Comedy 'Swallows of the Homeland' in Tori

A small Estonian village drama group, Virmaline, decides to stage a musical about the War of Independence. But just as in the original war, many men are nowhere to be found, so the leading roles fall to the women again.

While they stage it, the play peels back layers of rural life today: crumbling public buildings and the lack of money to repair them, villages emptying out, passive family relationships, drinking, intolerance of difference, and the search for belonging and identity.

Author: Andrus Kivirähk. Director and composer: Ingrid Ulst. Sound and lighting: Hanno Teppo. Cast from Alle-Saija Theatre Studio, including Merike Ingver, Liivia Vaas, Doris Pavlov, Ingrid Ulst, Meelis Vahtramäe and others.

Two acts, 2 hours 20 minutes including interval. Tickets: advance €10, concession €8 (pensioners, students); at the door €12, concession €10.

Sunday 15 November, 14:00, Tori Village Cultural Centre (Tori Rahvamaja), Võlli tee 4, Tori.