Tõstamaa Summer Theatre “Ships Freeze Slowly”

Gerda Kordemets’s original play SHIPS FREEZE SLOWLY
7–18 July 2027 / in the hall of Tõstamaa Manor

A sad comedy in two acts

This is a story about difference and uniqueness. About the collision of a sense of duty and love. And about how easily one can fall victim to the manipulations of the wrong person—a guru or mentor.

The summer play Ships Freeze Slowly was once the most ominous phrase in weather forecasts. It meant that ships were at risk of freezing unnoticed in place. In this play, however, the title refers more to becoming trapped by beliefs and feelings. What is mightier—to be human or to be a god?

The action of this tragicomic story with elements of fantasy unfolds at a weather station, where two meteorologists, a weather girl and a pendulum man arrange and resolve relationships and fight for their happiness.

Cast: Sandra Ashilevi, Kersti Tombak, Tõnu Oja, Lauri Kink
Author and director: Gerda Kordemets
Producer and performance manager: Pillerin Pihelgas
Set and costume designer: Triin Tammann
Lighting designer: Priidu Adlas (Eesti Draamateater)
Music designer: Markus Robam
Make-up artist: Karina Pajunurm (Endla Teater)
Sound and lighting technician: Lauri Liivak

The staging is supported by PRIA, Eesti Kultuurkapital, Pärnu linn, Tõstamaa mõis, Pärnu Lahe Partnerluskogu, Romantiline Rannatee.
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