Jeesus hyppää metroon
Note: No longer in repertoire!
Directed by Rikus Suokas
Cast Eppu Salminen, Henry Hanikka, Aino Seppo, Jarkko Rantanen and Panu Vauhkonen
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Note: No longer in repertoire!
Directed by Rikus Suokas
Cast Eppu Salminen, Henry Hanikka, Aino Seppo, Jarkko Rantanen and Panu Vauhkonen
Helsinki City Theatre’s Studio Pasila’s play Jesus Jumps on the Metro deals with topics that are particularly familiar to Amnesty: prison conditions and the death penalty. The play is set in Riker’s Island Prison in New York, where Latino man Angel Cruz is in pretrial detention awaiting trial. He is accompanied by a well-meaning lawyer, a death row serial killer awaiting transfer to Florida death row, and two prison guards, complete opposites.
Read moreJesus Jumps on the Subway is a tough play. New York’s notorious Set in the Riker’s Island prison complex, the story calls for to bear for good and evil, faith and unbelief. The tight-gripped interpretation directed by Riku Suokas does not let the viewer off the hook. Petri Lapintie’s compositional work and sound design are in a class of its own.
Read moreCan a person who brutally murdered many people feel saved? after becoming a believer? This is one of the things that will be discussed in the City Theatre’s in the play Jesus jumps on the subway.
Read moreStephen Adly Guirgis: Jesus jumps on the subwayTranslation, direction, set design, costumes: Riku SuokasMusic and sound design: Petri LapintieLighting design: Teppo SaarinenCast: Eppu Salminen, Henry Hanikka, Aino Seppo, Jarkko Rantanen, Panu VauhkonenPremiere at Helsinki City Theatre’s Theatre Studio Pasila 28.8.
Read moreEppu Salminen Angelina plays the role of her life under the direction of Riku Suokas, human. Lucius, the monster, is also a human being, played by Henry Hanikka , An extremely scary person and victim. Aino Seppo’s lawyer is hard and soft at the same time, completely believable.
Read moreThe performance at the City Theatre is full of explosive energy. Aggressiveness feels stronger and more convincing the more hidden It is.
Read more” I believe things .. the angel does not believe in God and the devil does not talk about anything else. Angel tried to save his friend from the religious cult and ended up in prison. Lucius serial murder and drug addicts and then escaped from the real angel dust To the snares, to religion. Heavy things are handled with such verbal rejoicing that you don’t know whether to cry or laugh.”
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