)
*Workshop Teacher, Uniarts Helsinki (2019)
* Guest Teacher, at Tampere Polytechnic. Music Theatre Program, in audition technic (2017)
* Solita workshop instructor in customer communications (2017)
* Studentteatern Helsingfors, Director for the Swedish speaking student theatre in Helsinki (2015-2016)
* Lahti gospel choir, recurring workshop teacher
*Guest Teacher at Lahti Polytechnic, Music and Drama Program
*Borgås ungdomsförbund. Workshop Leader 2014
*Lahti Opera Recurring workshop leader
*Hotclub dance school teacher 2010-2011
Education
Theatre Director MA University of Essex (East15 Acting School, London )
Musical Performer three year professinal degree Performing Arts School (Gothenburg)
Courses
Directing in Practice. Directing Workshop lead by Bobo Lindén
Inner Space - Outer space, Workshop at the Bush-theater lead by Omar Elerian and Jackie Shemesh
Making work, Workshop lead by Tracy Collier about directing pysical theater in practice
Other
2016 Casting director for the music video Full Circle Rainbow, (Pride song of the year in Finland 2016)
2010 Culture-producer Pihain-Hannula Ky
2001- Worked as an performer on stage profesionally since 2001 in big shows like
La cage Aux folles, Cabaret and The Wizard of Oz, to mention a few, but also in dramatic play and comediessuch as Twelfth Night and Two Into One. Also experience from performance arts (fire show and dance performance). I have also worked on film and tv.
---- I have worked as a stage-reader of New plays both in Scandinavia and London
Language skills: Swedish, English, Finnish, Dannish, Norwegian and German