Review: Yökyöpelit

Night owl creatures to children’s liking


Ooooo macaroni! all the children sing and clap to the beat. The first half lasts an hour and a quarter, but the interest of the kids does not wane.

And no wonder, because in Laura Ruohonen’s Night Owls, one stranger after another appears on stage
creatures: Agenttinero Naru (Martti Suosalo), Mahtimummeli played by renowned actors
Head lice Väätäinen (Seela Sella) and the tireless Baby Rabbit (Vuokko Hovatta) are joined
The careless Viikuna and the groaning Sucker and his beak in the orchestra and others
instruments are played by Ruokki. Räyskä and Riskilä swinging very bird-like.

Who eats all the stuff in the House of the Night Owls? An adult viewer might expect that the mystery
It would be quicker, but the children enjoyed the antics of each signer to the fullest.
The most charming of them is Nakertaja’s masterful climb between earth and sky.

Acrobat Katja Kortström gets separate ablodi for each of her amazing stunts, and it’s easy to believe,
that this supple rodent in the end will actually fly home to the other side of the universe.

But before that, all sorts of mischief is going on with Markku Ahonen’s pyrotechnic bangs
and sparks. Of course, the grandma can’t resist pressing the button that she doesn’t
I’m allowed to press. There is enough excitement, but not too much for even the smallest spectators.

Night Owls is based on Laura Ruohonen’s children’s poetry and nursery rhymes books Allakka Pullakka and Yököpelit.
The text works well on stage and the puns get the space they deserve. Anna-Mari Kähärä
The rhymes composed into songs are irresistibly memorable. I can well imagine how my mother’s
or the father’s gentle “sleep, sleep grass bird” gets the Baby Rabbit’s stupid answer from the person being put to sleep: “No
Tire! I don’t sleep! Hey, trash the nightgown!”