A group of Töölö residents gathers to discuss a problem: unauthorised people have started entering their stairwell. People have also been seen in the basement, storage areas and laundry room. And to top it all off, someone has failed to clean up after their dog.

Suggestions come thick and fast: a new code lock, more cameras, better lighting, perhaps even facial recognition at the entrance? At the same time, old disputes between neighbours bubble to the surface – who is always leaving rubbish lying around and letting strangers into the stairwell? After all, no one pays hundreds of thousands of euros for a home only to feel unsafe in their own building.

As fears grow, mistrust and anxiety rise to the surface. What is real, what is imagined – and how do we affect one another when we are driven by worry, loneliness and a longing for security?

With gentle humour, master of horror John Ajvide Lindqvist explores how easily our sense of security can be shaken and how quickly “us” can become “them”.

The performance is in Swedish. Finnish and Swedish surtitles are available via the Subtitle Mobile app. The app can be downloaded free of charge from the App Store or Google Play. During the performance, you can follow the surtitles on your own smartphone. The app requires a password, which for this performance is OBEH.

Please note: There is no surtitling screen in the auditorium.

For selected performances, drinks purchased from the foyer bar may be taken into the auditorium. These performances are marked K18 in the performance calendar and, in accordance with alcohol legislation, are restricted to audiences aged 18 and over.

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