Note: No longer in repertoire!

The year is 1944. In the borough of Rovaniemi, twin girls Lempi and Sisko are living their youth in the midst of the attention of German soldiers. Sisko, who has found her own love among the soldiers , challenges her sister to bet, as a result of which Lempi falls in love with young Viljami and becomes pregnant. A war breaks out and Lempi stays in a remote village in Lapland with a maid girl named Elli. When Viljami returns home from the front, Lempi has disappeared. No one knows where and why.

Lempi, voiced by Krista Kosonen, is not seen in the play, but her life story unfolds based on the story of Viljami, Elli and Lempi’s twin sister Sisko. Who was Lempi really? What happened to him?

Can you ever see another person completely?

Lempi is a densely atmospheric drama about passion, chance and the power of love. The play is directed by Miika Muranen, whose previous production, Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap , was performed on the Arena stage and on the big stage to full audiences in 2023–2024.

“Lempi is not a depiction of war, but it tells about people in an extreme situation, in the midst of love and passion,” Muranen says. He says that both as a director and as an actor, he loves great emotions on stage, and they are expected in this performance.

“Lempi has great characters and the roles are played by an amazing trio of actors Ursula Salo, Vappu Nalbantoglu and Sauli Suonpää. Throughout the performance, the viewer gets to ponder what Lemppi’s fate was. I dare to promise brilliant acting, an addictive story and a surprising ending. When you leave the stands, you have experienced something big.”

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