There are moments when the ground suddenly gives way beneath your feet. When everything that once seemed certain – work, daily routines, your role in the family and in society – can no longer support you.

The production När Baba faller i poolen är kl. 23.47 begins at that very moment.

A daughter tries to understand what happened to Baba, her father. A man who worked so hard to find his place in a new country. Force majeure, they wrote.

Experience became a liability, age an obstacle.

Shame drives him to hide the truth from his family.

Baba entered a world where he did not belong. He found himself at a pool party hosted by society’s elite. To the guests, he was part of the party backdrop, entertaining content to share on Instagram. For Baba, it was a way to save his family. Instead, it turned him into an image that can never be erased.

As the daughter searches for answers, memories begin to surface. Her childhood. Her relationship with her father. Their roots.

The small and momentous events that shaped their life together.

När Baba faller i poolen är kl. 23.47 portrays a changing world of work and a society where more and
more people are falling through the cracks, and where dignity is at risk when security
disappears.

Written by Astrid Menasanch Tobieson, the play explores themes of identity, belonging and shame.

The performance is in Swedish. Subtitles are available in Finnish, Swedish and English via the Subtitle Mobile app.

Premiere on 29.10.2026 at Lilla Teatern, Georgsgatan 30, Helsingfors. Performances at Wasa Teater from 13.1 – 2.2.2027 and at Åbo Svenska Teater from 11.2 -20.3.2027.

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There are moments when the ground suddenly gives way beneath your feet. When everything that once seemed certain – work, daily routines, your role in the family and in society – can no longer support you.

När Baba faller i poolen är kl. 23.47 begins at that very moment.

A daughter tries to understand what happened to Baba, her father. A man who worked so hard to find his place in a new country. Force majeure, they wrote.

Experience became a liability, age an obstacle.

Shame drives him to hide the truth from his family.

Baba entered a world where he did not belong. He found himself at a pool party hosted by society’s elite. To the guests, he was part of the party backdrop, entertaining content to share on Instagram. For Baba, it was a way to save his family. Instead, it turned him into an image that can never be erased.

As the daughter searches for answers, memories begin to surface. Her childhood. Her relationship with her father. Their roots.

The small and momentous events that shaped their life together.

När Baba faller i poolen är kl. 23.47 portrays a changing world of work and a society where more and more people are falling through the cracks, and where dignity is at risk when security disappears.

Written by Astrid Menasanch Tobieson, the play explores themes of identity, belonging and shame.

The performance is in Swedish. Subtitles are available in Finnish, Swedish and English via the Subtitle Mobile app.

Premiere on 29.10.2026 at Lilla Teatern, Yrjönkatu 30, Helsinki. Performances at Wasa Teater from 13.1.-2.2.2027 and at Åbo Svenska Teater from 11.2.-20.3.2027.