Äänekosken Teatterin Varjolapset: Lukkari

Sat 23.5.2026
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Lukkari – One week. One class. A hundred feelings.

LUKKARI

Age 12+

One week. One class. A hundred feelings.

On 8B’s timetable are math, recess, and partner dancing. But between the lines there is much more: insecurity, crushes, pressure, loneliness, tough roles, and attempts to belong.

Lukkari follows a week in a middle school class where whispers fill the hallways, power is measured at cafeteria tables, and everyone tries to cope in their own way. Someone hides fear in jokes, someone tries to be invisible, someone builds a tougher version of themselves than they really are.

The performance is made up of young people’s own texts, scenes, and thoughts. On stage, riotous humor alternates with painful moments and the familiarly chaotic school routine. When the week’s last break arrives, something essential begins to surface: maybe no one is as sure of themselves as they let on.

Lukkari is a loud, sensitive, absurd, and honest portrait of youth at the moment when everything feels both too big and ridiculously small.

Welcome to 8B.

Performances:

19 May 19:00

23 May 16:00

28 May 19:00

- Mikko-sali, Kalevankatu 2, Äänekoski

- Tickets €10

Ticket reservations: www.aanekoskenteatteri.fi

The performance contains very strong language. Age 12+.

Director: Pilvi Honka

Äänekosken Teatterin Varjolapset