Lot’s Wife
Lot’s Wife is a modern tragedy inspired by Euripides’ Medea, depicting a world where a child becomes too much for a single mother, and the help she asks for is too much for a busy society.
The play explores both what happens when the desire for freedom overrides responsibility, and the enduring tragedy in which adult performance-driven culture leads to the destruction of children.
At the Tragedy Competition at Railway Square, the audience voted the performance as their favorite.
“The text presents a clear and recognizable theme with compelling verbal tensions, while the interpretation reflects a carefully considered physical layer and an original approach in which subconscious and structured themes meet in a constant state of challenge. The poetic and the raw, the divine and the banal are constantly intertwined. In the midst of sorrow, laughter liberates.” — Suna Vuori, Helsingin Sanomat
- The play *Loot’s Wife* has been published in the *Kirja kerrallaan* series by Lasipalatsi Media Center.
- Lootin vaimo has also been released as a radio play, produced by YLE Radio Theater, broadcast on February 20, 2011.
Cast: Hanna Raiskinmäki (Lootin vaimo), Eero Enqvist, Piia Peltola, Eero Savela, Niina Tamminiemi, Riikka Pelkonen, Anna-Kaisa Niinikoski, Aino Ojanen, Paula Laurila, and Katariina Lantto
Script and direction: Miira Sippola
Music: Eero Savela
Choreography: Piia Peltola
Set design: Paula Koivunen
Costumes: Aili Ojalo
Lighting design: Jukka Kolimaa
Dramaturg: Maria Kilpi
Producer: Taina Linna, Production: Myllyteatteri, in collaboration with Ylioppilasteatteri
