Review: Täydellinen persikka
THE PERFECT PEACH IS SARKOLA’S FEAST
Fiction about fiction.
This recipe is used to create The Perfect Peach, which idolizes the French drama of the Hungarian writer Ference Molnár, and lightens the gloom of the life of the polar night people on the big stage of the Helsinki City Theatre.
Frej Lindqvist’s direction and the performances of the star actors, led by Asko Sarkola, make the work with little content an experience.
Helsinki City Theatre lives with the times. It commemorates and honours the life’s work of Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952), who rose to worldwide fame, by introducing the play The Perfect Peach to its repertoire. It premiered this time on the 130th birthday of its author.
Játék a kastélyban or The Perfect Peach is a metafiction in which the content is drawn from the creation process of the work and the exploration of the structural solutions of its implementation. The execution breaks the line between reality and illusion.
The task is challenging so that the end result does not turn into a disaster. In the genre, everything is by a hair’s breadth.
The expertise of the Helsinki City Theatre is of a high standard, so the audience does not have to worry that the theatre evening will shrink into an unhappy show.
The perfect peach is born from the high level of professionalism of the actors.
The work is a celebration of the masterful Asko Sarkola , who gives the play’s protagonist, Sándor Turai, the perfect embodiment. Turai, who is planning to write a play, is a visionary and a doer who knows how to always put his words, facial expressions and body language in the right position. Sarkola clearly enjoys his role and enjoys some of the challenges.
Almady, the operetta diva Ilona’s first lover, Carl-Kristian Rundman, is also a lot of guard. His lines are constructed to be so challenging that an actor with scant artistic talent would not be able to cope with the task with honor. Rundman is captivating, and he moves the story forward in a meek manner.
Special attention should also be paid to Antti Litja, who performs the duties of a butler in a stylish manner.
The perfect peach consists of meritorious individual performances. The play is like a gallery of portraits that burst into bloom for a moment in the atmosphere conquered by a princely castle.
A successful performance is one in which the viewer gets to laugh sweetly and experience a good sense of humour in a sincere spirit. The Helsinki City Theatre offers an oasis in this respect.