Elajannad²: Pomegranate Tree, Give Me Weapons — 6 December

Mingo Rajandi and Eva Koldits’s “Elajannad²: Pomegranate Tree, Give Me Weapons” delves into intimate partner violence with heart and body. With words and sound. No wound or scar is left untouched; the bandages of silence and blankets of darkness are torn away, and the crust of shame crumbles and falls like sand… beneath our feet. The spell is broken.

“And where do you live, then? I live in the House of Truth. The House of Truth is not like the Writers’ House or the Teachers’ House or the Miners’ Town. The House of Truth is different. The House of Truth has no walls, only ramparts, and those ramparts are built of silence. No one has yet gone to the House of Truth to seek truth, to pursue truth. Though some may still dream of truth… Some may know it, remember its taste, smack their lips. But silence surrounds us here like water: when you open your mouth, you choke…”

The texts for the production were written by some of the most important and distinctive women writers in contemporary Estonian literature: Maarja Kangro, Lilli Luuk, Brigitta Davidjants, Kaisa Ling and Triin Soomets. Each brings her own personal voice, experience, style and perspective 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
Set designer: Kairi Mändla
Dramaturg: Lilli Luuk
Lighting designer: Meelis Lusmägi
Sound engineer: Karl-Elias Teder

Premiere: 14 September 2026 at Kumu Auditorium.

The production is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, EAÜ and the President Kaljulaid Foundation.

The performance lasts two hours and 50 minutes, including an intermission.

Elajannad is a creative duo formed by Mingo Rajandi and Eva Koldits, which explores combining music and theatre in new forms, with the two as equal and organic partners. Elajannad’s first production, “A Passion for a Woman,” in 2023 explored a woman’s journey through the stages of her life. It dealt with impossible choices imposed on women by society, taboos and silenced subjects passed down from mothers to daughters, shaping how our society functions. In 2024, Mingo Rajandi was nominated at the Estonian Theatre Awards for the music for “Elajannad,” in the category of musical design and original music for a drama production.