sky every day
(neljän päivän läheisyys)
By WAUHAUS
By WAUHAUS
This screening will be followed by an opportunity to discuss the work with the artists of WAUHAUS.
KLEE-UW! KLEE-UW!
A beach requires three: land, sea and sky.
Humans flock to a sunny beach resort, chat mindlessly on the terrace of an oceanside restaurant, and pass time in the solitude of hotel rooms. This beach isn’t a haven of nostalgic idleness, as a wall of dead fish is pushed onto the shore from the murky ocean. The audiovisual performance offers eye-opening perspectives to the human condition and our relationship to nature. In sky every day, the stage is inhabited by the multispecies mortals of the seaside resort.
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sky every day is written by playwright, dramaturg, and screenwriter Pipsa Lonka, whose plays often depict the interaction of different species and dismantle the divide between nature and culture. The play has been adapted to the stage by WAUHAUS arts collective, one of Finland’s most interesting internationally active performance makers. sky every day also includes the piece Cloud trio (2009), composed by the late Kaija Saariaho and written into the play by Pipsa Lonka. The composition was performed live by three top musicians from Avanti! Chamber Orchestra.
Credits:
Direction, performance dramaturgy, and design: Laura Haapakangas, Juni Klein, Jani-Matti Salo & Heidi Soidinsalo
Actor: Salla Loper
Script: Pipsa Lonka
Dramaturg of the play: E.L.Karhu
Voice actors: Elmer Bäck, Aleksi Holkko, Ria Kataja, Hertta Klein, Sara Melleri, Shemeikka Mustakallio, Chike Ohanwe, Tuomas Rinta-Panttila, Mikko Roiha, Miitta Sorvali, Vilma Tanskanen, Miiko Toiviainen, Eija Vilpas, Tiina Weckström
Video design: Laura Haapakangas, Juni Klein, Jani-Matti Salo, Heidi Soidinsalo & Jonatan Sundström
Cinematography: Jonatan Sundström
Musicians: Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
Violin: Tommi Asplund, Mathieu Garguillo, Viivi Hakkarainen
Viola: Tuula Riisalo, Hanna Hohti
Cello: Tatu Ahola, Sami Mäkelä
Scenography assistant: Ella Snellman
Adaptation and supervision of lighting design for touring: Mikko Kaukonen
Adaptation and supervision of sound design for touring: Io Pettersson
For more on the show and the company, please visit: wauhaus arts collective
To review the accompanying program PDF, please visit: sky every day
Trailer from the original production in collaboration with Espoo Theatre in 2023