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Huom! Poistunut ohjelmistosta!
Translated by Jukka Mallinen
Director: Viktor Drevitsky
Set design: Oskari Torvinen
Costumes: Irmeli Toivanen
Lights: Teppo Saarinen
Sound: Ari-Pekka Saarikko
Cast: Santeri Kinnunen, Sampo Sarkola,
Eija Vilpas, Pekka Strang,
Vappu Nalbantoglu, Marjatta Raita,
Markku Huhtamo, Pekka Huotari
PRESNYAKOVS DON’T BORE The Presnyakov brothers Oleg (b. 1969) and Vladimir (b. 1974) were born and influential in the city of Yekaterinburg in the Ural region, which was called Sverdlovsk during the Soviet era. The brothers have studied at the city’s university, where they have also worked as teachers. In just a few years, the brothers, who have written together, have also become the top names in new Russian drama.Perhaps the most famous of the brothers’ 10 plays is Terrorism, an absurd everyday drama Terrorism, which premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre just a few weeks after the Moscow theatre hijacking in 2002 and will soon be seen in 16 countries, which uninhibitedly mixes different genres of theatre and is spiced up with black humour and musical sequences, among other things. The play Terrorism expands the concept to include all possible interpersonal relationships or activities that disrupt life. The drama that begins with a terror warning caused by a bag left unguarded at the door of an airport terminal, the closure of the airport and the cancellation of flights quickly and unexpectedly cuts into the terror that many people face at home and at work. The 8 actors in the performance, directed by Viktor Drevitski, are Markku Huhtamo, Pekka Huotari, Santeri Kinnunen, Vappu Nalbantoglu, Marjatta Raita, Sampo Sarkola, Pekka Strang and Eija Vilpas.Over the course of half a dozen episodes, they play a number of different roles, and there is not much time left for deepening. Still, the performance is also a victory for the actors, as they build a functional and believable performance from seemingly quite detached scenes, which at times is cold, sometimes laughs, but never leaves the viewer completely cold.
Lue lisääEVERYDAY OPPRESSORS Russian play examines terror on a small scale and with the help of humour There is a lonely suitcase at the airport, which is why the special forces close the airport and the passengers’ plans are changed. That is the actual terrorism part of the play by the Russians Oleg and Vladimir Presnyakov . The rest are everyday situations where people terrorize each other in homes, parks and workplaces. The internationally successful play deals with the subject on a scale that is easy for an individual viewer to perceive. There are many types of terror. It can be approached from many directions, targeted differently and make the victim unexpectedly involved. Terror can be accepted, submitted to and provoked. Terror is also easy to recycle. The Presnyakov brothers’ Terrorism follows a pattern that became popular in the West more than a decade ago through films. The play is made up of six separate scenes, which gradually reveal similarities and overlaps. The situations are simultaneous and there are common people in them.
Lue lisääWITH SMALL HINGES TOGETHER The end result of terrorism is dark humour, which does make you laugh, but which Play escapes from a fast ride. Oleg and Vladimir Presnjakov: Terrorism. Translated by Jukka Mallinen. Control Viktor Drevitski. Set design by Oskari Torvinen. Costumes by Irmeli Toivanen. Cast: Pekka Strang, Santeri Kinnunen, Markku Huhtamo, Sampo Sarkola, Vappu Nalbantoglu, Pekka Huotari, Marjatta Raita and Eija Vilpas. Finnish premiere in Helsinki City Theatre’s Studio in Pasila 2.2.; The review is based on the 4.2. performance. The place of terrorism is somewhere in Russia. You can hear it in the music, its you can see it in the clothes that happily repeat even the clichés, you can recognize it for example, from some occasional mention of a kopeck. Maybe you can sense it too the stubborn tiles in the soldiers’ shower room or the atmosphere of a residential suburb. I think the region is on the fringes of Russia, even though there is an airport there. And yet – the play written by the Siberian Presnyakov brothers depicts world in general, where violence is a real threat, where oppression and workplace bullying are commonplace and where one’s own boredom, cravings and Desires very easily trump caring for another person. Besides, Jukka Mallinen’s slang-spiced Finnish translation sets the tone to think that something can be universally true.
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