Fundamentalist

“Fundamentalist” is a story about love. The characters are Markus, a progressive pastor who has openly admitted to being the devil’s tool, and his former good friend Heidi, who has drifted through life like a lifeless tree. On a fateful autumn night Markus and Heidi meet again, and from there their spiritual war and search for truth begins. In the course of it they have to reassess what they believe and why. What is truth? Can several truths exist at once?

Is it possible to help another person selflessly? How far can one go with that wish?

How far does one person’s responsibility for another reach?

What is fanaticism, and at what point does it become dangerous?

You can meet Markus in Krahl’s small hall and hear the pastor’s personal confession.

Text by Juha Jokela

Director Marta Aliide Jakovski

Translator Kai Aareleid

Designer Kristel Zimmer

Light artist Priidu Adlas

Musical design Henrik Esse and Marta Aliide Jakovski

Cast: Liisa Saaremäel, nominee for the Estonian Theatre Awards best actress in a leading role for Heidi in “Fundamentalist”; Erki Laur, laureate of the Estonian Theatre Awards best actor in a leading role for Markus in “Fundamentalist”

The performance has one interval and lasts 2 hours and 50 minutes.

Premiered 13 November 2021. The production was created in cooperation between the EMTA Drama School and Von Krahl Theatre.

The production is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.