Review: Prinsessa Ruusunen

SLEEPING BEAUTY

Who doesn’t know a fairy tale about Sleeping Beauty? Now you can see it at the City Theatre.
The king and queen have wanted a child for a long time, but there have been no results. The queen cries all day long and the king clumsily tries to comfort his wife. One day, however, they are predicted to have a baby girl before the year is up.

Miraculously, the prophecy came true, and a big christening party was organized for the little one. Seven elves would have been invited to the party, but since there were only six gold plates, the queen did not invite one. The king was very angry with his wife when he heard this, because the queen had not invited the fairy Carabossa, who would surely be angry.

However, the festivities progressed, and the elves gave their gifts. Just when it was the turn of the last elf, Carabo himself entered. He predicted that on Sleeping Beauty’s fifteenth birthday, the princess would put her finger in her spindle and die. However, the last fairy was able to reduce the spell to a hundred years’ sleep until the prince came to save her. To be on the safe side, the king ordered the destruction of all spindles in the whole country, and no new ones were to be acquired or commissioned. But was Sleeping Beauty still safe?

The frog was funny and the wild goose was great. I especially liked the three young child actors, who did play supporting roles in the play, but they were insanely flexible and bent into incredible positions. The stage was full of magnificent costumes and sets.