Review: Kummitusjuna

Unbelievable. We have just seen theatre from the gloomy Finnish soulscape, but we leave the screening into the darkness of an autumn evening with my companion refreshed and excited.

We wonder what we saw? The ghost train looks and sounds like a musical, but its content is grotesque horror permeated with black humour. The end result is an unbridled metro ride, along which we encounter a raunchy street artist as well as a dead bride and a government that is putting Finland on the chopper.

The compositions of the veterans, Jussi Tuurna and Anna-Mari Kähärä, meet the insightful and surprising texts of the young screenwriters, Lauri Maijala and Sinna Virtanen. The singing cast succeeds, and letting the orchestra loose is enjoyable. So, did we see cabaret? It was a diamond.