| Original name |
Tyttömutantti |
| Kirjoittajat |
Michael Baran |
| Original language |
Finnish |
| Premiere year |
1991 |
| Theater |
Teatteri Pieni Suomi / Theatre Little Finland |
| Keywords |
Drama |
Performances abroad
Endla Teater, Pärnu, Estonia 1996;
Odense Teater, Denmark 1996
Synopsis
Characters: 5 female, 2 male
The Autio family lives in different countries: the father in Switzerland, the mother in Finland. The mother, Maria Autio, is an architect. She has stayed in her home country to look after the two teenage daughters Oona and Iina. Oona is a girl mutant, a boy girl who is overshadowed by her brother Antti’s death. She has herself assumed the male role in the family and takes care of her sister and her mother. Iina, on the threshold to adulthood, is searching for her own femininity. She is hypochondriac and fears that her life will end before it has even started. The girls’ mother is lonely and unhappy.
The family’s neighbours are Toini Kaisla who clings to her daughter Saara refusing her to detach herself and the strange German upstairs who calls himself a doctor and who becomes the key figure for the Autio women. They are drawn to this strange man and with his help the knot of problems starts to come undone. The end is bright, mother Autio takes an important decision and so does the Kaisla daughter.
Translations
| Language |
English |
| Translation name |
The Girl Mutant |
| Translators |
Eva Buchwald |
| Julkaisija |
Finnish Theatre magazine |
| Copies available |
TINFO Theatre Info Finland, tinfo(at)teatteri.org |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, www.sunklo.fi |
| Language |
Swedish |
| Translation name |
Mutationsflickan |
| Translators |
Lars G. Thelestam |
| Copies available |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, www.sunklo.fi |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, www.sunklo.fi |
| Language |
Estonian |
| Translation name |
Mutanttüdruk |
| Translators |
Ülev Aaloe |
| Copies available |
Eesti Näitemänguagentuur / Estonian Drama Agency, ena(at)kul.ee |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, www.sunklo.fi |
| Language |
Danish |
| Translation name |
Skillevejen 7 |
| Translators |
Troels Il Munk |
| Copies available |
Odense Teater, post(at)odenseteater.dk |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, www.sunklo.fi |