Elajannad²: Pomegranate tree, give me weapons – 7 December

Mingo Rajandi and Eva Kolditsa’s “Elajannad²: Pomegranate tree, give me weapons” dives into the themes of intimate partner violence with heart and body. With word and sound. No wound or scar goes untouched: the plasters of silence and the shards of darkness are torn away, the crust of shame crumbles and turns to sand under our feet. The spell disappears.

And where do you live otherwise? I live in the House of Truth. The House of Truth is not like the House of Writers, the House of Teachers or the Miners’ Town. The House of Truth is different. It has no walls, only ramparts, and the ramparts are laid from silence. Nobody has yet gone into the House of Truth to look for the truth, to chase it themselves. Although some still dream of truth... Some perhaps know the taste of it, remember it, smack their lips. But silence surrounds it like water: when you open your mouth, you swallow.

The texts for the production have been written by some of the most important and most distinctive women writers of contemporary Estonian literature: Maarja Kangro, Lilli Luuk, Brigitta Davidjants, Kaisa Ling and Triin Soomets, each bringing her own personal voice, experience, style and prism to the production.

Mirtel Pohla and Eva Koldits, Mingo Rajandi (double bass), Kadri Tegelmann (vocals), Tobias Tammearu (saxophone), Andre Maaker (guitars), Andres Kaljuste (viola), Martin Petermann (drums).

Director: Eva Koldits. Composer: Mingo Rajandi. Artist: Kairi Mändla. Dramaturg: Lilli Luuk. Lighting: Meelis Lusmägi. Sound director: Karl-Elias Teder.

Premiered on 14 September 2026 at the Kumu Auditorium. The production is supported by the Estonian Cultural Endowment, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and the President Kaljulaid Foundation.

Running time: two hours and 50 minutes including the interval.

Elajannad is the creative duo of Mingo Rajandi and Eva Koldits, which combines music and theatre into new forms, in a way where the two are equal and organic partners. The first Elajannad production, “Passion for a Woman” (2023), followed a woman’s journey through her life cycle, dealing with impossible choices, taboos and silenced subjects that are passed down from mothers to daughters and shape how our society works. In 2024 Mingo Rajandi was nominated for the musical design and original music award for the Elajannad music at the Estonian Theatre Awards.