A World Without Adults

A World Without Adults
Written by
Laura Ruohonen
Directed by
Matti Raita
Production dramaturg
Laura Ruohonen
Cast
Antonia Henn, Edith Holmström, Markus Riuttu, Salla Loper
Set and costume design
Ia Ensterä
Lighting and sound design, and music by
Jukka Hannukainen
Props
Ann-Louise Gauffin
Costume construction
Jonna Helin
Set construction
Jannike Store
Makeup
Laura Juvonen
Audience engagement
Minna Valkama-Ojanen
Producer
Jonna Sundberg
Illustration and graphic design
Jenny Haapimaa
Performance details
World Premiere in finnish:
19 September 2026
World Premiere in Swedish:
13 February 2027
Duration
2 hours
Age recommendation
7+

A clever and humorous play

Kolme lasta ja teksti maailma ilman aikuisia.
What would a World Without Adults look like? What are adults needed for? And why do adults need children?

The multi-award-winning playwright Laura Ruohonen has written a new play for Unga Teatern. During the development process, she interviewed more than one hundred children. What would children change about the world if they were the ones in charge?

Two wildly enthusiastic professors have developed a method that transforms children into fully grown adults in a single second. But do children really want to grow up instantly? When the plan goes disastrously wrong, the child rebels’ secret world is revealed—a grown-up-free zone where wild animals run amok, candy is eaten by the kilo, stuffed animals come to life, and dogs train adults who have fallen into the coffee trap. But there is also a mysterious dark corner lurking within.

Laura Ruohonen’s vibrant and insightful fantasy play explores the power struggle between children and adults in a funny, surprising, and moving way. Bursting with energy, linguistic fireworks, rebellion, and heart, it ultimately asks the question: why do adults and children need one another?

It pays to be a child when it’s time to be one—so you won’t regret it later!

Laura Ruohonen is known for her children’s poetry, her successful family musicals, and the TV series Yökyöpelit. A World Without Adults is the first collaboration between Laura Ruohonen and Unga Teatern.

Finnish-language performance run: (19 September – 10 October 2026 and 14–24 April 2027)
Swedish-language performance run:  (13 February – 10 April 2027)

Read more here

For more information, tickets and bookings:
Unga Teatern
Tel. +358 9 86208200
Email: info( )ungateatern.fi

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