HUOLTO 4:18

HUOLTO 4:18 is an anarchist tragicomedy created as a co-production between Myllyteater and Helsinki 98. The play opens a brutal window into the inner world of an institutional worker - in an era when the resources of the precariat are completely exhausted.

The performance is site-specific: it is built into the old Vuosaari high school, and the audience is invited into a decaying school building. On stage is one character - an old clown and current institutional janitor Iika Hartikainen. The school is closed, the future threatened - all that remains is a storage room full of memories and insomnia that gnaws at the edges of reason.

The work 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 combines object theatre, performance art, clowning, and absurd theatre - at its core is dark clown aesthetics: nothing is sacred and everything is possible.

Direction/script: Jaakko Kiljunen
Dramaturgy: Maiju Tainio
On stage: Iika Hartikainen
Music composition and sound design: Lehmus Murtomaa
Set and lighting design: Pavel Semchenko
Costume design: Aniisia Kronidova
Dramaturgy discussion: Riina Subra
Producer: Juliane Mikkonen
Poster and teasers: Minja Yletyinen

Premiere Thu 28.5.2026 at 18.00, Vuosaaren tilajakamo. Other performances:
Sat 30.5. at 19
Sun 31.5. at 19
Wed 3.6. at 19
Thu 4.6. at 18 (!)
Sun 7.6. at 15 (!) - audience discussion after the performance
Tue 9.6. at 19
Wed 10.6. at 19 - audience discussion after the performance
Thu 11.6. at 18 (!)
Wed 17.6. at 19

Tickets: 25 € / standard ticket, 22 € / pensioners, 18 € / concession, 29 € / supporter ticket, 8 € / pay what you can. Duration 1 h. Age recommendation K13. The performance is in Finnish.