The Desk. Kauri Honkakoski Compani (FIN). Foto: Mihaela Bodlovic.

The Desk – Kauri Honkakoski Company (FI)

Kauri Honkakoski Company (FIN)

Tirsdag 3/9 2024  19:30
The Desk
Kauri Honkakoski Company (FI)
Fysisk teater om psykologien bag totalitære regimer – en non-verbal fortælling om magt og kontrol

Succesforestilling på verdens største performancekunstfestival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

En fængslende og mesterlig fysisk forestilling om dogmer. Finske Honkakoski graver dybt ned i sin personlige oplevelse med at leve i en kult.

The Desk er et omhyggeligt udformet ensemblestykke, der skildrer den forførende kraft, som kan findes i disciplin, hierarki og sindelagskontrol.

The Desk både underholder, engagerer og rører publikum. Og vækker tanker om højaktuelle verdenspolitiske emner.

275,-
TEMA abonnement: 235,-
Familiebillet (gælder for 4 personer): 712,-
Unge under 25 år: 205,-
Min. 6 unge i én gruppe: 40,- pr. person
(+ et ordregebyr)

Anbefales fra 8 år
Varighed: Ca. 60 minutter
Siddepladser på stolerækker
Fotografering- lyd- og videooptagelser er ikke tilladt under forestillingen.
Artist talk i caféen efter showet.

Baltoppen LIVEs café tilbyder fra kl. 18:00:
Poke bowl med tunmousse, syltede rødløg, edamame, spinat, spidskål og ingefær-citrusdressing: 95,-

Menuen tilbydes under køb af billet eller kan tilkøbes her: https://baltoppenlive.dk/cafe/spisning/, senest kl. 12:00 to hverdage før arrangementet.

“The Desk was born out of my desire to understand communities where our truth is truer than their truth, my word weighs more than yours, and where dogma is as powerful as faith.

While making the show I was touched by the human search for a higher meaning, the need to belong, the faith in a better version of oneself, and the dream of a more beautiful reality. And I was afraid of where these could lead us.

The Desk premiered in spring 2017, at a time when the far-right was rising in Europe and the presidents of world super-powers seemed to behave like dictators.

In 2024 the show exists in a different moment in the society and global politics. How are we doing with us-versus-them mindsets today?

I invite you to watch the show with openness to your own associations.”

Kauri Honkakoski
Director

Winner of The Scotsman’s Fringe First Award 2019 at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Jury Statement: https://youtu.be/5uHl-BUdjzI?feature=shared

Winner of Summerhall Lustrum Award 2019 at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

★★★★★
‘Brilliant piece of wordless storytelling.’
– The List, UK
https://list.co.uk/news/3047/the-desk

★★★★★
‘Consistently impressive.’
– The Wee Review, UK

★★★★
‘Vibrates with meaning and emotion.’
– The Scotsman, UK

★★★★
‘A masterclass in precision ensemble movement.’
– Broadway Baby, UK
https://broadwaybaby.com/shows/the-desk/746429

★★★★
‘Powerful and hypnotising throughout.’
– The Voice Magazine, UK
https://www.voicemag.uk/review/5946/the-desk-reetta-honkakoski-company

★★★★
‘A triumph for movement based theatre’
– The Fest, UK

‘Worthy of high praise.’
– Huvudstadsbladet, Finland
https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/45979aca-ffb3-4c26-b74f-0bea9a0d37fc

Koreograf: Kauri Honkakoski

“The time in the cult broke me and it has taken me a long time to heal from the experience. Making this show was one of the ways to process and understand what had happened.”
– Kauri Honkakoski

Lysdesign: Sisu Nojonen
Lyddesign: Tuuli Kyttälä
Video: Jonathan Rankle & 
Ensemble: Karina Degaspari (BR), Josefin Karlsson (SE), Sonja Järvisalo (FI), Liv Nordgren (SE), Freia Stenbäck (FI), Kauri Honkakoski (FI).

Video: Jonathan Rankle, Tuuli Kyttälä
Fotos: Mihaela Bodlovic

Musik benyttet i The Desk:
Einar Englund: The Great Wall of China Suite: VI. March a la Shostakovich

Produktionen er støttet af:
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Vantaan tanssiopisto og Nygréns stiftelse.