Photo by Christopher Hurst
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Performances
May 12, 13 & 14, 2023
No Wonder! is a one-act comedy with a cast of six - three men and three women.
Written in 1885 while Matti Kurikka was in Helsinki, Finland, the play is a romantic romp of mistaken identity.
This production is generously supported by the Finnish theatre company, Sointulan ystävät ty (Friends of Sointula), and the band Matti Kurikan luomispäivät (Matti Kurikka's Creative Days).
We are very grateful to Tero Leskinen, and all the artists involved, for your incredible gift.
We are very grateful to Tero Leskinen, and all the artists involved, for your incredible gift.
Matti Kurikka (1863-1915) is best known in Finnish and Finnish-Canadian history as the charismatic utopian socialist who founded the Sointula communal settlement in BC in 1901, and as an important figure in the turn-of-the-century Finnish labour movement. But he also wrote plays in an early stage of his life. "Ihme Kos Tuo!" (No Wonder!) premiered in 1885. Other plays include: "Viimeinen Ponnistus" (Finals Conflict) in 1884, "Aili" in 1887, and "Aarimaisessa Talossa" (In the Farthest House) in 1886. He also published a collection of short stories in 1886: "Pilvenhattaroita" (Whisps of Clouds). He wrote numerous pamphlets on philosophy, temperance, labour, sexual equality and free love, and theology.
Matti Kurikka
