I Didn’t Even Notice When You Left – 15.11

“I Didn’t Even Notice When You Left” is a production about the moment when the ties that existed until then break, and what follows is as dim as an extinguished star. On stage are people whose conversations flow with everyday longings and deranged theories, unwashed windows and infidelities, funeral wakes and communists, economic growth and the Titanic. This is a production that more sophisticated people introduce with expressions such as “a crazy mélange,” “sick rampaging” or “a sad contemplation.” The production draws on Cristi Puiu’s film “Sieranevada,” Bora Ćosić’s novel “My Family’s Contribution to the World Revolution,” and elsewhere as well. Lauri Lagle’s production 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 after months of rehearsals focused not so much on the question of “角色,” but on directing energy, opening up meaning, mutual perception and creating a sense of ensemble. Lagle’s productions do not shy away from lyrical tones, but always keep themselves on the bracing and calming ground of everyday life. With the largest cast in Ekspeditsioon’s history to date, the troupe 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 filled with intense desires, loud demands, endless dissatisfaction and the desire to get something at any cost. But what that something is, they no longer know. Author and director Lauri Lagle
Dramaturg Eero Epner
Designers Edith Karlson and Lauri Lagle
Stage design execution 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: 5 May 2026 in the large hall of Sakala 3 Teatrimaja