What has been written in my flesh – 19.11

In the performance "Mis olnud on kirjas mu lihas" there is a human on stage, but the human is not the main character. The main character is the Room: an ordinary apartment block flat, which has its own will and can dictate the course of events. The Room demands servitude from its inhabitants, offering warmth, a sense of safety, a dry place and a roof over our heads when the weather turns foul. In return we mend the roof, scrub floors, change the wallpaper, fix a wobbly table leg, wash laundry, beat carpets, bleed the radiators, clean the stairwell, stoke the stove and patch the wooden shutters. The drain in the bathroom is blocked again, the cooker is filthy, there is no milk for coffee, and someone under the window is honking again.

Directed by Marika Vaarik, Lauri Lest and Urmas Lüüs, the piece sits between worlds: part theatre, part room installation, part collage of soundscapes and anthropological observation. Ordinary moments and existential outbursts happen on stage; the focus is on reality, perhaps hyperreality, everything that happens in every room and goes unnoticed. Authors and performers: Marika Vaarik, Lauri Lest, Urmas Lüüs. Premiered 5 September 2026 at Ekspeditsiooni stuudio.

Thursday 19 November, 19:00, Ekspeditsiooni stuudio in Krulli house, Krulli 2b (Kopli 70a), Tallinn.