Santeri Kinnunen and Risto Kaskilahti as the main stars of The Hound of the Baskervilles
In autumn 2021, Helsinki City Theatre will premiere The Hound of the Baskervilles, and on the Arena stage, you can follow the work of the world’s most famous detective Sherlock Holmes, enjoy virtuoso acting and thrill how top comedians will cope with the almost impossible challenge of lightning-fast role changes.
Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of the detective comedy The Hound of the Baskervilles (2015) is based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s well-known classic The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901). The Hound of the Baskervilles) and combines a powerful detective story that has been remembered by many with fast-paced theatrical play.
The main roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are played by veteran virtuosos Santeri Kinnunen and Risto Kaskilahti, and the other 34 roles in the play are handled with super-fast role changes by just three actors. The challenge is taken up by amazing comedians Emilia Sinisalo, Sauli Suonpää and Mikko Virtanen.
The play, translated into Finnish by Reita Lounatvuori, is directed by Sakari Hokkanen, who has been familiar with The Hound of the Baskervilles since his school days.
“I still remember how exciting and a little scary the story was. My inner little boy is happy that I now get to bring my own interpretation of the world of Sherlock Holmes to the stage.”
In The Hound of the Baskervilles , master detective Holmes (Santeri Kinnunen) encounters the strangest case of his career. On the misty moors of Devon, the men of the Baskerville family are haunted by a curse. Legend has it that Sir Hugo Baskerville was killed at the teeth of a nightmarish monster dog. A hundred years later, the heir to the Baskervilles is found mysteriously dead, with the tracks of a huge dog next to him. Sherlock Holmes and his loyal sidekick Dr. Watson (Risto Kaskilahti) begin to investigate the mystery. They face a dangerous opponent and soon the life of yet another Baskerville is threatened.
The set design for the detective comedy set in 19th-century England was designed by Katariina Kirjavainen and the costumes by Elina Vättö. The lighting design is by Paavo Kykkänen and the sound design by Jaakko Virmavirta. The camouflage was designed by Aino Hyttinen.
Author Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes and the modern detective novel. He was a versatile and diligent writer who wrote not only detective novels, but also historical novels, plays, poems and non-fiction. The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the best-known Sherlock Holmes novels and one of the immortal classics of crime fiction, and no less than twenty film adaptations have been made of it.
Ken Ludwig, who dramatized the play, is an American writer and theatre director, whose works have previously been performed at HKT in Diva (2005) and Tenors in the Broth (2017).
The Hound of the Baskervilles premieres in autumn 2021 on the Arena stage of the Helsinki City Theatre (Hämeentie 2), the exact premiere date will be announced later. The performances for October-December are now on sale.
Tickets: Student ticket 23 € (Mon-Thu), Pensioner ticket 43 € (Mon-Thu), Basic ticket 46 €
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