Review: Risto Räppääjä ja villi kone

IT’S A REALLY COOL SHOW HERE THAT MAKES RAP BLOW

That first big plus? It comes from the revival of play. In our yard these days – I promise you – we are playing the good old Twelve Sticks on the board (there are no ten sticks, even though the program leaflet recommended it). After all, it has been a long time since the pupils of the neighbouring school also needed special guidance in yard games!
The writer sisters Nopola presses the nerve of the times in other ways as well. There is enough virtual craze in many homes to the point of being a nuisance; Not only precocious boys and girls, but also contemporaries, family men, spend their time cruelly against opponents offered by computers. They smacked.
And at the same time, there are messages about how many children and young people are really lonely, even avoiding eye contact with their peers.
But even though the problem at its extremes and consequences can be really big in terms of society, Risto the Rapper has not been placed on his delicate shoulders with an excessive burden or more tragic in the story than can be expected from a play for the whole family. Instead, the ship is loaded with humour and music.
And the soundscape, that’s exactly what is irresistible. It comes largely from the side of the hall. The easily bouncing and contagious laughter of the toddlers bubbles up so that the actors get an extra boost from it and even the grandpa in the audience gets excited to splash without even noticing.
Katja Krohn As a “leader of the game” has been convinced and managed to convince his team of the story’s appeal, and so it went and the skirts flew.
If not
Santeri Kinnunen has not hidden his candle under a bushel as a comedian until now, so now he is burning with a proper flame. He is the charming Lennart, a shy but all the more civilized bachelor with – loose sparring skillfully as Aunt Rauha. Paavo Kerosuo could do well in any rap arena, probably learned from Risto. Besides, with Nelli they are just right for a kissing booth – someday, of course not yet.

Nellina Sanna-June Hyde is self-confident and childlike at the same time, a girl who is looking for her place in the turmoil of adolescence, who is such a fan of singer Ville Pyry that the neighbor’s son is in danger of being forgotten. Sanna-June also interprets the sweet, small-mindedly beautiful melodic song Minä kaipaan vanhaa Risto Räppääjä.
The fun choreographic intricacies, as well as the stage movement in general and especially the increasing tempo of the chase/escape scenes, are solid performances. Iiro Rantala’s music in its entirety and lively execution is much more than icing on the cake, but I don’t think it contained any eagerly catchy song this time. The exciting characters that pop up from the computer world onto the stage are a visual circus, which the small audience mostly seemed to realize in the narrative that it belongs to the illustration side.
The title of the review follows the play’s relaxed final song.