Taisto Reimaluoto

Taisto Reimaluoto

Actor Taisto Reimaluoto (born 1961) has directed the poetry festival in Kajaani, north-east Finland, since 2011. He has had role in several films, including Markku Pölönen’s Dog Nail Clipper and Olli Saarela’s Ambush. He has also appeared in TV series such as Seven Brothers and Karjalan kunnailla, based on an old Finnish folk song. Taisto Reimaluoto has arranged an evening of monologues featuring the output of every ’poet of the year’ at the festival in Kajaani. He has performed at the Finnish National Theatre, Lahti City Theatre, KOM Theatre in Helsinki, Tampere Theatre, and Espoo City Theatre, as well as in many theatrical works directed by Kristian Smeds, which have also been put on at foreign drama festivals.

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