ITSEEN KIRJOITETTU

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Premiere 2026

Demo held:

23.11.2023

in Vallila Stage

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DESCRIPTION

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After the death of his father, the French sociologist Didier Eribon reconnects with his mother and goes back to home that he left thirty years ago. He then compares the transformation of French society and the personal transformation of his mother. Having left home because of the homophobic discourse at home, this coming back is a possibility for the protagonist to realize that what has motivated most of his actions and decisions in his life was shame.

 

Adapted by Timo Torikka, the Finnish version of this text superposes the introspective journey of the protagonist, Didier Eribon, with the personal considerations of the three Finnish performers reflecting on their lives as artists.

 

This performance based on autobiographical fiction, sociological examination, and collective memory proposes a new form of theatre: it fuses legendary Finnish political songs with re-enactments of iconic images from the Finnish national archive, creating a delicate, funny and lively inner journey into what we are not really able to admit to ourselves.

 

LANGUAGE

Finnish 

 

DURATION

Approximately 1h 45 min

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CREDITS

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Director: Davide Giovanzana

Based on a text by Didier Eribon's “Retour à Reims”

Suomennos : Timo Torikka

Dramaturgy Timo Torikka ja Davide Giovanzana 

Music : Maija Ruuskanen

Video design: Ilari Kallinen

Ligh design: Ville Virtanen

Set and costumes: Tinde Lappalainen

On stage:

Sinikka Sokka, Miiko Toiviainen, Timo Torikka and Maija Ruuskanen

Producer: Luc Gérardin

Production: Teatteri metamorfoosi​

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