Anniversary – Vuosipäivä
Every year on 24 January, identical twins of a certain age prepare to celebrate the birthday of an absentee. Stuck in their own meditations, lonely, childless and useless, on the margins of the world, they share their defeats. Despite their lapses into gloomy thoughts, they remain optimistic, still waiting for a small spark to light up the darkness of fragile happiness for a moment.
This tragedy of physical comedy is part of a trilogy by the Martinquen playwright Alfred Alexandre on the theme of the absent person.
On stage you will see Kallo and Rinta-Opas aka Kylmä and Kalma, born in 2000 at the Q Theatre’s Lumottu Saari.
The main language of the performance is physical theatre, but in the sum of clownery and tragedy there may be glimpses of languages such as French and English in addition to Finnish.
The performance will have its world premiere in Rovaniemi at the Culture House Wiljami as part of the Rimpparemmi’s Visitor Stage. The first French-language version visited the Les Tréteaux du Maroni festival in French Guiana in April 2024.
The performance lasts about 1 hour.
Text: Alfred Alexandre
Directed: Ewlyne Guillaume
Performers: Jenni Kallo and Niina Rinta-Opas
Music: Harri Kuusijärvi
Sound design: Lauri Uusitalo
Lighting design: Michael Creusy / Atte Herd
Stage design: working group
Costume design: Reija Laine (Q-teatteri/Lumottu Saari)
Production:
Kallo § Rinta-Opas
Centre dramatique Kokolampoe / Emilie Blettery
Supported by:
Dance Theatre Rimpparemmi
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Lapland Fund
Institut Française
Culture Moves Europe