I Didn’t Even Notice When You Left - 28.12

“I Didn’t Even Notice When You Left” is a play about the moment when the bonds that held are broken, and what comes next is as obscure as an extinguished star. On stage are people whose conversations weave together everyday longings and wild theories, unwashed windows and adultery, wakes and communists, economic growth and Titanic. This is a play that the more discerning fellows might describe with phrases like “a mad jumble,” “sick rampaging” or “a melancholy reflection.” The play draws on Cristi Puiu’s film “Sieranevada,” Bora Ćosić’s novel “My Family’s Contribution to the World Revolution,” and elsewhere.

Directed by Lauri Lagle, the play features Marika Vaarik, Eva Koldits, Rea Lest, Simeoni Sundja, Sander Roosimägi, Alex Paul Pukk, Joonas Koff, Uku Pokk and Joosep Lõhmus.

Lauri Lagle’s productions have moved along the boundary between the poetic and the everyday. The actors’ performances have emerged from months of rehearsals focused less on the question of “role” and more on directing energy, opening up meaning, sensing one another and creating ensemble sensitivity. Lagle’s productions are not afraid of lyrical tones, but always keep their footing on the bracing, reassuring ground of everyday life.

With its largest cast to date, Ekspeditsioon brings numerous grotesque, absurd, nonsensical and abstract scenes to the stage, revealing the kaleidoscopic nature of a hysterical moment. In contrast to Chekhovian lethargy, the characters in this production are full of intense desires, loud demands, endless dissatisfaction and a need to get something at all costs. But they no longer know what.

Author and director: Lauri Lagle
Dramaturg: Eero Epner
Artists: Edith Karlson and Lauri Lagle
Set construction: Märt Vaidla
Costume designer: Jaanus Vahtra
Choreographer: Tiina Mölder
Sound designer: Artjom Astrov
Lighting designer: Kristiina Tinnu Tang
On stage: Marika Vaarik, Eva Koldits, Rea Lest, Simeoni Sundja, Sander Roosimägi, Alex Paul Pukk, Joonas Koff, Uku Pokk and Joosep Lõhmus.

Premiere on 5 May 2026 in the grand hall of Sakala 3 Teatrimaja.