My Cat's Nine Lives

Tuomo Railo's monologue is based on T.S. Eliot's cat-themed poems. Railo's narrator, an elderly cat enthusiast named Mr. Tassukainen, sits down among the audience and announces: "I've moved in here!" He asks the spectators about their pets, steers the conversation toward cats, and begins telling stories about his own cat Hermione and her siblings, relatives, and acquaintances - including reflections on how difficult it is to name a cat and how one should address a cat.

The psychological precision of T.S. Eliot's poems and Jaakko Yli-Juonikas's translation (The Cat Language - A Stumbling Dictionary, Otava 2018) are aimed at both children and adults.

Texts: T.S. Eliot (trans. Jaakko Yli-Juonikas)
Script, direction, visual design: Tuomo Railo
Lighting design: Ville Virtanen
Magic trick design: Robert Jägerhorn
Performer: Tuomo Railo