Review: Sotta Pyttynen
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Rhymed anarchy
Theatre director Katja Krohn received
recently received an award from the Association of Finnish Theatres for the last season of performances.
Best Finnish Film Performed in a Professional Theatre
premiere. The award-winning Big Bad Wolf was performed at the Kajaani
At the City Theatre. Now the Helsinki
Krohn’s new children’s play Sotta can be seen at the City Theatre
Pyttynen.
recently received an award from the Association of Finnish Theatres for the last season of performances.
Best Finnish Film Performed in a Professional Theatre
premiere. The award-winning Big Bad Wolf was performed at the Kajaani
At the City Theatre. Now the Helsinki
Krohn’s new children’s play Sotta can be seen at the City Theatre
Pyttynen.
The 40-minute segment directed by Krohn himself
The novelty is an absolutely incomparable case. It tells the story of four-year-old Iiro’s sleepover with grandpa
. Grandpa, the title character of the play, Sotta Pyttynen, lives up to his name,
untidy single person who rejects all rules, whose lifestyle is
an abomination to Iiro, who had lived in discipline and rebuke.
The novelty is an absolutely incomparable case. It tells the story of four-year-old Iiro’s sleepover with grandpa
. Grandpa, the title character of the play, Sotta Pyttynen, lives up to his name,
untidy single person who rejects all rules, whose lifestyle is
an abomination to Iiro, who had lived in discipline and rebuke.
The play reverses the traditional tradition of fairy tales
relationship between children and parents: an anarchist who does not care about agreements is
adult. Iiro gets to teach grandpa everyday routines of eating, sleeping and
from going to the toilet.
relationship between children and parents: an anarchist who does not care about agreements is
adult. Iiro gets to teach grandpa everyday routines of eating, sleeping and
from going to the toilet.
Grandpa is so far away from everyone
that his worldview is great for a well-bred four-year-old
shock. So the beginning is spent wondering and getting used to, but at the end
There is harmony in coexistence.
that his worldview is great for a well-bred four-year-old
shock. So the beginning is spent wondering and getting used to, but at the end
There is harmony in coexistence.
Panu Vauhkonen is
a giant four-year-old that reaches almost to the ceiling of a small stage, and
It is. A big man is clever at the gestures and expressions of a small child.
a giant four-year-old that reaches almost to the ceiling of a small stage, and
It is. A big man is clever at the gestures and expressions of a small child.
Known for his clowning skills
Jyrki Nousiainen is slouching and letting loose as a grandpa in a funny way,
by making ignorance and original habits a virtue. Cutlery
no need, the bed is just a storage place, there is never a sleeping
Never heard of it.
Jyrki Nousiainen is slouching and letting loose as a grandpa in a funny way,
by making ignorance and original habits a virtue. Cutlery
no need, the bed is just a storage place, there is never a sleeping
Never heard of it.
Markus R.
Packalen’s colourful and slanted set design in the colour of flashy candies
supports the directing’s farcically exaggerated approach well.
Packalen’s colourful and slanted set design in the colour of flashy candies
supports the directing’s farcically exaggerated approach well.
Like a cherry on a sweet tasting
cake Katja Krohn has written numerous lines to the rhyme that Nousiainen
and Vauhkonen in a fun and smooth manner. And so as not to distance yourself too much
far from the reality of four-year-olds, there is no fart humor either
forgotten.
cake Katja Krohn has written numerous lines to the rhyme that Nousiainen
and Vauhkonen in a fun and smooth manner. And so as not to distance yourself too much
far from the reality of four-year-olds, there is no fart humor either
forgotten.