Production - The Diary of an Ugly Girl
The production takes the audience into the inner world of 14-year-old Malva — a girl whom her peers label as “ugly,” and whose life is filled with mockery, loneliness, and hiding. A black hood is her shield, and her diary the only place where she dares to write down her most painful thoughts.
Then Runo appears — a young man who looks beyond appearances and notices Malva’s sensitive and creative soul. Together with the other friends she meets along her journey, her world slowly begins to open up. Through them, she learns that beauty can lie precisely in fragility and difference.
“The Diary of an Ugly Girl” is a moving and honest coming-of-age story about courage, friendship, and hope. The production speaks to anyone who has ever felt left out — and shows that there is something beautiful in every person, waiting to be seen.
Author: Mari Kujanpää
Translator: Evelin Banhard
Director: Sander Pukk
Dramaturg: Reeli Reinaus
Set Designer: Annika Lindemann
Sound Designer: Ardo Ran Varres
Lighting Designer: Tarmo Matt
Cast: Maarja Tammemägi (Malva), Silva Pijon (Eetu, Siru), Tanel Ting (Runo), and Jürgen Gansen (Lauri, Silver)
The performance is one act, approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Recommended for young audiences aged 12 and up.
Premiere: 8 December 2025 at Kuressaare Theatre.
Valga Kultuurikeskus
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