Acclaimed Finnish writer and director Saara Turunen presents her latest stage work, Hyenans dagar (Hyena Days), in an autumn 2025 run at Helsinki’s Swedish-language Lilla Teatern (Little Theatre). In November, audiences at Staatstheater Hannover in Germany will see the production in German, also directed by Turunen herself. Based on Turunen’s 2024 Finnish-language novel, the play follows one woman’s journey through fertility treatments, intertwining personal experience with broader social themes. “We are transferring the design directly from Helsinki to Hannover, but of course a new language area and cultural context always bring some changes,” says Turunen. The German premiere of Die Tage der Hyäne takes place on November 14, 2025.