Be
welcome, Saarikoski

“I trust myself
to you”

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Tuija Töyräs: Own
– play by Pentti Saarikoski
youth. Premiere on the small stage of the Helsinki City Theatre.
Directed by Tuija Töyräs, music by Markus Fagerudd, set design by Tina Jokitalo,
costumes by  Maija Pekkanen. Cast
Oskari Katajisto, Pekko Pulakka/Mika Länsimäki, Seppo Maijala, Eija Vilpas,
Hannu Lauri, Marjatta Raita, Riku Kemppinen, Merja Pietilä, Sanna Saarijärvi,
Susa Saukko, Sami Hokkanen. Musicians Markus Fagerudd/ Lasse Hirvi, grand piano  and Markku Veijonsuo,
trombone.

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The camel doesn’t go through the eye of a needle, but luckily it doesn’t
has not even been attempted at the Helsinki City Theatre. So we now have
to examine an image that can be believed to be its target

at certain stages of his life. More from us
Not even asked. The brave poet has many faces. And these are the ones
one.

                     
                     
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The stories of a child prodigy are rarely happy. If someone is
Especially talented, outsiders often look at him down the nose. Nor
Not sure that he will not arouse jealousy in his own family circle. Saarikoski was
An evacuee boy whose talents were evident at an early age. Still, his relationship
Siblings seem to have been natural and close in childhood. The parents were
Maybe  the educators are confused
but encouraging.

   
However, it is worth asking what significance it had that even though the boy saw
duality of his father’s character and pity for his mother, he went to carry out
his fate partly according to the questionable model he learned from his father. Undoubtedly,
also according to the fact that he wrote the texts of great thinkers and poets
while reading and translating into Finnish, I felt a great affinity with them.
And those who fly close to the sun may not be in the same position as ordinary people
with mortals.

   They
women who, at this stage of the poet’s (mental hospital) life,
At the beginning, they introduce themselves, each pulling in their own direction. Tuuli wife would take
to the safety of her beloved, to a more framed way of life, while Lennu
promised land.

  
The viewer knows what happened to the prince in real life, and
so that at least that image would not be the only one that is passed on to new generations,
requires a rich survey of Pentti Saarikoski’s life and work
literature in addition to his own literary production. In his own image,
a stage work that deserved to come.

                     
                     
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I liked the sacredness of the execution, its connections
antiquity and Christianity, its exciting choral parts, live music
glamour and the strong presence of the musicians. It was a good solution to give
For a poet, there are two personifications, a child and an adult figure. There is room in the performance
to each separately and thus to the development of the story in the viewer’s mind,
while in simultaneous sequences, as the events overlap, the image gets a suitable
also backlight.

      Pekko Pulakka is
appealing as a child Saarikoski and sings sensitively and beautifully. Oskari Katajisto
pulls off his demanding role with energy and nuance. He gets rid of it
pain and comedy where the poet’s hubris, arrogance and defiance.
The actor is also helped by the strong empathy of an experienced poetry interpreter.

    
Seppo Maijala as the poet’s father makes an unhurried and edgy
Eija Vilpas carries out her role as a mother in a genuine and understated way.
Hannu Lauri demonstrates the authority and even curiosity of the chief physician in style, and
Marjatta Raita as a nurse warmly offers a performance
backwater.

      Sanna
Saarijärvi’s interpretation of Saarikoski as his wife has depth and energy,  while Susa Saukko gives
personal expression for the poet’s restless and unobtrusive
girlfriend.