Note: No longer in repertoire!

An angry widow takes matters into her own hands, spectacularly and unashamedly. Laughter is loud and tears cannot be avoided! The empowering, sensitizing and lushly funny Vihainen leski plays nostalgic Finnish hits and disco songs from the best decades. 

Ulla-Riitta Rauskio, aka Ullis, has lived her whole life like a decent person
Includes: Married, had two children, looked after the house, worked. The marriage did not bring happiness, and when his wife dies, the dutiful Ullis faces a new phase in life. He has never lived the way he would have wanted to. The death of a spouse frees the caregiver from prison, and the widow can finally start enjoying life.

But how do you take control of your own life and how do you enjoy life to the fullest? What would the new identity of the previously uniformly pale brown Ullis be like?

Is hot yoga appropriate? What about afternoon champagne and Tinder? Or should we focus on grandchildren and fruit machines?

A lot has changed since Ullis was last on the free market, but luckily his friends Pike, Hellu and Valtonen guide him through senior discos, hot yoga and surprise dates.  Ullis’ new life begins and brings with it both joy and renunciation – and perhaps also that great love.

“The Angry Widow is one of the great plays of the Helsinki City Theatre this autumn.” Uusi Suomi 15.10.2019 – Anja Kuoppa

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