Henrik Ibsen – Mikko Roiha
A DOLL’S HOUSE
Directed by Mikko Roiha
Premiere 8.9.2023
A Doll’s House – Scenes from a Divorce explores the themes of money and love, family and betrayal.
Directed by Mikko Roiha
On stage Aleksi Holkko, Niko Saarela, Vilma Melasniemi, Markus Riuttu ja Tiina Weckström
Directed and adapted by Mikko Roiha
Set and light design Mikko Roiha
Sound design Jani Rapo
Costume design Riitta Röpelinen
Make-up design Leila Mäkynen
Director’s assistant Tiiu Poikonen
English translation Sarka Hantula
Director Mikko Roiha, known for his fresh reinventions of well-known classics, is bringing Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (Nukkekoti in Finnish) to KOM-teatteri in autumn 2023.
Henrik Ibsen was an “enfant terrible” of his own time, a fearless and innovative artist, who is considered the father of modern drama. Starting out as a romantic family drama, A Doll’s House shook people with its sharp criticism of Victorian marriage norms and women’s repressed position. It still intertwines with ever-current themes of equality and human dignity.
Roiha’s interpretation is set in a small Finnish town in early 2000’s. The themes of money and love, family and betrayal are now being explored in remote surroundings of Ostrobothnia.
Aleksi Holkko is seen alongside Niko Saarela as the main couple struggling in their relationship. Vilma Melasniemi, Tiina Weckström and Markus Riuttu play the other roles.
”All happy families resemble each other, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” states Leo Tolstoy at the beginning of Anna Karenina. ”Who has the right to an unhappy marriage?” asks Mikko Roiha.
Mikko Roiha is a distinctive theater director who has received the State Award for Stage Art for his work as “an original theater maker and a traveler of his own path”.
A Doll’s House – Scenes from a Divorce premieres on September 8th, 2023. English translation is provided!
All performances will have English surtitles
Running time of A Doll’s House is about 2 hours 5 minutes including intermission
Trigger warnings: violence, threat of sexual violence. The performance includes loud sounds. Age guidance: 15 +.
DATES
SEPTEMBER
Wed 6.9. at 19 (preview)
Thurs 7.9. at 19 (preview)
Fri 8.9. at 19 (premiere)
Tues 12.9. at 19
Wed 13.9. at 19
Fri 15.9. at 19
Sat 16.9. at 15
Tues 19.9. at 19
Wed 20.9. at 19
Fri 22.9. at 19
Sat 23.9. at 19
Tues 26.9. at 19
Wed 27.9. at 19
Fri 29.9. at 19
Sat 30.9. at 15OCTOBER
Tues 3.10. at 19
Wed 4.10. at 19
Fri 6.10. at 19
Sat 7.10. at 19
Tues 10.10. at 19
Wed 11.10. at 19
Fri 13.10. at 19
Sat 14.10. at 15
Tues 17.10. at 19
Wed 18.10. at 19
Fri 20.10. at 19
Sat 21.10. at 19
Tues 24.10. at 19
Wed 25.10. at 19
Fri 27.10. at 19
Sat 28.10. at 15NOVEMBER
Tues 7.11. at 19
Wed 8.11. at 19
Fri 10.11. at 19
Sat 11.11. at 15
Tues 14.11. at 19
Wed 15.11. at 19
Sat 18.11. at 19
Tues 21.11. at 19
Wed 22.11. at 19
Fri 24.11. at 19
Sat 25.11. at 19
Tues 28.11. at 19
Wed 29.11. at 19DECEMBER
Fri 1.12 at 19.00
Sat 2.12. at 15.00
Tues 5.12. at 19.00
Fri 8.12. at 19.00
Sat 9.12. at 19.00TICKETS FROM KOM-THEATER’S BOX OFFICE
€36 standard ticket
€32 pensioners and groups (min. 20 people)
€20 students and unemployed
€18 student groups (min. 20 students)KOM-theater’s box officeKapteeninkatu 26 (about 30 meters from theater’s main entrence)Opening hours Mon-Fri 12-17(09) 6841841kom-teatteri@kom-teatteri.fiTICKETS FROM LIPPU.FI
€40.10 standard ticket
€35.60 pensioners
€22.60 students and unemployed+ service fees (from 1.50 € / order www.lippu.fi)