Description
Myllyteatteri and Helsinki 98's anarchist tragicomedy dives into the dark core of a burdened mind. HUOLTO 4:18 is an anarchist tragicomedy created in collaboration between Myllyteatteri and Helsinki 98, where humour bursts into the air and reveals something we would not want to see. The performance opens a raw picture of the mental landscape of a single institution worker in a time when the resources of the precarious class are finally drained to empty. The site-specific performance built in the old Vuosaari high school invites the viewer into the middle of a crumbling school building. It breathes dust and the past. On stage, we see one person: an old clown and current institution cleaner, Myrsky Hartikainen. The school is closed and his own future is threatened. All that remains is a storage room full of memories – and insomnia that eats at the edges of reason. The performance draws inspiration from Kae Tempest's album Let Them Eat Chaos, Todd Phillips' film Joker, and Sarah Kane's play 4.48 Psychosis. The multidisciplinary team consists of creators of object theatre, performance art, clowning, and absurd theatre, creating a stage language that is simultaneously grotesque, touchingly unpredictable, and sharply precise. At the core of the work is dark clown aesthetics: nothing is sacred and everything is possible. This clown does not comfort – the clown reveals. TEAM Direction: Jaakko Kiljunen, Dramaturg: Maiju Tainio, On stage: Iika Hartikainen, Music composition and sound design: Lehmus Murtomaa, Set and lighting design: Pavel Semchenko, Costume design: Aniisia Kronidova, Dramaturgical discussion: Riina Subra, Producer: Juliane Mikkonen, Co-production: Myllyteatteri and Teatteri Helsinki 98, Poster, teaser, photos: Minja Yletyinen. PERFORMANCE INFO Duration 60 min, Age recommendation K13, Language Finnish. PREMIERE Premiere was on 28.5.2026 at 18.00 at Vuosaaren Tilajakamo. ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS To Vuosaaren Tilajakamo (Vuosaarentie 7): By metro: Vuosaari stop, walk left from the metro's Columbus exit, walk towards Vuotalo's main entrance, opposite which is the former Vuosaari high school, now Vuosaaren tilajakamo. The walk from the metro to Tilajakamo takes 3 minutes. By car: There is a parking lot at Vuosaarentie 7.