Background
About the costume design of the mousetrap
The costumes of the mousetrap are faithful to the play's portrayal of the time in the 50's epoch. However, director Miika Muranen and I wanted the clothes to be slightly elevated from everyday realism, because the idea that the murder would take place in a seemingly perfect milieu on the surface, among perfectly stylish people, seemed intriguing among the design team. At the same time, the viewer would be bathed in the fairytale-like, even fashion-image-like aesthetics of the 50s, where the post-war emphasis on coziness and soft shapes creates a sense of security, while murder cracks in that slightly too harmonious winter afternoon.
Read moreOn the design of the set design of the mousetrap
The Mousetrap is a classic suspense plot play. The place, in this case the boarding room of Monkswell Manor, is accurately described in Agatha Christie's script. It is impossible to create mystery on stage without precise architecture of the space. The tension can be maintained by following the placement of doors, electrical switches, furniture and windows given in the script. The positions of these elements on the stage create a large part of the rhythm of the performance and the actors' trajectories. Creating a space for a suspense play, as well as for a farce, is mathematics; how long it takes for the actor to move from point A to point B so that the mystery is not revealed and the situations follow each other naturally and the viewer stays in the grip of the suspense play.
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Movement and emptiness and slight movement of internal organs
How does Movement and Emptiness feel as a performance? What kind of sensations does it suggest? What is its performative tone of voice and the essence of the movement?
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Tiikeri: the social media turgy of rererepresentation
The Tiger is a representation of what it means to be a performance and a project of what it is to be a project. The tiger is an endless chain of affirmations, where every impulse is said yes and each yes branches out into new ones and existence swells over its edges. The Tiger deals with big structural questions and is monumental (or spectacular? Maybe more spectacular), but at the same time it's wonderfully homespun and contains talk about poop and rags (here when you stay in a pile). Anything can be or happen within the Tiger's frame of reference.
Read moreThe director’s word
Over the years, I've noticed that I'm attracted to things that, for one reason or another, seem to resist being named. Things that are difficult to describe accurately. Things that are too special, abstract or obvious to be described in words. I'm interested in all of that. As an artist, I try to bring these anonymous moments to the stage as they are, without any explanation. The audience then has the opportunity to experience things in the same way as me. I think it's interesting to see if others react to these moments and if so, in what way, what their interpretation is.
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