What Has Been Written in My Flesh - 24.11

In the performance “What Has Been Written in My Flesh,” there is indeed a person on stage, but they are not the protagonist. They are in the Space. In an ordinary apartment building. The person is at the mercy of the Space, and the Space has its own will and the ability to dictate the course of events. The Space demands servitude from its inhabitants, offering in return the warmth of home, a sense of security, a dry place and a roof over their heads when foul weather drives us into our kennel. In return, we repair the roof, scrub the floors, replace the wallpaper, fix the wobbling table leg, do the laundry, beat the carpets, submit the water meter readings, clean the stairwell, freshen up the toilet, heat the stove, and patch the oilcloth tablecloth. The bathroom drain is blocked again, we should probably start cooking, the stove is so dirty, there is no milk for the coffee, we have to stop by the shop afterwards, and get some sausage for the bread in the morning, too. Who is honking like that under the window again now… Marika Vaarik, Lauri Lest and Urmas Lüüs’s production looks between worlds. It is both a theatre performance and a spatial installation, a collage of soundscapes and an anthropological observation. Everyday moments and existential outbursts emerge in the performance; the focus is on reality, perhaps also hyperreality—all that is born and goes unnoticed in every Space. Authors and performers: Marika Vaarik, Lauri Lest, Urmas Lüüs. Premiere on 5 September 2026 at Ekspeditsiooni stuudio in the Krulli building. Urmas Lüüs has increasingly moved with his installation-based searches for places towards ever more encompassing and total spaces. These installations could often be seen as a frozen second from stage works, which people themselves fill with their imagination. The objects surrounding people function as distinctive catalysts of the spirit. A recurring characteristic of Lauri Lest’s work is spatiality, and in his installations he often uses household objects, bringing them to life through sound and light. In his installations, too, the audience experiences the work from all sides, spatially.