Review: Pienet ketut

Family is the worst

The dream of getting rich does not shy away from any means.

If you are interested in a traditional play with an excellent text and brilliant acting, you should book tickets for the Helsinki City Theatre’s performance of The Little Foxes. The play, written by the American Lillian Hellman in 1939, is directed by Kari Heiskanen. The family drama takes place in a small town in the south of the United States
in 1900. It begins with a scene in which the Hubbard siblings woo a Chicago businessman (Pertti Koivula). Sari Siikander shines as Regina Giddens, who dreams of getting rich. Her husband, Horace, who suffers from heart problems, is played by Risto Kaskilahti, whose restrained calmness in the face of everything shows the viewer a different side of the actor. Regina’s greedy brothers Ben (Seppo Halttunen) and Oscar Hubbard
(Rauno Ahonen) are even ready for fraud. Goodness and conscience in the story are represented by Oscar’s alcoholic wife Birdie (Linda Zilliacus), Giddens’ daughter
Alexandra (Elviira Kujala) and the family’s servant Addie (Ursula Salo).
Emotions rise to the surface from despair to anger and rage. Dreams made possible by wealth are in the air, but so is the fear of losing them. There are no means
And the final scene is arresting in many ways.