Crime and Punishment

Q-teatteri

Based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Finnish translation by Olli Kuukasjärvi
Adapted and directed by Esa-Matti Smolander

Literature’s greatest crime story takes the stage in a furious frenzy.

It’s the hottest day of the hottest summer in history. Young theatre student Raskolnikov was a hometown prodigy, but everything’s gone to hell in Helsinki. A sure path to success has turned into a nightmare alley. But don’t worry! There’s a way out – and an axe.

Dire straits, love, obsession, radical thinking and moral dilemmas crash into each other in this theatrical merry-go-round featuring a phenomenal fourpiece. Dramatist Esa-Matti Smolander drops a Dostoevsky character into today’s capital city of Finland, showing the cold, dark side of humanity in a warm carnival of light.

”Q-teatteri’s actors dazzle with their teamwork.”
Lauri Meri, Helsingin Sanomat