{"id":142993,"date":"2025-01-30T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/?p=142993"},"modified":"2025-01-28T10:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T08:07:16","slug":"revenge-is-black-as-the-river-of-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/revenge-is-black-as-the-river-of-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Revenge is black as the river of hell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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“Black as the river of hell,” is how Kullervo describes his story, even before it has begun. The audience falls silent, one man’s war against his own destiny begins.<\/p>\n

VAT Theatre’s Kullervo is about anger, revenge, and above all the wrong choices that lead the story’s anti-hero inexorably towards its miserable end.<\/p>\n

A fratricidal war has destroyed Kullervo’s family. The only survivor is Kullervo, a beautiful, yellow-haired young man growing up in slavery in his father’s brother’s house. What will Kullervo, born of noble blood and called a slave by all, do? The play sweeps the audience along like a river that cannot be escaped.<\/p>\n

Kullervo can see no further than his next step. He does everything with vigour: dreams, kills, dreams – even makes love. Too late, the young man realises that anger does not bring justice, but destroys everything around him.<\/p>\n

The tragic tale of Kullervo, is one of the great stories of the Kalevala, by Elias L\u00f6nnrot<\/b>. In this rendition, directed by Aare Toikka<\/strong>, Kullervo rises in search of a just world and freedom on the VAT theatre stage. The title role is played by P\u00e4\u00e4ru Oja<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Kullervo premiered on January 23 and the next performances will take place on the main stage of the VAT Theatre on February 19, February 20,  <\/span>March 24 and March 25.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the screenings can be bought from <\/span>Piletimaailm<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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