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Not paid! Not paid! -play's premiere will be celebrated in Imatra on Saturday
Not paid! Not paid! premieres at Teatteri Imatra on Saturday 23.10 October. 16 o'clock.
The play is a social satire about the lives of ordinary people, where everyday life turns into a tragicomedy. The work deals with current issues such as the rising cost of living, the everyday life of temporary workers, the position of women and the changes brought about by globalization.
The story starts when Maire's "cup turns upside down". The price of food has skyrocketed, and a number of women are finding it necessary.
The women start a pay strike, and Maire joins the strikers. The matter slips to the side of illegality and the farce is complete.
Fo's humor springs from everyday insights
The play was written by the Nobel Prize-winning author Dario Fo. Fo was an Italian playwright, theater director and actor born in 1926.
He was a well-known social influencer through his art. He fought against organized crime, bribery and corruption and criticized the double standards of the Catholic Church.
However, he always expressed criticism through comedy.
-Fo was a great humorist and comedian. The laughter in his comedies stems from everyday insights, social considerations and accurate observation of human nature, director Tuija Töyräs says.
The first performance of the play was seen in 1974 in Milan's Palazzina Liberty. The play, which can be seen at Imatra, has been translated and adapted into Finnish Pentti Järvinen.
Directed by Tuija Töyräken, the story moves to Imatra this fall. Acting in the roles Aki Honkatukia, Ulla-Maija Järnstedt, Kari Kinnari, Marko Kurikka, Antti Laine ja Eeva Mäenpää.
He did the costume design for the play Marja Liukkonen, is responsible for the lights Jukka Parviainen and sound design Keijo Miettinen.
The premiere will be celebrated at Teatteri Imatra on Saturday 23.10 October. at 16 p.m. Screenings continue on 15.12. until. Ticket sales for the shows are underway on the theater's website.
For more information:
Contact director Tuija Töyräkse through communications expert Jonna Mielonen-Jumisko: jonna.mielonen-jumisko
imatra.fi (jonna[dot]mielonen-jumisko[at]imatra[dot]fi), tel. 020 617 2231
Not paid! Not paid! Theater in Imatra
- Premiere on Saturday 23.10. at 16 p.m
- The performances continue on 15.12. until
- Tickets €29, senior citizens, students and the unemployed €27, children under 16 €17
Tuija Töyräs
Tuija Töyräs is an artist from Helsinki with versatile experience in theater and television as an actor, director, dramaturg and playwright.
Töyräs has worked in several theaters in different parts of Finland. Before coming to Imatra, he directed Astrid Lindgren Katto Kassinen's children's comedy to Lahti City Theatre. Töyräs has also worked at Jyväskylä City Theatre, Helsinki City Theater and Kuopio City Theatre, among others.
In addition to theater, Töyräs has played roles in television series and films. She played, among other things, the municipal manager Helena Östelä in TV 2's popular country comedy Pirunpelto.