New Karleby
"You see I just thought like I'm really supposed to support and protect people, and be there at crash scenes fast, and it's like really difficult to choose one's driving routes so one doesn't come across people you owe money. And then it's sort of like embarrassing, when one comes across a major disaster, and one should try to save lives, and then you feel relieved when someone dies, because no matter who the victim is, if he's from anywhere this side of Finland it's someone you owe at least a million. That's your mother there then, trying to kick people's arteries and get their drops mixed to somehow curb your debts just a little..."
Piano Larsson returns to Kokkola from Greenland upon the collapse of the new society and his marriage of convenience. He no longer is what he once was, so he decides to transform into something else, preferably a grandma. That means it's time for lessons in grandmahood, which are provided by his next-door neighbour, the actor Elli Frolov. Meanwhile, Arijoutsi tries to recapture the old feeling of community, but Lömmarkki has found Jesus. Piano's father Kaulus is forced to shepherd spotted hyenas brought over from Africa whose existence revolves around scrounging. No wonder the hyena boy Euroloordi gets bored and wants to become human.
The Arctic Trilogy comes to a worthy conclusion in a play where the fundamental questions of life – love, family, and what it really means to be human – are resolved in the familiar raunchy, blunt style. Everyone wants to change, everyone needs help, but who will dare to ask for it?
