Buster Keaton på månens baksida

Wasa Teater – Lokala upplevelser i världsklass
Sandögatan 7, 65100 Vasa

A magical and hopeful show about two children
who survive in a family where you always have to tiptoe.

Have you ever wished you could escape to the dark side of the moon? Buster Keaton does that sometimes. She and her little brother Harpo live in a home that isn’t always very nice, and where the parents aren’t always very good at being grown-ups.
When Buster Keaton was little, she was in a performance. The show was about Buster’s mom and dad getting into a fight. Buster would take the blows. But the show was banned – you can’t hit children to make others laugh.

Now the fights aren’t make-believe anymore. Daddy Joe has a temper and Mommy Myra has a migraine. One day, everything comes to a head when the Keaton family receives a letter from the authorities… How do you act like a normal family?

USK + WT
Unga Scenkompaniet and Wasa Teater are co-producing the play, which is aimed at families and primary schools in Ostrobothnia. The play is written by Gunilla Linn Persson and was successfully performed at Unga Klara in Stockholm in 2021 and 2023, directed by Suzanne Osten. It is a farcical story about two children in a dysfunctional family where the parents are unable to be parents. The play deals with children’s loyalty, vulnerability, creativity and survival in an amusing and moving way.
The music is composed by Rickard Eklund and performed live on stage, Alexandra Mangs is responsible for the playful choreography and Annika Åman for the direction of this vital performance for both children and adults.

Duration: 2 hours including intermission.