JÄLKI in Iisalmi in spring 2026

How do you survive when the world tips off its axis? What happens inside a person when security crumbles, familiar structures collapse and tomorrow becomes unpredictable? Why does one person make it through, but another does not?

JÄLKI (Trace) is a moving and timely performance about hope and despair in a world where weapons do the talking and fear draws borders between people. It examines the traces a crisis leaves in the body, the mind and the landscape, and at those that can lead towards change.

The piece takes the audience into a reality overshadowed by war and conflict. How does a person rebuild themselves when everything familiar is gone? Where is hope born amid destruction? And can something new grow out of despair?

Written and performed by: Milja Mehtonen and Jani Riiki

Music: Topi Marin and Vesa Virtanen

The performance lasts about 60 minutes.

Tickets €15 / €10. Teatteri Sujo supporter ticket €20

Premiere Saturday 28 March, 3 pm, Iisalmi Youth Centre

Performances:

Premiere Sat 28 March 2026, 3 pm, Iisalmi Youth Centre
Thu 2 April, 5 pm, Koljonvirta Teatteri Areena
Fri 3 April, 6 pm, Koljonvirta Teatteri Areena
Thu 9 April, 5 pm, Koljonvirta Teatteri Areena
Fri 10 April, 6 pm, Koljonvirta Teatteri Areena
Sun 12 April, 3 pm, Honkamäki village hall
Wed 22 April, 6 pm, Koljonvirta Teatteri Areena
Fri 24 April, 6 pm, Pörsänmäki Youth Association hall
Sat 25 April, 3 pm, Runni school