I saw Zorro the musical in Kajaani with my friend Hanna. Kajaani is far away from Espoo, and going there took six hours in train. I actually managed to forget what time the train would leave; I remembered it would leave 12:19PM and not 11:19AM. So I left in quite hurry, but I managed not to miss the train. I forgot my headphones, but Hanna was lovely and borrowed hers to me. The journey was not easy per se, as there is so little room in the train, but surprisingly the six hours went quite fast. We arrived at the hotel, left our stuff there and went to the theatre. We were originally supposed to go there in 22th, but the event got cancelled, so we went there in 30th. So we spent the May Day there, I would have loved to see my friends that day, but we can't always have what we want.
The musical itself was pretty good. It had a lot of energy, the songs were fine even though none of them really stood out, and the singing was pretty good. They had some of the orchestra players on stage in costumes, which was a nice touch. Zorro was played by Jukka Peltola and he was pretty good. He had a nice voice and presence. What I was a bit disappointed with, was that there was not a lot of sword fighting, but he did his fighting pretty well.
The actress that stole the show was Maija Pihlajaoja. She played Inez, a woman in love with Diego, and she was such a strong and fun character. Pihlajaoja sung really well, she probably had the best voice of the cast, and her movements and attitude was so great to the character. Her dress also looked super cool.
Another woman in love with Diego was Luisa, played by Satu Turunen. She looked very Nordic, she was pale with blonde hair, and that really did not give me a feeling of a latina. Her voice also was not the strongest, but I still liked her. Her acting was pretty good, and her more calm attitude was a fun contrast with Inez's fiery one.
The villain of the story was Ramon, Diego's brother. The story basically was that Diego went to Spain and never returned, and Ramon, his power-thirsty brother, had kidnapped their father, said he was dead, and made himself as the governor. Ramon was so over the top evil and I loved it. He hanged two boys for treason for no reason, and there was even a scene where he had a whip, suggesting that he whipped people. The actor, Tom Salminen, was also quite Nordic looking, with blond hair and pale skin. In the end of course it is revealed that their father was alive and Ramon got killed.
Like I said, I could not really remember any of the songs, they were very similar, but I appreciate the actors' energy. In the end we talked one of the ensemble cast, told her that we were in a train for six hours just for this musical, and when she asked what musicals we wanted to see, I of course said Tanz der Vampire, which she had said seen in Vienna. She also said she'll tell forward about the musical I had suggested. After the musical we went to a bar for few drinks, it was May Day after all, but we did not stay long because we needed to wake up next day early. Anyway, it was a great experience, and even though Kajaani's theather is a small one in the middle of nowhere, it was still pretty good. In this year I am going to see the Finnish version of Anastasia the musical, in Kotka I will see The Addams Family musical, which I saw earlier in Jyväskylä, and at the end of the year, the British version of Cats will be touring in Finland.
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