Elina Masing & TÜVKA Performing Arts Graduating Class: “Replica”

People often feel that they are talented, special and wonderful. Unfortunately, it often happens that there is nowhere in the world to realise this potential. What happens when our passion finds no outlet or acceptance? What happens when things don’t go the way we want? This feeling is the starting point of this process. For the first time, I want to rely on a script I have written myself. I am interested in opposition, spite and hostility as symptoms of bitterness. What happens in a room when these feelings are not concealed, but deliberately kept visible? It’s time to pull yourself together. Either you stop deceiving yourself and admit that not everything happens because of circumstances—because of childhood, an uncle, capitalism or God. Or you end this story on a sad note, step away from your dreams, and happy, bitter bitterness gradually turns into rigid resentment.

Elina Masing’s journey began at the Tallinn Ballet School, where life was linear and uncompromising. In her final year, she realised the limitations of this field and found freedom of expression instead in performing arts. Her university years were the complete opposite of what came before: she shaved her head and peed into a jar onstage. She also created the musical alter ego Valge Tüdruk and began acting. In the years after graduating, Masing has continued exploring different fields, choosing the form to suit the content. She engages in activism and challenges entrenched rules, and has recently become increasingly interested in enjoying the creative process and the work itself. She recently lived in Portugal and now studies music production in the Netherlands.

Director and composer: Elina Masing
Dramaturg: Marko Raat
Lighting designer: Karmi Pikkma
Art and costumes: Karmel Kibena
Performers: Anette Merisalu, Emma Lumi, Gregori Johannes Nõmm, Heleriin Lass, Helery Pikk, Iris Rämmeld, Jens-Patrik Rand, Jenss Lootus, Jete Liisa Kiik, Kasper Sebastian Silla, Leonhard Sass Taalmaa, Margot Lehtsalu, Nurdinbek Madaminov, Polina Kryuchkova, Saara Kaljujärv