Pikkujättiläinen
In the eyes of the world, family problems seem like small scale predicaments, but on the personal level they lead to huge tragedies. For someone losing their child, the ecological disaster lurking in our western way of life seems irrevelant. How is one to settle decisions in life: on the small scale or on the big scale of things?
Ever since she was a child, scientist Kristiina Suxén has wanted to do something that would benefit the whole world. She spends her nights at the laboratory and her family always comes second to her career. Her 17-year old son Karo would urgently need some attention and her partner Markus woudn't mind some help with the situation at home. Approaching her 40's, Kristiina wants another child as fast possible.
She is on the brink of an enourmous breakthrough with her research on renewable energy sources, when she is not appointed for the office she had wanted at the univesity. Taken aback she leaves the academic world to venture into the private sector. Her new job is abroad and that's not the only challenge. Karo is rapidly slipping away of her reach and her relationship with Markus is falling apart. Then again she might have found the solution for the oil shortage. What in the end of day is most important right now?
Krohn has written a wonderfully witty, warm and tragic drama, with one of the most controversial female characters of contemporary theatre. With a masterly combination of global and family crises, Krohn succeeds in painting a vivid picture of what it means to be living in our time.
