Kayleigh Töyrä

Languages

Mother tongue

English, Finnish

Translates from

Finnish

Translates to

English

Other language skills

French, Spanish

Education

Academic degree

Masters in Arts, University of Bristol, 2015 (English Literature)

Translations

Interests and specialisation

Fiction, Prose, Poetry, Drama, Non-fiction, History, Theatre and dance

List of translations

Finland's National Theatre 1974-1991: The Two Decades of Generational Contests, Cultural Upheavals, and International Cold War Politics. Routledge, 2024. Original title: by Pirkko Koski. Genre: Non-fiction. Part of book series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

The Cell. N/A, 2025. Original title: Selli by Pasi Lampela. Genre: Drama. Translation of playtext

Sapiens: A story about a storytelling species of human. Kansallisteatteri, 2019. Original title: by Original text: Yuval Noah Harari , Finnish translation of original text: Jaana Iso-Markku, Dramatisation: Minna Leino. Genre: Drama. Surtitle/translation of playtext

Can collaboration dispel the ghosts of colonialism?. Kansallisteatteri website, 2024. Original title: N/A by Satu Herrala. Genre: Non-fiction. https://www.kansallisteatteri.fi/en/node/1837

When Contextual Events Become Central to Fiction Theatre, Europe in Chaos, and the Finnish Winter War. Vol. 35, No. 1 (2023): Performativity and Transgression, 2023. Original title: N/A by Pirkko Koski. Genre: Non-fiction. Academic journal

Finnish Animal Farm Caged and Chained. Critical Stages/Scènes critiques The IATC journal/Revue de l'AICT – June/Juin 2025: Issue No 31, 2025. Original title: N/A by Pirkko Koski. Genre: Non-fiction. Academic journal

HITLER AND BLONDI. N/A, 2o2o. Original title: Hitler ja Blondi by Michael Baran, Hitler ja Blondi. Genre: Drama. Translation of playtext

Book review of Reconstructing Shakespeare in the Nordic Countries National Revival and Interwar Politics, 1870 – 1940 Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023, 286 pages. Edited by Nely Keinänen and Per Sivefors. Nordic Theatre Studies Vol. 36 / No. 1 / 2024 167-170, 2024. Original title: N/A by Pirkko Koski. Genre: Non-fiction. Academic book review

No hope. Kansallisteatteri website, 2024. Original title: No hope by Marianella Morena. Genre: Non-fiction. https://www.kansallisteatteri.fi/en/node/1839

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Päivitetty: 24.2.2026