Risen from the Dead

Kuopion kaupunginteatteri

Written by Maiju Lassila
Directed and dramatized by Juha Hurme
Songs composed by Mika Paasivaara

An ageless comedy where everything is for sale – even your identity.

Juha Hurme’s stage adaptation of Maiju Lassila’s late-period novel Risen from the Dead (1916) proves that national literature is an enduring source of wisdom and entertainment.

Dockhand Jönni Lumperi wins some money and travels to Kuopio, where he gets mistaken for Jöns Lundberg, a successful businessman. Things escalate until the bubble bursts, and millions turn into zeros. Hurme draws parallels between Lassila’s story and today’s financial market with its quarterly reports, options, schemes and bankruptcies.

”Lassila’s wild prose gets an irresistible stage treatment. … the acting is top-notch.”
Iikka Taavitsainen, Savon Sanomat