Aina
Daddy has gone to heaven and Mom is unable to get up from the sofa. 11-year old Aina is saddled with the responsibilty for her home and her little brother. Even the school can't provide a fixed point, when the substitute teachers keep coming and going. Her birthday is approaching and Aina doesn't even know how to make a cake... But perhaps somewhere you can also find help and caring. At least the new substitute and the strangely bright man next door do their best, in their own strange ways.
Kati Kaartinen's play, which won the 2009 Lea Award for the best Finnish play, mixes realism and fairy tale in its depiction of the world of childhood and its collision with the rougher side of life. The poetic, moving and tartly funny play appeals to both children and parents
