06.06.2013 Daily Treff

Thursday 6 June 2013

DAILY TREFF

TALLINN TREFF FESTIVAL

06.06.–08.06.2013

Culture saves the world!

www.nuku.ee/festival

Mister Treff has arrived!FEATUREPuppeteering talents return home

REVIEWFirst exclusive review of Sticky

NEWSSeto culture and youth

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The environmental Treff is becoming smaller, but also of better qualityTallinn Treff Festival, last-ing from today until Satur-day, is bringing performance arts that are seeking culture and the environment to the viewers.

TAAVI EILAT

The slogan of the seventh Treff fes-tival is “Culture saves the world!” Artistic Director Vahur Keller said that this is a clever move to draw attention to our surroundings. By surroundings, the organizers do not only mean greenery and the fear of polluting it, but everything else around us as well. “The envi-ronment doesn’t have to mean nature and forests; it can also be the urban environment,” Keller said. “Treff is still on the streets to reflect on urban spaces and show them as more human-centred.”

Environment alludes to the nature of culture, which every fes-

tival guest should seek out them-selves. “It’s culture in both the specific and the general sense of the word, cultivation,” said Keller. “Creative thinking, finding creative solutions, not routinely smacking your head against the wall and behaving like everybody else.” According to Keller, the festival will be a success if the visitors can avert their eyes from the pavement to the sky even for a second, and see our surroundings from a wider angle and more creatively.

Changes in the theatre, but the festival stays

The past six months have been creatively difficult and pivotal in the Estonian State Puppet Thea-tre as well, in connection with the scandal that erupted in the media and the change of the theatre’s director. According to Keller, the temporary confusion has by now been replaced with an enthusiasm to further both the theatre and the

festival. “The changes that have taken place are primarily financial. The festival will be shorter than, for example, in the 2011th year of the capital of culture, which, I think, is understandable, because back then we had lots of sponsors and our financial opportunities were different,” Keller mused.

According to the organizer, the festival is attempting to offer higher quality, an endeavour helped along by the attention garnered during the previous festivals, which will not need to be desperately fought for anymore. “We are trying to define the whole of Treff more clearly. We used to be a festival of arts, but now we have come out of the closet to represent visual theatre. This is our subject and here we perform.” According to him, this does not mean that there can’t be any art or music, but the days when every willing artist could display their works are over. The programme is put together with more care. “Treff

should be a mark of quality, so that when you enter the hall you can be certain that you will not be pre-sented with garbage,” Keller said.

Mister TreffAccording to Keller, this year’s

festival should feature about 500 performers from both Estonia and foreign countries. Among others, Mister Treff personally has arrived, having assumed a more distinctly human form. Mister Treff has been active on Facebook for the past few weeks, as well as hiding in several places all over the town.

“There is no single person behind Mister Treff. It’s a phenomenon,” festival organizer Kadri Kalda commented on the nature of the new character. There is a whole large organization behind posing as this seeming individual, a group of organizers. Treff and its team hope that visitors will enjoy the festival and that culture will change their world too.

Behind Mister Treff stands a strong team FOTO: GEORG-SANDER MÄNNIK (GROUND PICTURES)

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At Köismäe tower, young Seto girls talk about Seto culture being harnessed to the moneymaking cart, and about how it makes them feel while being in the middle of it all.

LIISA POOL

Taarka Heritage Theatre has been active already since 2006, aiming to ensure, by means of theatre, the survival of Seto culture, develop-ment of the community’s cultural activities, and staging of the plays in the Seto language. While their plays have previously dealt mostly with the history of the Seto com-munity, the play How to Sell a Seto is certainly a glimpse into the present.

Anne Türnpu, the tutor of the youth studio, has discussed the play in an interview given to ETV (the national public television station of Estonia) and said that the Setos are living in the present world, not in an ethnographical one, and that is the reason why theatre must express the concerns that accompany them at the pres-

ent moment. That is exactly what these brave girls on stage offer to the audience.

The actors of the youth studio tell everything that they have on their mind about Setomaa and Seto culture during one hour and 15 minutes. The topics are serious, honest, and painful. How far can people go with the exchange of

their traditions and sacred places for money? How to avoid the spread of false perceptions of your culture and their reproduction?

The Setos have recently been depicted both on screen and on stage, yet the conception of the Setos’ nature that has been conctructed by the bystander does not conicide with the self-image of the ones being portrayed. The tra-ditional Muhu skirt pattern dec-orates everything from sneakers made in China to fridge magnets; Seto leelo (Seto polyphonic sing-ing tradition) has been used in a new TV advert of white bread in the same arbitrary manner. Who, if anyone, has the right to do this? The play provides food for thought as abundantly as the grains of sand that are used in the set design.

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Czech and Finnish animated films will screen at Köismäe tower tonightAnimated films from Fin-land and the Czech Repub-lic will be shown in the cozy atmosphere of the old town, in Köismäe tower.

PIA MARIA UUETOA

Thursday’s program has been com-piled with the help of the embassy of the Czech Republic. Anima-tions by the veteran of the trade, Jiřķ Trnka, will be presented. An exposition dedicated to the crea-tions of Trnka was opened for the duration of the summer yesterday in the cafe of the Estonian State Puppet Theatre.

Animated films that will be shown, are: „Vanaisa istutas peedi“ [Grandfather Planted a Beet] (1945; 9:56), „Kirg“ [Passion] (1962; 8:37), and „Käsi“ [Hand] (1965; 17:59). The latter criticizes restrictions imposed on art by a totalitarian regime, and showing it in Czechosloviakia was forbidden for twenty years.

The compiler of the program Kadri Kalda dares to promise: “The second night will be especially great! We will show a part of the famed Finnish festival Animat-ricks’ program, which has been curated by Ami Lindholm.” Lind-holm will be visiting Treff as well

An honest and acute insight into the developments of Seto culture

and will introduce the films before the screening. The films are Finnish and deal with the topic of Family – “Kes karjub sulle kõrva? Kuus filmi perekonnast” [Who Shouts in Your Ear? Six Films about Family].

Presented will be: „Viimane ele-vant“ [The Last Elephant] (2008) author Antti Laakso, „Aurora“ (2008) author Anne Savitie, aut-hors Elina Kylmänen’s, Kari Pies-kä’s & Tapani Tolonen’s animation

„Üle ja ümber“ [Over and Around] (2012), Milla Nybondas’ „Perekon-nalamp“ [The Lamp of the Family] (2008), „Munaralli“ [Egg Race] by Kaisa Penttilä (2009) and the crea-tion of Michael Dudok de Wit, „Isa ja tütar“ [Father and Daughter] (2000).

The Finnish film program was initiated by Kadri Kalda as well, who became acquainted with the world of animated film while

studying in Finland. Kalda says that she is proud of the cultural creations of Finland and takes upon herself the task to spread it in Estonia as much as possible.

All who can keep their eyes open are welcome to the Köismäe tower on two midnights. The film prog-ram is free.

A fragment of the finnish animation program

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This year’s Treff places great emphasis on young actors who have come back to Estonia within the Bring Talent Home program. It is possible to get acquainted with two talented actors on this very page.

PIA MARIA UUETOA

On two consecutive mornings, I had a chance to meet with two tal-ented puppeteers, both of whom have recently returned to Estonia from studying abroad. Mirko Rajas (25) graduated from the Turku Arts Academy in puppetry and Mart Müürisepp (22) went to the International Marionette Institute in France.

To begin with, describe your study abroad experience. How was it?

Mirko: I kept missing Tallinn all the time and thought so much about how and when I can return

to Estonia! Sometimes that also took the focus away from my stud-ies. However, Turku is a great city to study in; it reminds me of Tartu. There are less distractions that would get your attention, hence I managed to graduate in three years (instead of four) and it wasn’t that difficult at all.

Mart: My studies in Charlev-ille lasted for three months, out of which I spent about a month there on the spot. Although it was an extremely inspiring experience, I’m happy to be here and to do my own thing instead of studying in France or at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.

It may seem, especially in Estonia, that it’s impossible for an actor to work in thea-tre without academic train-ing; yet we have lately wit-nessed that there are many such young actors making a name for themselves on our cultural scene. Do you think

that formal education is par-amount for an actor?

Mirko: To some people it can be of great importance to have a doc-ument that proves that they are fit for stage. On the other hand, I don’t think that a document of academic schooling is important if one has enough teachers and opportuni-ties through different projects to develop their skills.

Mart: I think that a document may be deceitful. It is more impor-tant how one can prove himself on stage. As I grew up with theatre, I just strive to perform well. Theatre has become my lifestyle, I breathe and love theatre. I know that I learn a lot through practise. For exam-ple, my first real experience with puppet theatre was Metamorphosis where I worked alongside Mirko and that taught me a lot.

Mirko: At the same time I can say that I’ve learned a lot from Mart. Our cooperation went well and hopefully we can work together more in the future.

But why is puppet theatre the best genre for you?

Mart: It’s a very cool medium which doesn’t exclude acting skills, although I’m aware that people might be prejudiced. We don’t have different words like puppet and doll in Estonian, we only have doll, and some people think that puppeteers are just having fun with dolls. As there is a wider range of possibili-ties than it’s usually thought, I’d like to cultivate more interest towards puppet theatre among the adult audience as well.

Mirko: For me, being a pup-peteer is partly a coincidence. I studied at a theatre class in high school because other possibilities just didn’t attract me so much. Since Tallinn was the European Capital of Culture for the year 2011 and that was also the year I was finished high school, NUKU sent me, among others who got chosen, to study in Turku. It gave me much security to know that I

Young actors Mirko and Mart: Tallinn is the best place to live!Mart and Mirko are back in Estonia and spend a lot of time in rehearsing room FOTO: EERO VABAMÄGI

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have a job waiting for me at NUKU after graduation.

Where and when can we enjoy your creation during Treff?

Mart: I participate in Duda Paiva Company’s Bestiaires that is based on Greek mythology. It tells the story of how Greek gods come to help out their people during the economic crisis. Their solution is to earn money by staging a play. They go on a tour with it and travel around the world in a people car-rier. We’ll perform Bestiaires today at 13:00 and 19:00.

Mirko: My play Morrison and the Four Seasons will be performed

tomorrow at 11.30 and 14.00 at NUKU Oval hall. It’s a children’s play about how a boy meets the personified Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. I also staged it in Ljubljana, Slovenia in January and February this year.

So what will happen after Treff? What’s next for you?

Mirko: I am going to stage a play based on the novel A Cool Million by Nathanael West. It is aimed at adult audience and will premiere on 16 November.

Mart: we will see what life brings.

Young actors Mirko and Mart: Tallinn is the best place to live!

Bestaires today 13.00 and 19.00 (Heaven Stage of Tallinn City Theatre)

Morrison and the Four Seasons tomorrow 11.30 and 14.00 (NUKU Oval hall)

Tallinn Treff Festival 2013 | 2

Wednesday, 05.06.TIME PERFORMANCE THEATRE / TROUPE STATE GENRE TARGE T GROUP DUR ATION STAGE

21.00 STICKY NUKU Theatre EST object theatre youth/adults 1 h NUKU’ Small Hall

Thursday 06.06.

10.00 CELESTE’S CIRCUS Francisca Morton GBR circus/puppetry 0,5–3 35’ NUKU’s Oval Hall

11.00 STICKY NUKU Theatre EST object theatre youth/adults 1 h NUKU’ Small Hall

11.00 MUSIC COMING FROM A SUITCASE

Viljandi Culture Academy of Tartu University EST drama children 5+ 45’

Assauwe Tower of the Museum of Theatre and Music

12.00 CELESTE’S CIRCUS Francisca Morton GBR circus/puppetry 0,5–3 35’ NUKU’s Oval Hall

12.00 ZIGMAS Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre LIT drama children 5+ 35’ NUKU’s Staff Entrance

12.00 PETRUSHKA Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy RUS puppetry whole family 25’ Börsi Passage

12.00 DRAGON ON THE LOOSE! NUKU Theatre EST street theatre/puppetry whole family 40’ starts from NUKU’s

Steam Theatre; mobile

12.15 OLD DON JUAN Studio of the Bare Hands’ Theatre FRA puppetry whole family 3x10’ NUKU’s Steam Theatre

12.45 BROUGHT BY THE WIND Yaroslavl State Theatre Institute RUS mask theatre/puppetry

whole family 7+ 35’ Goat Stage

13.00 HOW TO SELL A SETO Youth studio of Taarka Heritage Theatre EST drama youth/adults 1 h 15’ Köismäe Tower

13.00 BESTIAIRES DudaPaiva Company NL dance/puppetry adults 1 h 10’ Heaven Stage of Tallinn City Theatre

13.00 WHO IS YOUR FRIEND NUMBER ONE?

Viljandi Culture Academy of Tartu University EST drama children 5+ 45’

Courtyard of the Museum of Theatre and Music

13.00 STREET SPECTACLE Theatre Giraff e Royal EST street theatre/pantomime whole family 30’ Corner of Pikk and

Nunne St.

13.00 LIFE CANNOT BE THIS EXCITING?

Drama club of Viimsi Secondary School EST drama youth 15’ Börsi Passage

13.30 SHĀKE Male actors of the NUKU Theatre EST performance art youth/adults 5’ Goat Stage

13.30 LIFE CANNOT BE THIS EXCITING?

Drama club of Viimsi Secondary School EST drama youth 15’ Börsi Passage



14.00 SWĪRL Male actors of the NUKU Theatre EST performance art youth/adults 5’ Goat Stage

14.00 TWO SUNS Culture Academy of Tartu University EST drama children 7+ 45’ Hall of the Children’s Literature Centre

14.30 EGG-BOX DUMMIES NUKU Theatre EST puppetry children 3+ 30’ NUKU’s Oval Hall

16.00 THREE FAT MEN Culture Academy of Tartu University EST drama children 5+ 45’Courtyard of the Children’s Literature Centre

16.30 HOW TO SELL A SETO Youth studio of Taarka Heritage Theatre EST drama youth/adults 1 h 15’ Köismäe Tower

18.00 OPENING CEREMONY of the TALLINN TREFF FESTIVAL Town Hall Square

18.00 TALKING PERSON Tartu Student Theatre EST drama adults 1 h 25’ Kanuti Gildi SAAL

19.00 TOWARDS THE SUN Kaunas State Puppet Theatre LIT puppetry whole family 9+ 1 h 10’ NUKU’s Small Hall

19.00 BESTIAIRES DudaPaiva Company NL dance/puppetry adults 1 h 10’ Heaven Stage of Tallinn City Theatre

19.00 TSAR SALTAN VAT Theatre EST drama whole family 10+ 1 h Tower Hall of the

National Library

19.00 SIDDHARTHA Goltsman Ballet EST dance youth/adults 1 h 30’ Auditorium of KUMU Art Museum

19.00 ESTONIAN LYRIC FOLK SONGS NUKU Choir EST concert youth/adults 1 h Horse Mill

20.30 SPACE Fashionable Puppeteers FIN visual theatre/puppetry youth/adults 20’ Goat Stage

21.00 TALKING PERSON Tartu Student Theatre EST drama adults 1 h 25’ Kanuti Gildi SAAL

24.00 ANIMATED FILMS by JIŘÍ TRNKA Czech animated fi lms’ programme CZ animated fi lms adults 40’ Köismäe Tower

TALLINN TREFF FESTIVAL 2013

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Friday, 07.06.

11.00 STORIES FROM INSIDE THE PICTURE

Viljandi Culture Academy of Tartu University EST 40’ drama children

4+

Courtyard of the Children’s Literature Centre

11.30 MORRISON AND THE FOUR SEASONS Mini Theatre SLO puppetry children 3+ 40’ NUKU’s Oval Hall

12.00 ZIGMAS Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre LIT drama children 5+ 35’ NUKU’s Staff Entrance



12.00 FUNNY WALKTallinn Kanutiaia Youth House modern dance and theatre studio Dreek

EST performance art whole family 2 h Streets of the Old Town; mobile

12.00 MY LITTLE ROAD The VIU group of Folie Circus Studio EST circus whole family 20’Courtyard of the Museum of Applied Arts and Design

12.00 TOGETHER Choregraphy Department of Tallinn University / The Space of Variations EST dance youth/adults 20’ Börsi Passage

12.15 SHORT STORIES WITHOUT WORDS Company Alinéa FRA puppetry adults 1 h 15’ Goat Stage

12.30 TWO SUNS Culture Academy of Tartu University EST drama children 7+ 45’ Hall of the Children’s Literature Centre

12.45 THE GHOST OF THE BOX Fashionable Puppeteers FIN street theatre/puppetry whole family 15’ NUKU’s Steam Theatre

13.00 IT WAS ALL A FINALE Department of Performing Arts of the Estonian Academy of Arts EST technological theatre youth/adults 30’

Sports Hall of the Gustav Adolf Secondary School

13.00 IS THAT THE WAY WE ARE? Viimsi Secondary School drama club Experiment EST drama youth 20’ Börsi Passage

13.00 YOU ARE BEING WATCHED Street Duet of the NUKU Theatre EST street theatre youth/adults 30’ starts from NUKU’s Staff Entrance; mobile

13.00 BARRIERS Iñaki Mata ES street theatre/puppetry youth/adults 30’ Town Hall Square



13.30 KĪCK Male actors of the NUKU Theatre EST performance art youth/adults 5’ Goat Stage

13.45 BIG MOUNTAIN Travelling theatre company Free Carriage EST street theatre whole family 15’ Börsi Passage

13.45 TRȲ Male actors of the NUKU Theatre EST performance art youth/adults 5’ Goat Stage

13.50 STREET SPECTACLE Theatre Giraff e Royal EST street theatre/pantomime whole family 30’ Corner of Pikk and

Nunne St.

14.00 MORRISON AND THE FOUR SEASONS Mini Theatre SLO puppetry children 3+ 40’ NUKU’s Oval Hall

14.00 SMALL CIRCUS Company Oisiveraie FRA object and music theatre adults 30’ Köismäe Tower

14.00 THREE FAT MEN Culture Academy of Tartu University EST drama children 5+ 45’Courtyard of the Children’s Literature Centre

14.00 BB The BB group of Folie Circus Studio EST circus whole family 20’Courtyard of the Museum of Applied Arts and Design

16.00 BARRIERS Iñaki Mata ES street theatre/puppetry youth/adults 30’ Town Hall Square

17.00 SMALL CIRCUS Company Oisiveraie FRA object and music theatre adults 30’ Köismäe Tower

17:30 TSAR SALTAN VAT Theatre EST drama whole family 10+ 1 h Tower Hall of the

National Library

17.30 IT’S ME! Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy RUS puppetry whole family

6+ 15’ NUKU’s Oval Hall

17.30 PETRUSHKA Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy RUS puppetry whole family 25’ Börsi Passage

18.00 SHAKESPEARE-LABORATORY St. Petersburg Grand Puppet Theatre RUS visual theatre youth/adults 2 h 15’ NUKU’s Small Hall

19.00 IT’S ME! Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy RUS puppetry whole family

6+ 15’ NUKU’s Oval Hall

19.00 SIDDHARTHA Goltsman Ballet EST dance youth/adults 1 h 30’ Auditorium of KUMU Art Museum

20.00 SPACE Fashionable Puppeteers FIN visual theatre/puppetry youth/adults 20’ Goat Stage

21.00 20 000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA NUKU Theatre EST puppetry whole family

7+ 1 h 20’ Seaplane Harbour

24.00 SIX FILMS ABOUT A FAMILY Programme of the Finnish animated fi lms’ festival Animatricks FIN animated fi lms adults 55’ Köismäe Tower

Todayand

tomorrow

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“I think that a document may be deceitful. It is more important how one can prove himself on stage.“

Mart Müürisepp

“I kept missing Tallinn all the time and thought so much about how and when I can return to Estonia!”

Mirko Rajas

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Kaunas State Puppet Thea-tre’s play Towards the Sun creates patterns of thought with two alternating worlds and the music of Gorillaz.

LIISA OJAKÕIV

Two unnamed violinists living in a railway station tell the audience a story that makes two worlds alter-nate on the stage: the present real-ity of the story’s narrator and rec-ollections opening up in his mind of a travelling circus to which the musician is connected through a shared past.

With violins playing in the background, we are introduced to various artists (an accordion-ist, a tightrope walker, an animal trainer, a magician, etc.) whose

talents come across as incom-petence as long as they have no love interests to inspire them to self-fulfilment. The desire for intimacy is the key to overcom-ing fears and accomplishing the impossible. It can tame even a wild

gorilla, now swaying complacently to the sounds of violins and hap-pily letting his back be scratched. The play’s occasional air of mel-ancholy is relieved by the lighter tones the self-irony and situa-tional comedy of the characters.

The infrequent text of the per-formance is mostly presented as songs, and paying close attention to the characters and making connections helps understand the story. This allows for differ-ent interpretations, but viewers are treated on an equal footing as there is no use of overly compli-cated intertextuality, which should make the play comprehensible to everyone. A smile is, however, brought to my face by being famil-iar with the works of Gorillaz. The constantly alternating short scenes of the story are loosely tied together into a meaningful whole. More than a few questions are left unanswered, but echoes of the hope that somewhere there is a sun for everyone to reach for can be heard in the air.

The adventures of an egg-carton chicken family

Estonian State Puppet The-atre Egg box Dummies is a puppet show for the young-est theatre visitors, which also serves wonderfully as the first introduction to (puppet) theatre as well.

MERETE VÄIN

The child-friendly show lasts for half an hour in a hall where a free and safe atmosphere is created. The strange title does not, how-ever, point to the story, but to the puppets themselves – namely, the hand-puppets are made from empty egg cartons.

On a colorful screen, children will be presented with the adven-tures of a chick, who decides to take a walk in the woods and is then chased by foxes. The easily recognizable chase scene between the weaker and the stronger instills feelings of justice and compassion in the young audience: they them-selves can help achieve the happy ending and together the foxes will be scared to the depths of the for-est. The chick will return healthy to the worried mother hen and the roosters who had been fightning in the beginning of the story will make peace.

“No more fighting!”, “It is impor-tant to be brave and clever!” – these resounding thoughts definitely

Reaching for the sun

belong to a growing child’s emo-tional toolkit.

The play also has its own little theatre-introducing function. The screens will shift several times to reveal the backdrops of the puppet show. The actor creates a rooster puppet from a glove on their hand and from various other parts right in front of the audience, discusses it with children and even puts on dif-ferent masks for the finished pup-

pet – the disguising of the charac-ter into another creates a fun “the-atre in a theatre” effect. On a few occasions the actors will stick their heads out from behind the screen and explain to the children, just in case, what exactly is happening in the story right now. The children are encouraged to engage in other ways and to speak along as well, which does not let the attention of the little spectator dissipate.

Today, the environment-friendly idea of this show is especially wel-come – quality hand-puppets are created with very handy materials that have been recycled, and it is easy to replicate them at home. The ability to play and indulge in a world of one’s own creation is not at all as self-evident as one would think – teaching this is the puppet theatre’s main endeavor.

Towards the sun on a rope

Kids, always remember to be brave and clever FOTO: JAANA SÜLD

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On meaning and meaninglessnessThe ones who have seen Detox the Dummy by Esto-nian State Puppet Theatre, or remember Stan which was performed during last year’s Treff, should recognise the name Jim Barnard when taking a look at this year’s programme. The British pup-peteer and director has writ-ten yet another play, Sticky, which is once again chiefly aimed at adult audience.

MERETE VÄIN

The play, in which even the four performers are surprised to find themselves in, weaves together loosely connected fragments, and thereby does not offer a story to keep track of. Although the actors find themselves subjected to the performance and cannot form it into a logical and cohesive whole, one can notice a trichotomy of form and content when the scenes change on stage.

First of all, the show does con-tain elements that are characteristic to puppet theatre – the body of the eponymous puppet is literally put together of different parts by using adhesive tape. The tape itself is of no meaning, a mere backing mate-rial; the body that has been created by using it will only live and exist until the actors’ hands hold it in one piece. These scenes of build-ing up and tearing down, giving meaning and losing it, are the parts that form the play into a whole. The ones who remember Polina Boriss-ova’s (France) Go!, will recognise the inventive way of drawing on the wall with adhesive tape.

Secondly, numerous scenes about dying and no longer working relationships between two people have been staged. However, there is no need to be afraid of a relation-ship drama similar to psychologi-cal realism: these scenes are mainly experiments in form. For exam-ple, people communicate with each other using only sentence fragments, or no words at all. The director seems particularly fasci-nated by wordplays this time – the sentences are being dismantled into syllables and distributed between the speakers, completely arbitrary

connections and constructions of thought are being formed, and the speech shifts between Estonian and English. Language as a system of denoting meaning loses its func-tion and at times even withdraws into glossolalia.

The most significant part of the play is concerned with theatre and the genre itself. The characters try to solve the situation in which they find themselves in by using prior knowledge about what a play should be like, and the the way of expressing uncertainly is amus-ingly connected with Estonian

State Puppet Theatre itself: while trying to define the performance that is in progress, they refer to the theatre’s repertoire and team. The play which causes confusion and has no linear narrative forces the actors to admit: This is crap! The frequent self-references and comments give the impression that this is a performance by a puppet theatre about a puppet theatre performance.

Although no linear story nor idea is presented to the audience, the scenes of different form and content are related with each

other by the theme of a failed attempt to create something. The puppeteer’s hands will eventually lose their grip and the puppet falls into pieces; the sentences and words become mere sounds; every sensation and thought finally fades into the void. Nev-ertheless, pessimistic mood does not dominate – the chain of being and disappearing rather empha-sises the law of creation, in which meanings can indeed be ambiva-lent and emerge only in order to disappear, thus making room for new ones.

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Sticky experiments in lot with form FOTO: GEORG-SANDER MÄNNIK (GROUND PICTURES)

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Palju kultuure, üks keel!

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A NUKU teater, Lai 1 (suur saal, väike saal, ovaalsaal)B Tallinna Linnateater, Lai 23 (väike saal, Taevalava)C Eesti Lastekirjanduse keskus, Pikk 73D Köismäe torn, Laboratooriumi 27E Ukraina kirik, Laboratooriumi 22F Grusbeke-tagune torn, Laboratooriumi 33G Hobuveski, Lai 47 H Von Krahli teater, Rataskaevu 10

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1 Festivali klubitelk, Gustav Adolfi Gümnaasiumi muuseumihoov, Nunne 10

2 NUKU suure saali värav, Nunne 63 Kitselava, Nunne 34 Pika ja Nunne tänava nurk5 NUKU ametikäik, Lai 36 Börsi käik, Lai 147 Suurgildi hoov, Lai 168 Hobusepea ja Laia tänava nurk9 Tarbekunsti- ja disainimuuseumi hoov, Lai 1710 Lastekirjanduse keskuse hoov, Pikk 7311 Raekoja plats12 Vabaduse väljak13 Meremuuseumi lennusadam, Küti 17

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Editorial:Chief editor: Taavi Eilat Journalists/critics: Marie Kliiman, Liisa Pool, Liisa Ojakõiv, Annika Andresen, Elerin Keerus, Triinu Sikk, Merete Väin, Pia Maira UuetoaTranslators: Hele Priimets, Mari Mägi, Raido Vahtra

Today in the festival club

“Iga-aastane kokkulepe püsib: ilm tuleb ikka ilus ja läheb aina paremaks.”

- Vahur Keller, Trefi kunstiline juht

Ilm

Ka sel aastal soovitan kukleid liigutada. Jõudu sulle!

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FESTIVALI KLUBI AJAKAVA

05.06

22.00–23.00 NUKU teatri bänd JDM Festivali klubi

23.00–01.00 DJ-d Rasmus Kaljujärv, Gert Raudsep ja Johann Kolmtuhat NUKU fuajee

06.06.

21.20 Vokaalansambel Chillin Festivali klubi

22.00 Trio Johanson-Sillaots-Aimla; ansambel Squeezed Lemon and Teabags Festivali klubi

23.00–01.00 DJ-d Katariina Tamm, Liisa Kivi, Kaisa Selde ja Mart Müürisepp NUKU fuajee

07.06.TREFI KLUBI LÄHEB KRAHLI

20.00–23.00 DJ-d Krahli õues

23.00 Ansambel Fankadeelik All Stars Von Krahli teatri baar

24.00–03.00 DJ-d Kõrs ja Pullerits aka Kelgukoerad, DJ Jim Barnard (Inglismaa), DJ Talis Paide Von Krahli teatri baar

08.06.

21.30–23.00 Ansambel Fibrill NUKU väike saal

23.00 DJ Helen Tammemäe ja Märt Kivi NUKU fuajee

NUKU · Lai 1 · 10133 Tallinninfo ja piletite tellimine 6679 555 või [email protected]

PILETIINFO• Kogu tänavaprogramm on publikule TASUTA.• Siseetenduste üksikpiletid müügil Piletilevi müügipunktides, www.piletilevi.ee ja NUKU

kassas.

PILETIHINNAD• Festivali pass 45 € (kuni 31. maini soodushind 30 €) NB! Passiomanikud peavad kohad soovitud etendustele eelnevalt registreerima ning

võtma NUKU kassast vastavad pääsmed.• Maailma visuaal- ja nukuteatri programmi etendused: pilet 15 € (v.a “Väike tsirkus”, pilet 5 €).• Visuaal- ja nukuteatri etendused lastele: pilet 7 € nii lastele kui ka täiskasvanutele (v.a “20 000 ljööd vee all”, pilet 15 €, „Tsaar Saltaan”, pilet 10 €)• Tudengiprogrammi siseetendused: ”Kuidas müüa setot” pilet 5 €, “See olen mina” pilet 3 €, “Rääkiv inimene” pilet 8/6 €, “Siddhartha” pilet 25 €

Festivali piletitele soodustusi ei ole.Festivalil on õigus teha programmis muudatusi.

Sissepääs klubisse festivali kaelakaardi või passi ettenäitamisel.07.06. Von Krahlis pilet 5 €, Treffi passi ja sama päeva piletiga 2 €.

Let’s learn some language with Treffi Teataja (?). Be social, take first local staying on the left and ask some help with pronunciation.

Quick smalltalk

Meaning Boring Awesome!!! Hello! Tere! Servus! Come and see! Tule ja vaata! Tule kae (üle)! Wow! Vau! Tskae! I enjoyed your show! Ma nautisin etendust! Kohe lust oli vaadata! Thank you! Aitäh! Aitüma! This food is very tasty! See toit on nii maitsev! Täitsa mokapärane! Good bye! Head Aega! Peatse kohtumiseni!

Express your euphoria as Estonian

I loved your show Normaalne etendus Wonderful puppet Normaalsed nukud What a graet day Väga normaalne päev Superawesome Täiega normaalne I have been waiting for this moment since I was a little baby and now it’s arrived. I’m so glad!

Normaalne!

What a gorgoues girl (over there) Normaalne raam You are an idiot! Normaalne vend oled! I don’t like it See ei ole normaalne Unusual Ebanormaalne Subnormal Subnormaalne

Let’s learn some language with Treffi Teataja. Be social, take first local staying on the left and ask some help with pronunciation.

Aru annab festivali klubi juht Taavi Tõnisson (vastused esitatud muutmata kujul)

Ahoi rahvas!

Klubist - suurim muudatus tänavu on, et klubi on meie enda Õuesaalis, seega väga mugav ja lähedal... Sissepääs on Nunne tänava poolsest vära-vast või Nukumajast. Peale ühtteist õhtul suleme värava ja sisse pääseb läbi Nuku!

Klubi alustab festivali eelõhtul, laval on Nuku bänd JDM. Miks alustame varem? Sest paljud meie külalistest saabuvad juba varakult ja 5nda õhtul on Nukus ka esietendus - “Kleepur”. Tähistame saabuvat festivaliaega ja esietendust! Anname nn. varajase avalöögi!

Väga hää meel on, et klubis on tänavu palju häid ja juba tunnustatud muusikuid ja koosseise aga ka värskemat verd kuulda-näha. Programm on mitmekesine ja kõrvupaitav! Saab kuulda jääääzzzi ja ka rokki, nautida imelist vokaali ja vapustavaid instrumentaliste. Samuti on kohal linna parimad plaadikeerutajad!!!

Nagu ikka on ka tänavu klubi peamine eesmärk pakkuda osalejatele mõnusat paika kus õhtut veeta, muljeid vahetada ja uusi tutvusi luua!!

Seitsmenda juuni õhtul oleme aga täises koosseisus palutud Krahli teatrisse ja toimub üritus “Treff goes to Krahl”! - see on vägev koostöö, mis sai alguse juba kevadel. Lavale astub Fankadelik All Stars ja hiljem saab kuulda, millist muusikat armastavad Kelgukoerad Kõrs ja Pullerits ja meiega ühineb ka “Kleepuri” lavastaja Jimmy!

Sissepääsu klubisse tagab Treffi kaelakaart või festivali pass või ka üksik-piltite olemasolu! Krahli pääsevad tasuta kõik kaelakaardi omanikud!

Ikka Hääd,Taavi TõnissonTreffame!!!!!

Alustame taas Kuklitantsuga!Kahe kukli ja kahvliga tantsitav „Kuklitants” on algselt pärit

Charlie Chaplini legendaarsest filmist „Kullapalavik” ja seda vai-mukat numbrit on kasutatud ka NUKU teatri lavastustes „Nuku-mängu ABC” ja „Nukumäng on imelihtne”.

Aasta tagasi osales Treff festivali avatantsul üle 60 inimese, sel aastal ootame osalema kuni sadat kuklitantsijat! Kuklitants toimub pärast festivali avarongkäiku Raekoja platsil. Osalema on oodatud igas vanuses nukukunstihuvilised nii üksikult kui ka kambakesi! Vaja läheb vaid kahte kahvlit ning kuklit, paari proovi Youtube’ist leitava õppevideo järgi ning tants võib alata!

Kui tahad kaasa lüüa, siis:1. Vaata „Kuklitantsu“ õppevideot, mille leiad Youtube’ist ja siitsamast

kodulehelt, ja harjuta tants kodus selgeks;2. Tule 6. juunil 2013 kell 17.45 oma kuklite ja kahvlitega Nukuteatri

juurde (Lai tn 1);3. Osale Trefi uhkes avarongkäigus Raekoja platsile;4. Pärast rongkäiku leia Raekoja platsi lava ees endale sobilik koht;5. Kui algab muusika, hakka tantsima;6. Kummarda!

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06.06.2013 Daily Treff