Review: Katto-Kassinen

Hepul’s place

A warning and a suggestion to all those who go to see the adventures of Katto-Kassinen on the big stage of the Helsinki City Theatre: no mascara in your face and you should pee at the last minute. I dare to recommend this, because it is a children’s play.

Its second act is so wonderful that half the audience gets a kick out of it. The brats participate, shout advice on stage, stand up and giggle so that something is seriously wrong with the adult, unless the laughter disease is contagious. Oh, what a therapy session!

It will be performed by author Astrid Lindgren, director Kurt Nuotio, musicians led by Tommi Lindell , set designer Katariina Kirjavainen and the entire cast. At the premiere, Sami Hokkanen flew around in Katto-Kassinen with the relaxed nature of a vintage, while Antti Lang fluttered in the pants of an 8-year-old Little Brother. The airspace may have been theirs, but the stage was Miss Pässi’s alias Risto Kaskilahti’s . His physical abilities and comedian’s talents are such that even an adult could have shouted bravo! standing.