GUEST: Avaruuden nurkka

Bonsai Kittens working group

A satire on end-of-times phenomena

Premiere 20.5.2025

“I have a feeling I’m gonna drop something really big this year”

What do food couriers, estranged spouses and billionaires have in common? They are all part of a big game that has already started.

Avaruuden nurkka (a corner in space) is a stage performance inspired by the aesthetics of video games and social media, that offers an overview of modern day power structures. In an episodic performance, NPCs (non playable characters) seek their own agency.

We are invaded by floods, the stimuli of advertising and by trends that change at an ever-increasing pace. It’s no longer easy to distinguish whether humans are in control of their own lives or NPCs. But who is programming us and can we even survive the game?

The performance has English subtitles.

Director and manuscript: Liila Jokelin

On stage: Emma Castrén ja Inkeri Raittila

Lighting and scenic design: Veli-Ville Sivén

Sound design and music: Janne Masalin

Video design: Veli-Ville Sivén & Timo Tikka

Costume design: Riikka Mäntymaa

Language: Finnish. Subtitles in the Subtitle Mobile application

English subtitles: Sarka Hantula

Lenght 90 minutes, no intermission

Age recommendation 12+

Content warnings loud sounds and music, theatrical smoke, blinking lights, stylized violent imagery and sexual references

Supported by: Jenny ja Antti Wihurin rahasto, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, Taiteen edistämiskeskus and Svenska kulturfonden

Tickets: 26 / 19 / 15 €