Letting Go
THE FINNISH NATIONAL THEATRE
Written by Heini Junkkaala, based on the writings, interviews and improvisations of Nelly Juulia Kärkkäinen and Gitta Oksanen
Directed by Heini Junkkaala; dramaturge Elina Snicker
How to mourn something that never was?
Letting Go deals with unwanted childlessness. What happens when you have to give up wishing for something? Could there be some sort of ritual for these goodbyes?
This is a piece about abandoning a dream and feeling sad about an unfulfilled wish, but it’s also a celebration of everything that came true: living on a windy island, a golden retriever who loves boating, and a very direct mother-daughter relationship.
Written and directed for the National Theatre by Heini Junkkaala, this third installment in a documentary stage trilogy is based on actor Nelly Juulia Kärkkäinen’s personal experiences of wanting to have a child, getting treatment for infertility and giving up hope. The play also marks the stage debut of Kärkkäinen’s mother Gitta Oksanen.
”Director Heini Junkkaala’s latest work breaks your heart, but then reassembles it.”
Eeli Vilhunen, Demokraatti newspaper (text in Finnish)
TTT EINO SALMELAINEN
Hämeenpuisto 28
38 / 34 € Teatterikesä | 41,50 / 37,50 € Lippu.fi
- Fri 11.8. 19.00Buy ticket
- Sat 12.8. 13.00Buy ticket
Duration 1h 40min
Performed in Finnish, subtitled in English via mobile app
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Photo: Heidi Piiroinen
Actors and team
Directed by
Heini Junkkaala
Written by (based on the writings, interviews and improvisations of Nelly Juulia Kärkkäinen and Gitta Oksanen)
Heini Junkkaala
Dramaturge
Elina Snicker
Set and costume design
K. Rasila
Light and video design
Titus Torniainen
Sound design
Esa Mattila
Dramaturgic interlocutor
Marjatta Junkkaala