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NOTE! By popular demand, the performances will continue in March 2020.

“You can take it a little easier,” they said. A group of 31-year-olds whose work is in the depths of a computer. A society where no one knows how to reverse a trailer, and then they tell me I’m no longer needed. Is it reasonable?

Olavi doesn’t understand modern people who don’t know any useful skills anymore and don’t know how things should be. He has had to retire from his job and has been ousted from the chairmanship of the right-of-occupancy association. In addition, Olavi’s heart is broken and he doesn’t know how to continue his life alone.

When a new neighbour moves with his family to the opposite terraced house and immediately backs up Olavi’s mailbox, a funny and heartwarming story begins about a shaggy cat, an unexpected friendship, love and the importance of proper tools. Olavi unwittingly comes to the rescue and at the same time gets to know his new neighbours, “Tomppeli”, his Iranian-born wife Parvaneh and their two children. Maybe life still has something for Olav.

The Man Who Loved Order is a comedy-drama coloured by warm-hearted humour. Grumpy, but definitely captivating.

Now there is a shortage of work, we are reducing the number of older people.” More than thirty years in the same job, and then there are a lot of “older people”. Since now everyone is 31 years old, they have pants that are too tight and they have stopped drinking regular coffee. Everywhere there are masses of men with shaped beards who change jobs and wives and car brands. Just like that. “I guess it’s wonderful to be able to take it a little easier?” That you can oil the kitchen countertop. There shouldn’t be time for that kind of hustle on Tuesday.

The film, based on the novel of the same name, premiered in Sweden and captivated Finnish viewers the following year. Now the performance is seen as a stage version in cooperation between the Helsinki City Theatre and the Turku City Theatre.

 

“Taneli Mäkelä’s charisma shines in the monologue performance, the interpretation of the Swedish Troublemaker is sadly bright. Taneli Mäkelä’s charisma would be enough to fill a stage larger than the City Theatre’s Arena stage.” Helsingin Sanomat 4.10.2019 – Laura Kytölä