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Director and author

Mikita Ilyinchyk
STAGE DESIGNER and COSTUME ARTIST

Alexander Adamov
composer

Villem Rootalu
LIGHTING ARTIST

Denis Bretško
video artist

Laura Romanova
SOUND TECHNICIAN

Joonatan Kivi
Producer

Katarina Tomps
Translator

Ilona Martson

Actors

EXPERT - Jaanika Arum, LABORANT - Elise Pottmann, ANNA - Liina Tennosaar, NATALIA - Epp Eespäev (Tallinna Linnateater), TOOMAS - Üllar Saaremäe.

The production is part of Vaba Lava’s “I have a Dream” curator program. While this season’s curator Jakub Skrzywanek focuses on the dream as a bright future, Belarusian-born director Mikita Ilyinchyk sees things in a different light. “When you combine a dream with a dream, tragedy inevitably follows.”

The play is about a dystopian world in 2060 where Europe has been replaced with the Euro-Islamic Union, which is run by Fem-Jihad. The activities take place in the Estonian border town of Narva, which now has the Euro-Islamic Genocide Centre.

Everyone has their dreams. Like us, they dream of a secure and safe future. But, is Europe a place for someone else’s dream? Have we arrived in Europe or are we still part of Eastern Europe? A battleground between Russia and Europe?

“We are going to reflect the social responsibility of my generation, which is inheriting a very difficult political gift. ” – Mikita Ilyinchyk, 30 years old.

Premiere: 3 May 2024 at Vaba Lava Narva Theatre Centre.

Duration: 2h 15min (with intermission)

Genre: documentary dystopia

The play is in Estonian with Russian subtitles.

Photos: Ilja Smirnov