Tõstamaa Summer Theatre “Ships Freeze Slowly”

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

A sad comedy in two acts

This is a story about difference and distinctiveness. About the clash between 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 production Ships Freeze Slowly was once the most ominous phrase in weather forecasts. It meant that ships were at risk of becoming trapped in ice unnoticed. In this play, however, the title refers more to becoming trapped in the bonds of 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 stage manager: Pillerin Pihelgas
Set and costume designer: Triin Tammann
Lighting designer: Priidu Adlas (Estonian Drama Theatre)
Musical designer: Markus Robam
Make-up artist: Karina Pajunurm (Endla Theatre)
Sound and lighting technician: Lauri Liivak

The production is supported by PRIA, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the City of Pärnu, Tõstamaa Manor, Pärnu Bay Partnership Assembly, and Romantiline Rannatee.
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