Enigmatic Variations, created by five theatres, premieres at the Helsinki City Theatre

On 30 August, the Helsinki City Theatre’s studio in Pasila will premiere Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s Enigmatic Variations as  a co-production of five theatres. During the autumn and next spring, the play will also tour other partner theatres: Hämeenlinna Theatre, Kuopio City Theatre, Logomo Theatre and Riihimäki Theatre. The roles are played by Heikki Kinnunen and Ilkka Heiskanen, who return to the stage of the Helsinki City Theatre.

Journalist Erik Larsen (Heiskanen) comes to meet Nobel Prize-winning author Abel Znorko (Kinnunen) and is close to being shot. The shooter is the writer Znorko, and the interview does not go according to plan. The men measure each other, and the verbal struggle inevitably meanders towards a surprising shared secret. Written by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the story sprawls, changes, makes a U-turn and holds its grip until the very last second.

The play Enigmatic Variations has been translated into Finnish by Leo Kontula and directed by Sakari Kirjavainen.

One of the most interesting names in French theatre, Schmitt’s plays have previously been performed at the Helsinki City Theatre in Enigmatic Variations (1998), Oscar and Mamma Roosa (2005) and The Crime of Einstein (2014).

 
Enigmatic Variations premiere 30.8.2017 and performances until 25.11. at the Helsinki City Theatre’s studio in Pasila (Ratamestarinkatu 5)
Tickets 18 – 36 € (incl. pm)